Care and Feeding
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Distracted Driving – Your Federal Government is Here to Help
Tuesday the National Transportation Safety Board requested that all states prohibit the use of cell phones and other electronic devices by drivers, even hands free devices. Here is the press release: December 13, 2011 Following today’s Board meeting on… Continue reading
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Vintage Racing Service and Support – Raleigh
This morning I took a short road trip to Raleigh where I came across the kind of car shop to die for. It is named Apex Vintage and don’t go looking for it in Apex either. Do you own a… Continue reading
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Can Formula One Drivers Build Their Car?
Here is Jensen Button and Louis Hamilton being left on their own to put their F1 car together – better them than me! Continue reading
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Targa Newfoundland – the Road Back
The leaves were turning as I drove west from Nova Scotia toward Maine. I had to spend three extra days in Sydney in order to get a couple of wheel bearing replaced on my Evolution. It only has 20K miles… Continue reading
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On the Road to Newfoundland – Roadside Discoveries
The road to New Hampshire had a couple of tolls. Not a big deal really. Two of them cost less than a dollar, which was a nice change from what was charged as I drove up I-95 past Baltimore, MD.… Continue reading
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When Electric Power Steering Goes Bad
Design News is a publication that I get and occasionally they have some pretty interesting writeups on design problems on their website. This one concerns the change from hydraulic power steering to electric. Government mandated Electronic Stability Control will be in… Continue reading
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Cleaning and Waxing – Making your ride POP!
It’s that time of year when we find the longer daylight and summer road trips give us a good reason to get our ride clean and shiny. If you own a car or truck you may have washed it in… Continue reading
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Coming to a Car Near You – Carbon Fiber
Autoweek reports that BMW will be producing carbon fiber body and chassis parts in a high volume process in 2013. Strong on BMW’s heels is Daimler AG (aka Mercedes) and I suspect many other manufacturers. Once the barrier to high… Continue reading
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New York to Paris 1908 – Once Again in 2011
In 1908 Teddy Roosevelt was president, the Olympic Games would be held in London, and in October the Cubs would win the Baseball World Series. But in February a crowd of 250,000 people stood in the chilly weather to watch… Continue reading
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