Friday 29 January 2010 at 08:11 am
There's always a danger to being #1, because everybody in the schoolyard dislikes the the kid that's biggest, the best, the braggart, but it gets worse when the kid is a liar & a cheat. We've always said that Toyota has been BS'n consumers for years now, telling them how their "World Class" Engineering & Manufacturing is superior to the rest of the world. The last few months have taught the gullible world just how much "horse-hooey" that statement was.
We also have to question the credibility of the much lauded Consumer's Reports magazine, which has never mentioned the fact that Toyota's junk keeps suffering through recall after recall. CR never said a word about the acceleration issue until traditional media outlets, like the Detroit Free Press made it headline news. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Consumer Reports Automotive Editor Rik Paul is STILL defending Toyota in interviews yesterday. (YIKES!!!)
We've also learned that the pencil-necks @ NHTSA have been bungling this major safety issue since 2004, when it 1st was brought to their attention. (HOLY CRAP!!!)
Many US customers have found out that the transplants can't make a decent truck either, as owners have had to suffer through LOADS of recalls & even a SILENT Buy-Back Campaign on early Tundra trucks.
Drive American, for Quality & for Safety!
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Tuesday 26 January 2010 at 07:17 am
The techniques may vary, but it will always be a therapeutic product for a lot of us. From the Zen-like satisfaction of going POP, POP, POP & crushing the air out of each individual bubble, to the staccato blast of POPS heard as a 6 year old dances on the stuff. It's all good fun! In fact there's even an electronic key-fob toy for adults!
What was originally envisioned as a way to make padded wall paper has permeated almost every corner of our lives. You'll find the stuff protecting the contents of many items that show up in your daily mail. You see it in adverts, like the pic above or in fashion as seen below. Your wife likes to lay it out in the hallway for those nights you come home late and attempt to tip-toe into the house undetected. Your kids love to idle away bits of time with sheets of this ubiquitous product.
Who knows what uses we'll find for it in another 50 years...
Monday 18 January 2010 at 08:56 am
Age doesn't always improve the breed. That's especially true when referring to 80 or 100 year old automotive designs. However, technology sure can!
Campbell, California's Terry Burtz is an avid fan of the venerable A-bone mill. Terry is combining today's computer design programs with modern casting processes & applying current technology to Henry's early workhorse. Burtz's CAD designers have analyzed the old blueprints & bit by bit, they have eliminated all of the flaws associated with the early design.
This new "banger" will include bigger bearings, high pressure oiling, better thermal transfer, improved breathing, uniform casting walls, etc. These are things that Ford's early designers could only dream of, because the foundry tolerances were so great & the process were crude by today's standards. As soon as the block is complete, his team will focus on the rotating assembly.
We will be following his adventure & hopefully, we'll be lucky enough to get one of these new HI-Tech engines. It'll be a
screamer!
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