Archive for May, 2005
Bricklin not impressed with GM lawsuit
24 May 2005Malcolm Bricklin is defying GM and their threats of lawsuits over the Chery name when he imports the Chinese car beginning in 2007. According to Bricklin:
General Motors must resort to unfounded legal attacks to make up for their declining sales and unimaginative product line
This from the fellow importing a car that is a direct copy [...]
The “Buy American” problem
23 May 2005Last week, the House of Representatives passed a “Buy American” bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to only buy products with more than 50% of their components mined, produced or manufactured in the United States. As one tech trade representative said, they won’t be using computers or cell phones since none meet that [...]
Bostrom wins Pikes Peak
22 May 2005Mat Mladin can be beaten by a combination of a track that abuses tires and great riding by some other riders. Eric Bostrom has something going at Pikes Peak, today’s win is number 6 for him at the track. He followed Aaron Yates for quite a few laps and made a last lap pass for [...]
Autobahn speed limits?
22 May 2005Bureaucrats: a particular variant of the human species not happy unless they are meddling in things, especially when their meddling involves placing limits on others. The European Union’s energy commissioner has proposed a 100kph (62mph) speed limit throughout Europe, including Germany where the famous Autobahn runs wide open. The European economic and social committee (the [...]
Gas under $2.00
21 May 2005It’s official, just saw a gas station at $1.99 per gallon for regular. Don’t know what it is where you live but here on the shores of Lake Erie we just slid under the $2.00 mark. I wonder how long that will last.
Turbocharging
20 May 2005Speaking of speed, I came across this book and I liked it right away. The author starts by comparing Top Fuel dragsters to the Formula 1 cars of the late 1980’s when turbos were king. Guess which cars put out more power per cubic inch? Formula 1, hands down, they were producing about 1300 to [...]
2005 Motogiro May 24 - 28
20 May 2005
Motorcycle Top Speed
20 May 2005A few months ago there was a news story about a motorcycle rider ticketed for 205mph which later turned out to be a bit optimistic on the part of the police given that they were timing the rider with a stopwatch from the air. Production motorcycles are fast but not quite that fast.
I started [...]
