Popular Post GregWormald Posted September 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2020 8 hours ago, fas42 said: I have always been fond of the Mazda 1800, to look at - the body, designed in Italy, has always struck me as being "just right". I drove a burgundy one of those for quite a few years. Not only did it look good to me, it was fun to drive, reliable, and served my family well. Years after they were available to the public they were manufactured for the taxi trade in Japan. DuckToller, fas42 and sphinxsix 1 2 Link to comment
GregWormald Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 3 hours ago, fas42 said: If you want bonkers, you can't do much better than this, Reaches 261 mph in 1,000 feet ... I used to race a 3 point hydroplane but that would make me need clean underwear! Although it's amazing to watch. fas42 1 Link to comment
GregWormald Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 14 hours ago, accwai said: And speaking of Toyota... ...they just won their 4th consecutive Le Mans last weekend. Despite their second car got punted off the track right at the start, they still managed to finish 1-2 by flattening the whole field. Toyota had a live stream on YouTube from each of their cars for the duration of the whole race but essentially the pair was circulating the track passing anything in sight in total nonchalance. Not much mention from external coverage other than the occasional Oh yeah, Toyota's still 1-2 overall. While the professionalism that Toyota displayed was jaw dropping, there won't be a Toyota vs The World movie any time soon that's for sure... I'm sure they are very happy that Porsche dropped out of this type of endurance racing! Link to comment
Popular Post GregWormald Posted December 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Confused said: I watched Lewis getting his knighthood on the BBC news last night. Knighthoods for sports people (and many others) just indicates to me how far royalty has fallen. Next thing you know is they'll be knighting mass murders for keeping the population problems at bay. sphinxsix, Confused and AudioDoctor 1 2 Link to comment
GregWormald Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 My current drive—an absolute blast in the twisties! Notice the suspension keeping the front wheel well off the groun. AudioDoctor 1 Link to comment
GregWormald Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Confused said: Not in the UK, no: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/107097/new-noise-cameras-to-target-loud-car-exhausts There's going to be a lot of money to be made in truck exhausts! Link to comment
GregWormald Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 12 hours ago, sphinxsix said: Forget Tesla or the Leaf, the 1947 Nissan Tama electric car was the first EV. Sorry, not even close. Ferdinand Porsche designed an EV in 1898 and even that wasn't the first. 12 hours ago, sphinxsix said: I'm not sure, we the audiophiles appreciate enough the fact that our gear has been electric almost since its beginning.. I had a wind-up record player that I refurbished and then had to leave behind when I moved to Australia. And given that until recently our South Australian electricity was produced by gas or coal ... Link to comment
GregWormald Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, sphinxsix said: This was a hybrid car, the difference between pure EV and hybrid is like between lossless and almost lossless, eg MQA, my friend 😉 Sorry, no again. The hybrid was in 1901 and was the first hybrid ever, the 1898 was a pure EV. I'm afraid that Nissan is a long way behind. From the Porsche history— The first-ever Porsche-designed electric car could not have been more different to the Porsche Taycan of today. Revealed to the public in 1898, the Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton was powered by an octagonal electric motor that produced up to five PS, could hit a top speed of 35km/h and a range of around 80km. Link to comment
GregWormald Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 hours ago, sphinxsix said: Sooo.. who wants to drive like that and thus allow women be ..better drivers.? 😉 I personally just like to drive too much. Beside that I don't like when a car decides of anything by itself, really.. Better drivers? Sure. Drive for my? Na. (D*mn autocorrect!) sphinxsix 1 Link to comment
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