Posted in car, technology, tagged car, gas, technology on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
First, I am going to review this page about fuel saving technology:
Multistage Oil Pump: Talk about craptacular, oil pressure does little or nothing for an engine. Oil viscosity does a lot more for the engine. But, underflowing oil will destroy an engine. A multistage oil pump is only good for pumping failure. Better alternative - [...]
Posted in car, politics, tagged cars, Driving, the law on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just an update to this - After talking to someone In The Know, he said that it wasn’t likely I would be responsible under code 3733. He indicated it would be very unlikely that the DA would even sign off on prosecuting this. But, here’s the story…
This continues The One Day I Wish I Lived [...]
Posted in E/N, car, tagged road rage on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the fun parts about living in the Delaware Valley is that the weather never co-operates. This time of year means hot and humid, sometimes going down to freezing at night just to make sure there’s a new layer of abandoned bodywork to dodge on the highway. To add to the fun, I95 is [...]
Posted in car, merchandise on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I finally found a Camry I liked. It’s a 1993 5SFE engine with an automatic transmission in reasonable condition. It’s completely unremarkable (which is good) except that I really love cup-holders, and it gets 25MPG. Trav has said they’ll get 35MPG if you’re really careful with it. I don’t keep that close an eye on [...]
Posted in car, merchandise, tagged buying, cars, selling, the free market on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love craigslist, it’s second only to insurance auctions for cars which are mildly beat up but still running. There’s a really bad signal-to-noise ratio on craigslist, probably worse than ebay. And I find the stuff on craigslist car-wise is stuff that wouldn’t sell on ebay. Case in point: 1998 (actually I think [...]
Posted in car, technology, tagged CNG, LPG on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
The guy who owned the diesel was nuts, and basically tried to fish me along with the old, “Well I’ve got a deposit, but if you meet this price over here…”
I hate that crap. I just hung up on him. If he’s really got a deposit, it’s good as sold. If he doesn’t [...]
Posted in car, merchandise, tagged china, motorcycles on February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Continuing the horrors of automobiles thread here, I recently ran across Chinese motorcycle imports completely by accident. The company is called LiFan, and it makes just about everything you see in the corner of your local pep boys. The importers don’t say a whole lot about the bikes, but it seems that you purchase a [...]
Posted in car, tagged cars, Jeeps, mechanics on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The fun thing about car shopping on the low end is you find all sorts of really incredible stuff.
So far I’ve found:
An ice cream truck. I almost bought it but then I couldn’t figure out how to lure a bear into it.
Old postal service jeeps. There’s a ton of these out there.
Incredibly [...]
Posted in car, merchandise, technology, tagged cars, fuel economy, mechanics on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I drive a 1991 Turbocharged Toyota MR2. According to the government, it gets about 18 and 24 MPG. This is all well and good, but the maintenance interval is incredibly short. You will change the oil every 3000 miles and it will take all four and some change quarts. The timing belt itself needs changing [...]
