Audi had to use more durable horns in Indian-market cars, as their normal horns would have been unable to cope with the amount of honking Indian drivers do.
Ghost Camaro
During the Bosnian War, a 1979 Chevy Camaro was updated with state of the art equipment by US Military and was used to take much needed supplies to civilians.
Ghost Camaro
During the Bosnian War, a 1979 Chevy Camaro was updated with state of the art equipment by US Military and was used to take much needed supplies to civilians.
The Time Record for Driving Across America Was Just Broken
If you haven’t heard of it, the Cannonball is a race from New York to Los Angeles that racing aficionados are constantly trying to win. There are no official rules or regulations because…well, it’s pretty much illegal; in order to break the record for the fastest cross-country time, you have to break a whole lot of traffic laws.
Just like the movie The Cannonball Run, remember?
But the fact that it’s illegal doesn’t stop people from trying to break that illustrious record all the time. And some guys in a 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG just demolished the previous record, in place since 2013, by driving from New York to L.A. in 27 hours and 25 minutes.
The previous record? 28 hours and 50 minutes.
The two drivers, Arne Toman and Doug Tabbutt, and their “spotter,” Berkeley Chadwick, left the east side of Manhattan at 12:57 A.M. on November 10 and reached Redondo Beach, California in literal record time.
'Cannonball Run' race record broken with 27 hour, 25 minute drive across US https://t.co/UDmyDaPbKt pic.twitter.com/cb25m6l46C
— New York Post (@nypost) December 4, 2019
They drove on I-80 through Nebraska, took I-76 to Denver, I-70 to the middle of Utah, and then took I-15 to Southern California’s interstate system. They drove a grand total of 2,825 miles, and Toman and Tabbutt averaged a very illegal 104 miles per hour during the journey. Incredibly, they managed to spend only 22-and-a-half minutes on fuel stops. I’m assuming they ate and went to the bathroom in the car.
Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
The group was obsessed with beating the previous record, so they outfitted the car with a custom-fabricated fuel cell and all kinds of electronic gadgets. Berkeley Chadwick acted as the spotter using gyro-stabilized binoculars to look out for police.
Here’s a cool video about the newly-broken record.
Let’s see how long this record stands…
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A Woman Warned Against Propping Your Feet on a Dashboard After Ending up Without a Forehead
When she was 22, Gráinne Kealy got into a car accident in 2007. Her boyfriend at the time was driving, so put her feet up on the dashboard to relax.
Then the couple slipped on some ice and collided with a wall.
She wound up with an uncommon injury because of her seemingly inconsequential decision.
Kealy says,
“My feet were on top of the airbag and, I know now, they inflate at 200mph. The force of that meant my knees were sent back into my face really powerfully. I broke nearly every bone in my face. I had a brain leak [called a CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)] and I lost two teeth.”
Kealy and her boyfriend were taken to the hospital for medical attention. They were both okay, but one day she woke up with an infection on her forehead that caused it to slowly sink.
Me with no forehead – wow those eyebrows though
Posted by Gráinne Kealy on Thursday, August 10, 2017
Adjusting to life without a forehead was difficult, but necessary because Kealy was without a forehead for two full years.
“For a long time, I was afraid to leave the house. I became a bit of a hermit. I didn’t want to go out and then when I did go out, I would get looks. I bought hats to cover it. I was also worried about banging my head.”
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Doctors were able to construct a replacement for her out of ceramic, but Kealy still suffers from health complications – it isn’t easy to get over brain and head injuries. She now speaks out about her accident so that others won’t end up in her condition.
Posted by Gráinne Kealy on Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Because loads of people put their feet up…
This breaks my heart to think of how many millions of people have seen these celebrities with their feet on the…
Posted by Gráinne Kealy on Sunday, March 31, 2019
So thank you, Gráinne – keep up your advocacy!
Let us know what you think of Kealy’s campaign to raise awareness of this potential safety issue. Share your thoughts in the comments section.
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Ford used an astrologer from California to determine which date they would launch the new Ford Taurus. They paid the astrologer $500.
This Guy Makes Some of the Most Amazing Minibikes You’ll Ever See
I need one of these!
Brent Walter builds all kinds of amazing motorcycles that you have to see to believe.
Walter uses the fenders from classic Volkswagen Beetles to build his custom Volkspod minibikes, and they look sick. He said, “I wanted a scooter to take to VW shows. These fenders were left over from building my car. I also wanted to practice welding the thin sheet metal panels.”
Looks like he hit this project out of the park! Take a look.
