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Automotive Trivia |
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1) Where and what was "Fordlandia"?
2) What make and model of car did Tom Selleck's character Thomas Magnum drive in the TV series Magnum PI?
3) While a tire is rotating, does the air rotate with the tire or does the trapped air remain stationary?
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| Dan's News & Discoveries |
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The car of the future - GM's HyWire
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Check out this VW Factory in Germany
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Mr. Allen Swift (Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928. He drove it up until his death last year, at the age of 102.
He was the oldest living owner of a car from new. He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death. It has 170,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in perfect
cosmetic condition.
Here is something new: a virtual auto trade show.
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1) The name of a rubber plantation that Henry Ford tried to establish on land he bought in 1927 in Brazil. When the price of rubber began rising rapidly in 1925, Ford decided to grow his own. Synthetic rubber developed during WWII helped persuade Ford to sell out to the Brazilian government in 1945.
2) Ferrari 308 GTS. There were three different cars: a 1979 GTS, a 1981GTSi and a 1984 GTS QV.
3) Although the density of air is slight, the collisions of the trapped air molecules within the tire create "fluid friction" in the air. This internal friction of the air makes it resist flowing faster or slower than the tire. The result is that the trapped air rotates with the tire.
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Thanks to Don Anglin Undercar Digest for trivia questions |
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| How Green is the Prius? |
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How green is the Prius? Better fuel economy means less crude oil and less carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere. Therefore it is greener. Right? Not so fast; you also have to look at what it takes
to manufacture the Prius.
Toyota reports that more emissions are generated when building a Prius than a Camry. The manufacturing consumes more energy and produces more emissions. In Toyota's life cycle study of the Prius, it determined that the Prius consumes more energy and produced more emissions that a comparable-sized gasoline-powered sedan.
But, it's still cleaner than the limousines previously used by movie stars.
Taken from Tim Runner's Washington Report, found in Import Automotive Parts & Accessories Jan/Feb 2011, with permission |
| What people are saying about Dan's |
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Hey Dan! Made it to the Grand Canyon. So far w/no "hiccupps". Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years. Thanks again for your prompt attention to my problem & your honest, forthright & informative way of presenting things to me. Much appreciated by someone like me who's on the road & all too rare in this day & age. Thanks again & don't change.
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