VW.. are they now the early-MSoft as Harbingers of Evul ---> henceforth?
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Jan. 25, 2018, 11:58:37 PM EST
And...
- (scoenye)
- (4)
- Jan. 29, 2018, 07:35:02 AM EST
Believe this can be tagged, "auto"-seppuku (for double-entendre fans .. re suicide?) ... ;^>
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 29, 2018, 05:54:51 PM EST
Oh cheese, THAT doesnt look good
-NT
- (boxley)
- Jan. 29, 2018, 07:26:21 PM EST
Well, there's this ... anyway
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- Jan. 30, 2018, 03:48:27 PM EST
thats what you get for being stingy at pol collection plate, never see a banker in tht fix
-NT
- (boxley)
- Jan. 30, 2018, 09:23:16 PM EST
Showing off
- (drook)
- (1)
- Jan. 25, 2018, 09:54:21 AM EST
..that's a bloody-Woot! innit?
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 25, 2018, 03:48:44 PM EST
Brand badges don't mean much these days.
- (Another Scott)
- (27)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 11:11:37 AM EST
I dont shop cars by brand anymore
- (boxley)
- (6)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 03:10:36 PM EST
My list
- (drook)
- (5)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 05:02:10 PM EST
Ulp..
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 09:24:07 PM EST
I haven't paid much attention.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 09:38:11 PM EST
I had a Pontiac Grand Prix once ...
- (drook)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 09:45:26 PM EST
I'll look into that, thanks for the tip
- (drook)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 09:46:45 PM EST
Re: My list
- (pwhysall)
- May 4, 2019, 02:50:27 AM EDT
Been happening for a long time.
- (static)
- (1)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 04:04:28 PM EST
VW: From MAN and Scania via Bugatti, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi down to VW, SEAT and Skoda.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- May 3, 2019, 08:03:45 AM EDT
Yabut.. at least TTAC lends gravitas to the unravelling, eh? :-þ
- (Ashton)
- (11)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 04:08:42 PM EST
Nice.
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 09:42:19 PM EST
re "rear drums", as seems to come up in auto-porn, often
- (Ashton)
- (9)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 10:33:07 PM EST
I know about the long-gone "joys" of brake jobs, too!
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- Jan. 21, 2018, 11:21:04 PM EST
Having done 4-wheel drums, and 3 disks (two front, one rear) on a bike ...
- (drook)
- (2)
- Jan. 22, 2018, 12:35:45 AM EST
Wikipedia has a list of advantages.
- (static)
- (1)
- Jan. 22, 2018, 04:13:05 AM EST
Wikipedia constantly amazes me
-NT
- (drook)
- Jan. 22, 2018, 09:33:54 AM EST
As to mfg. 'strategies':
- (Ashton)
- (4)
- Jan. 22, 2018, 03:48:04 PM EST
I didn't realize until recently that the front brakes do much more work.
- (static)
- (1)
- Jan. 22, 2018, 10:43:01 PM EST
Oh yess..
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 23, 2018, 12:04:56 AM EST
Engineered to not lock the wheels
- (scoenye)
- Jan. 23, 2018, 06:32:24 PM EST
Possible handling advantages are probably secondary...
- (CRConrad)
- May 3, 2019, 07:51:54 AM EDT
That's nothing. Behold the Aston-Martin Cygnet:
- (CRConrad)
- (5)
- May 3, 2019, 07:52:28 AM EDT
I've seen one of those in real life, parked in our neighborhood.
- (Another Scott)
- May 3, 2019, 07:58:59 AM EDT
Wonder what Q branch could do with one of those?...
-NT
- (scoenye)
- May 3, 2019, 07:17:59 PM EDT
That was mad as a box of frogs.
- (pwhysall)
- May 4, 2019, 02:45:30 AM EDT
Now see the [only..] one with a V-8
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- May 12, 2019, 04:15:54 PM EDT
Guess that answers my Q branch question
- (scoenye)
- May 13, 2019, 06:15:14 PM EDT
HiFi Bluetooth audio - the EarStudio.
