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Boomer Car Quiz
posted by GJ on April 10, 2007 @ 8:03PM
I scored a 67% on this quiz. See how much of a car nut you are....and no cheating!
I expect Dad will score over 85%. Steve...maybe 80%. Geoff....maybe 50%. :)
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My ride for tonight...
posted by Steve on August 21, 2007 @ 5:20PM
They say a picture's worth a thousand words, so here's a few thousand words worth.... 
If you hadn't figured it out yet, it's a 2007 Corvette Z06 with the 505 hp 7.0L V8. This thing is a freaking rocketship.
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Incredible racing footage
posted by Steve on October 3, 2007 @ 6:49PM
You all have to check this out, even if you're not a car enthusiast (includes you, Kristen!). This is footage of the last lap of the most recent Formula 1 race. It's in car footage of Felippe Massa in a Ferrari against Robert Kubica in a BMW. It was raining a fair bit, and the track is soaking wet. This has to be the most incredible racing F1 has seen in decades. These cars have close to 800 horsepower, and weigh just 1200 lbs, with driver. To put that into perspective, a Corvette Z06 has 500 hp and weighs over 3000 lbs. The F1 cars are by far the most technoligically advanced cars in the world, though they do not have driver aids like ABS brakes or stability control (they do have traction control, however). http://motorsportmad.com/view/2348/sensational--massa-and-kubica-battle-end-of-japanese-gp
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Awesome videos
posted by Steve on November 6, 2007 @ 5:47PM
Check out the videos of the Pagani Zonda and the Porsche GT3 at this site. The Pagani is an incar video of a lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife, the same track I raced my rental Audi around over the summer in Germany. The Porsche video is the same track, but it's not all incar. Note the elevation changes, these videos do the best of demonstrating the elevation changes at this track. Throughout the whole track, the total elevation change in one lap is almost 1000 feet! http://www.supercarmovies.com/html/interface.html
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Tirerack dilemna
posted by Kristen on December 31, 2007 @ 1:43PM
Another car dilemna from the queen of car problems! I purchased tires from Tirerack.com this past summer when I had some extra cash, thinking that I'd need to replace my tires before winter. I just got around to having them put on this morning. The problema? The gentleman at the shop said that they are the wrong size for my car. When I ordered them I had put in my car make, model, and year, and tirerack spit out the tires I should choose from. I selected from their recommendations. Obviously I didn't check well enough to make sure that they were the correct size. I'm surprised I didn't catch this because I know that I need 15's, not 14's, which is what I ended up getting. Not sure what to do with them now. I ordered them so long ago (August), and they would cost a fortune to send back. Plus I don't have a clue how to go about sending them back. I haven't contacted tirerack yet because I'm not sure what to say. I just feel like an idiot at this point. I'm wondering if the best thing would be to try to sell them, but I'm wondering if there are not a lot of cars out there that take 14's, so they might be tough to get rid of. Any suggestions? The only good news is that the guy told me that my current tires still have quite a bit of tread on them and will easily take me through the winter and be safe to drive. He actually said that I'd be better off in them than the ones I had bought. This is what I bought: | 195/70HR14 BFGoodrich Traction T/A H for $62 each. And this is what they have as my make and model, which is correct: 2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE SE COUPE |
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