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// April 17th, 2013 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Last night, with a sleeping baby in arms, I got to do something I hadn’t done in quite awhile — pour into the majority of my RSS feeds.
Came across this article on AutoMobileMag.com that focuses on cars to watch in the next two years. I’m especially interested in what happens with the BMW M3/M4. Would love a used one of those down the road.
// March 22nd, 2013 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Tech
I’m a huge fan of technology — in general it makes tasks easier, faster and more efficient.
All of the above holds true for the automobile as well. But while making the car safer and easier, it also deadens the experience some — taking away some of the skill and thrill of driving a vehicle on the edge of its limits. Additions like assistive braking technologies, traction control, etc. make the car safer, but make the driver dumber.
http://www.thesmokingtire.com/2013/death-of-the-true-sports-car/
// February 18th, 2013 // No Comments » // Back to the Future, Film, Planes, Trains & Automobiles
I’ve been to Universal Studios Florida a pair of times (and will have to go back a third time so Tyler and Nolan can experience the stuff too). But the Universal Studios on the other coast has the real gem — the newly museum-quality restoration of the Back to the Future hero car utilized in the film trilogy and various other BTTF-related productions.
BTTF Screenwriter Bob Gale, spearheaded the process of getting the car fully restored and assembled a team to get every detail perfect. Which it really looks like they did. The Delorean looks great, and I’d love to see the car up close and personal. I guess that could happen with a trip to Los Angeles. Not likely any time soon though.
Restored ‘Back to the Future’ Hero Delorean Time Machine Now On Display at Universal Studios
// February 6th, 2013 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles
This would be a sweet job. The 25 year old though who tests Koenigesegg’s high performance vehicles is both a test driver, but also an engineer, which really seem like they would complement each other for said job.
Make sure to check out the video.
// December 31st, 2012 // No Comments » // Back to the Future, Film, Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Interesting ad campaign in New York City — yellow Deloreans made to look like the Back to the Future trilogy time vehicles. I’d love to get a ride in one of these, though it wouldn’t be as cool as getting my son along for the ride — and herein is the real problem with a Delorean as a taxi — single riders only.
I know it’s all about grabbing attention, and for that, the gull-winged yellow taxis will do the trick. People would pay extra if the time circuits actually were functional. Imagine getting to your destination before you left?
Hat tip, John for sharing this one with me.
// December 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Video
Anyone knows me knows how much a fan of the Back to the Future trilogy, and how I’ve already passed that love onto my 3-year-old son.
Many days at work, I eat at my desk, and look through YouTube. The new(ish) layout has introduced more suggestions into your user homepage. Well yesterday, it suggested a documentary called DeLorean – Great Blunders In History. Nice little piece on the DeLorean and the demise of DeLorean. It’s crazy. Without the BTTF would have most likely faded into obscurity.
Here’s a second DeLorean documentary back from 1981 — before the fall of the DeLorean Motor Company.
// May 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Cycling, Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Are you telling you made a time machine out of a DeLorean Bike? No, just a stainless steel branded DeLoran bike I’d love to get one, if it weren’t $5,500. If I was going to shell out $5,500 for a bike, I’d get one a Specialized Tarmac SL4 Pro Ui2 Mid-Compact or maybe a Cervelo R3.
The DeLorean, Back To The Future’s Time Machine, Is Now A Bike
// May 4th, 2012 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Even with no longer having a Subie, the Impreza/WRX always will have a special place in my heart. Saw this article yesterday and thought it was intriguing.
If the WRX was to move to an electric turbocharger of sorts, does that make it more of a supercharger than a turbocharger?
// April 18th, 2012 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Space Stuff & NASA
The now retired space shuttle orbiters are heading to their exhibits. Yesterday, Washington DC received its orbiter — the Discovery. CNN did a nice piece with viewers adding media to the story.
Amanda also said one of our friends living up in D.C. got an aerial view of the oribter hitching its ride to our nation’s capital on top of the NASA modified 747. I’ll post that to Keefer Madness once I get to see it.
// February 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles
We may not be getting flying cars anytime soon, but check out this infographic on automated vehicles that have all their wheels on the ground.
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