- (static)
- (4)
- Dec. 25, 2017, 08:54:28 PM EST
Neat. I was thinking there was a market for such things. Thanks for the pointer.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Dec. 26, 2017, 10:38:41 AM EST
There's plenty of scope.
- (static)
- (2)
- Dec. 26, 2017, 05:50:35 PM EST
I may get one to go with my Essential PH-1
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Dec. 26, 2017, 06:07:10 PM EST
My experience says that doesn't matter.
- (static)
- Dec. 26, 2017, 08:58:49 PM EST
Most revolutionary car ever made?
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Sept. 28, 2017, 10:47:28 PM EDT
loved those cars
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Sept. 29, 2017, 11:42:56 AM EDT
Well in that case
- (Ashton)
- Sept. 29, 2017, 10:01:56 PM EDT
As far as that goes, yes.
- (static)
- Sept. 30, 2017, 05:43:16 AM EDT
OK.. last pair: stumbled-upon after Y-tube inserted link (after unrelated-Other.) The fuels..
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 1, 2017, 11:21:02 PM EDT
OK {{ last was penultimate-one}} This review, from Oz is re The New Citroëns
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 29, 2017, 05:18:38 PM EDT
AW: Air Force weighs scrapping A-10 replacement.
- (Another Scott)
- (11)
- July 18, 2017, 01:09:50 PM EDT
The drones will never have the same concentration of armamemnts.
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- (1)
- July 18, 2017, 01:49:25 PM EDT
Never's a really long time. ;-)
- (Another Scott)
- July 19, 2017, 03:01:29 AM EDT
Does that mean the A-10 stays in service? Or that they'll just abandon that capability?
-NT
- (drook)
- (8)
- July 18, 2017, 02:50:14 PM EDT
Re: Does that mean the A-10 stays in service? Or that they'll just abandon that capability?
- (Another Scott)
- July 19, 2017, 02:56:01 AM EDT
I thought that airframe lifespan was a driving factor
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- July 19, 2017, 06:42:25 AM EDT
They're like George Washington's hatchet.
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- July 19, 2017, 08:25:33 AM EDT
Why do they need flexible systems?
- (drook)
- (4)
- July 19, 2017, 09:28:02 AM EDT
A huge part of the cost is the people.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- July 19, 2017, 12:56:44 PM EDT
Nothing's been the same since the close of TOPGUN at Miramar. :0(
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- July 19, 2017, 11:44:02 AM EDT
The pilot looking out the bubble is one of the key features of the A-10
- (drook)
- (1)
- July 19, 2017, 12:18:48 PM EDT
Maybe, but as you say the optics on planes maybe "good enough" in many / most cases.
- (Another Scott)
- July 19, 2017, 01:02:56 PM EDT
In 'Mobile Tech' forum: query re heroic data-recovery, post-dunking, aka
- (Ashton)
- (7)
- June 15, 2017, 07:20:29 PM EDT
Sorry, not many ways to help from over here.
- (CRConrad)
- (6)
- June 16, 2017, 06:00:22 AM EDT
Good thought,
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- June 16, 2017, 06:54:07 AM EDT
Before going through that...
- (scoenye)
- (4)
- June 16, 2017, 08:44:48 PM EDT
Ulp.. it's a maze..
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- June 17, 2017, 03:12:28 PM EDT
Haven't made up my mind yet
- (scoenye)
- (2)
- June 18, 2017, 12:51:02 AM EDT
Will be discovering how Credo does it..
-NT
- (Ashton)
- June 18, 2017, 07:20:00 PM EDT
She seems to have a SYA.. maybe two.
- (Ashton)
- June 20, 2017, 09:06:29 PM EDT
'The Weird and Wonderful Citroën That Still Captivates, 60 Years On'
- (Ashton)
- March 5, 2017, 06:03:36 AM EST
Boston Dynamics continues to do amazing stuff.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Feb. 28, 2017, 03:09:13 PM EST
Dang
-NT
- (drook)
- Feb. 28, 2017, 04:42:01 PM EST
Sir, your Companion/Enforcer has arrived at your front door
- (Ashton)
- March 5, 2017, 06:35:55 AM EST