Recent Posts Tagged With 'Cars'

• Top Gear: Season 13

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 00:20 in Cars, top gear, australia, bbc, UK, Driving, sbs, motion picture

  Once again, my favorite show from the UK is back! Season 13 started two weeks ago, and there will be (only) 7 episodes.  In Top Gear tradition, they started off wonderfully, with fun challenges (racing with a coal powered steam train), and testing ...

• Lunch Bits - Edition 29

  Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 03:38 in real estate, Cars, movies, Golf, download, Driving, stuff, streaming, lexus, rental, teahouse, lunch bits

  We went to Islands last Wednesday.  It was a warm sunny day when we talked about: The golf game at Dad Miller Golf Course.  It was my annual outing for my friend’s birthday.  We seldom play, so our progress is stagnant. Possibly going golf ...

• Traffic Delays - Redux

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:28 in Cars, Driving, brakes, shockwave

  I’ve written a post about driving delays caused by people pressing the brakes too much.  I described the problem with freeways coming to a crawl, with no apparent cause. Stephen J. Beard1 and Rich Exner2 came up with a traffic shockwave illust...

• Hydrogen Cars No Longer a Pipe Dream

  Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 00:02 in Cars, Alternative, honda, Driving, fuel, hydrogen

  I was one of those people who were skeptical about the future of hydrogen powered cars.  It’s mostly due to the many empty promises from the big automakers like Daimler-Chrysler or Ford to deliver one to the mass market.  The research (red ta...

• Top Gear is back! Yay!

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 23:17 in Cars, top gear, bbc, Driving, trucks, jeremy clarkson, motion picture

  Season 12 of Top Gear has just started in the UK.  Episode 1 is looking very good so far, with funny bits like Jeremy Clarkson’s pajamas, and the Rig Stig.  As usual, there are fast cars to review, like the Lamborghini LP560-4 and Porsche GT2...

• Lunch Bits - Edition 23

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 16:36 in Cars, water, jobs, Driving, stuff, apparel, commerce, office, lunch bits

  We went to Avilas El Ranchito today and McDonald’s yesterday.  The days were sunny and warm when we talked about: How to bargain in Chinese stores.  Russell Peters explained it very well. Alkaline Ionized Water purifier for drinking.  It do...

• Lunch Bits - Edition 20

  Posted on Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 23:57 in Cars, Germany, Driving, russia, lunch bits

  We went to Fukada last week.  It was a warm sunny day when we talked about: Russians in China - after 1950’s, Russians speak fluent Mandarin. ie. Harbin or Northern China. East Germany’s economy is still struggling to catch up with Wes...

• Everyone’s Turning Hybrid - I Really Think So

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 19:15 in Cars, Driving, Cost, hybrid, hindsight

  A co-worker once told me that I was crazy to buy a Hybrid car back in 2002. He listed a bunch of bad reasons and we used to argue about them regularly. Below are the list of his gripes and my rebuttals (with a little hindsight thrown in): Gas pri...