1. Look at that beauty!
2. Still a work in progress.
3. That is a nice looking bike.
4. The Volkspod in action.
5. Another one of Walter’s restoration projects.
6. I’d love to have one of these.
7. Beep! Beep!
8. Stripped down to the bones.
9. Here comes trouble.
10. These are so cool.
Walter’s work is amazing, isn’t it?
I’m a huge fan!
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This Is How Far You Can Actually Drive After Your Gas Tank Reads Empty
There are two types of people in this world: people who get gas when the gauge drops below half a tank, and people who wait for their gas light to come on, drive a while longer, and then stop to fill up at the last minute.
As someone who falls into the latter category, I’ve long argued that the light is just a warning, and if you’ve got 20 or 30 miles left after it lights up, why hurry?
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But am I right? I don’t know about you, but I’m dying to find out.
Well, lucky for me (and everyone else who likes to push the needle all the way past E, auto repair service YourMechanic has put together a handy chart that will let you know – based on the make and model of your car – how far you can go after your light comes on.
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You’ll definitely want to check, too, because it ranges from over 100 miles (the Chrysler 200) to less than 30 in a Chevy Silverado.
My Honda can go another 60, so you’d better believe I’ll be wagging my finger at my overly cautious fella the next time he says we definitely need to stop!
. "It's not under the E yet…" . #dodge #jeep #srt #srt8 #mopar #hemi #turbo #twinturbo #boostedcars #horsepower #americanmuscle #custom #modified #moparornocar #lowfuel #gas #srt4 #srt10 #viper #challenger #charger #300c #neon #truestreetperformance #carmemes #lol #airplanemovieThat said, there are like, sensible reasons to not push it so hard. Your car’s fuel pump burns hotter near empty than it does on a full tank, so if you do it all the time, you’ll burn your pump out faster.
So, YourMechanic recommends you use their chart for emergency situations only.
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A Teenage Girl Invented a Simple and Innovative Way to Get Rid of Your Car’s Blind Spots
The creative spirit and innovation of young people is so refreshing! Sometimes, they have the best ideas because they’re thinking forward while a lot of us older folks are set in our ways. In other words, when a young person has an idea about something, listen up, because it might turn out to be a game-changer.
That’s what happened with a 14-year-old named Alaina Gassler, who came up with a project called “Improving Automobile Safety by Removing Blind Spots” for the Broadcom MASTERS competition, which features science and engineering projects from middle schoolers.
Gassler built the system with a webcam, a projector, and other 3D-printed materials, and together it all works to fill in the space that a car’s frame blocks from drivers’ view.
2019 Samueli Foundation Prize winner & @AGcharter student Alaina Gassler is improving automobile safety by removing blind spots. #brcmMASTERS #girlsinSTEM pic.twitter.com/ELLe1opJSi
— Society for Science (@Society4Science) October 30, 2019
Gassler hails from West Grove, Pennsylvania, and she took first place in the competition and won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize. Her invention works like this: she mounted a webcam outside the passenger side of the car, which steams a live video onto the inside pillar of the passenger side from a projector attached to the sunroof above the driver’s seat.
Gassler also resurfaced the interior frame with a retro reflective fabric to make the projection clear. She said the material “only reflects light back to the light source, which is the projector in this case. Since the driver’s eyes are next to the projector, the driver can see a crisp, clear image, and the passengers only see a black piece of fabric.”
Take a look at the video below to see it in action.
This is quite impressive, I must say. Great work, Ms. Gassler, and we’ll be looking for more work from you in the future.
These kids today, I’ll tell ya…
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Google Maps Is Adding Alerts for Speed Traps and Other Road Incidents
Are you one of the drivers out there who sticks to Waze for navigation purposes because it lets you know other useful info, such as where police cars are hiding in wait to give you a speeding ticket? Well, you can soon switch to Google Maps and enjoy the same perks.
Google Maps is finally adding this feature to its own navigation system. Users will be able to report speed traps, crashes, road closures, construction, slowdowns, disabled vehicles and objects on the road. Some of those updates are already available on Android devices, but they’re now being rolled out globally to Apple users as well.
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“This feature has been one of our most popular on Android, and we’re excited to expand it to iOS,” Google Product Manager Sandra Tseng wrote in a recent blog post.
“Google Maps has always helped people get from point A to B in the easiest way possible. Today, we’re adding more tools that reflect real-time contributions from the community so you can stay even more informed when you’re behind the wheel.”
Photo Credit: Google
Submitting a report through Google Maps is simple and streamlined. You simply tap on the + sign and then click “Add a report.”
Unlike on Waze, there’s no option to add comments or photos to your report, so there’s less detail available — but also less clutter.
This is exactly the sort of thing I like in an update. It’s easy, it’s useful, and it makes me actually want to bother to go through with downloading new software.
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