Archive for the 'Auto' Category

Bogus Ticket

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

I was driving home (I took my car today instead of a bike) getting on a freeway going approximately 15 mph merging into a lane. The traffic was slowly moving, lets say at a pace of 5 mph. A police cruiser was among the cars in the lane I was merging into. I passed it […]

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Bitter Thursday Morning Rant

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Beautiful day today. Almost 80F degrees, virtually no wind. Great weather for a quick ride to the office. Right? Technically yes. But the reality is that I have a birthday to go to right after work. Some alcohol might be consumed. Motorcycle and alcohol - bad combination.
Driving to the office annoyed the hell out of […]

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Schumacher Suffers Motorcycle Falls

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Michael Schumacher on Monday was unhurt in a 55 mph (80km/h) fall as he he continued his foray into the world of motorcycle racing.

Bild newspaper claims that the fall, at the Lausitzring circuit in Germany, was one of three falls in total for the former champion since he began regularly sampling the thrills of two-wheeled […]

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Some time ago Motodisiac showed me this commercial. It was a KTM Super Duke 990 commercial that KTM had to take down from their site as it did not promote the right riding attitude and style. When you see it you will probably understand why.

Today I read this blog post that showcased a Subaru commercial. […]

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Group Riding Done Right

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Found this great article describing group riding etiquette, signals and rules.
I’ve ridden in small groups before and it is very important that everyone in a group knows these guidelines. We have been on a ride a couple of weeks ago where Motodisiac was a “lead bike” as he had a GPS system, a couple of […]

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I am sure this post will stir up some controversy like the Prius one. So before I go into more details I would like to say that I am talking purely from my own riding experience. Not a vast one. However I believe that logging approximately 1000 miles (1600 km) per month might entitle me […]

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How do you make a very respectable sports car brand mad at you?

buy their car
cut it in half
inserted a 3m (9.5ft) section of hand-built carbon fiber
keep the badge on and drive this car around town

The brand - Ferrari, the person who made them mad - Dan Cawley, 36, of Cheadle, Manchester. The Ferrari lawyers […]

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Gas price perception

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

With gas prices hitting record $106 a barrel there are a lot of discussions regarding gasoline prices. Usually I hear two complaints. One comes from American public, crying that the gas is about to hit $4 per gallon. Opposing opinion comes from members of the European community, letting clueless Americans know that they’ve been paying […]

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Pay it forward

Friday, February 29th, 2008

How many times have you bought a car only to realize 5 minutes later that it is running on fumes and you need to hit the gas station NOW? When I purchased my 2.3-16 a couple of years ago, I was pleasantly surprized that the owner filled it up before handing me the key. I remember thinking that it was […]

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Boyd Coddington Dead

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Boyd Coddington, the hot-rod innovator whose creations won the coveted Grand National Roadster Show’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) trophy a record six times, died Wednesday morning of undisclosed causes. He was 63.

Coddington was raised in rural Idaho but moved to Southern California as soon as he could to pursue his dream of building hot […]

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