car
The Braille Scale Jeep blog
Quite a narrow niche, this one.
I might have one of the Cararama Jeeps mentioned, and I’m sure I’ve got the Academy kit. It’s been a while since I built an Airfix Jeep, though.
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Jeep
Lynx?
Lynx?
Originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Update as you can see, I now have the car’s right name. Lynx Motors are still going, and still making Eventers from XJS’s.
A minor clear out
At the start of the year, I set myself the target of uploading 1,000 pictures in to my gallery. So, when I ran out of harddisk space on my computer yesterday, I actually found some pictures I though I might upload.
Pictures Of Cars – Imaginatively titled, including a day trip to Belle Vue’s Banger racing
Collectormania – Various pictures I have taken from Collectormania, including some famous actors, and some not so famous.
Volkswagen's 200mpg car
A few years ago, Volkswagen built a concept car that could manage over 200 miles to the gallon. The project was shelved because the price of a complete vehicle was judged to be too high. Now, with advances bringing costs down, and changes in management at the company, the project has been resurrected.
via Jalopnik
Technorati tag: Cars, Fuel Efficiency
Why do I never have a bazooka when I need one
Why do I never have a bazooka when I need one
Originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
"I've just played two hours of Gran Turismo. Dare me to drive?"
Playing driving games encourages people to take risks when they get in their cars. This is particularly true of young male drivers, who are already a menace to themselves and others anyway.
We play a lot of driving games in casa Spinneyhead. It’s probably for the best that two of us don’t have cars.
Our current favourite, FYI, is Midnight Club 3: DUB edition
The car that taste abandoned
The car that taste abandoned
Originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
There's a killer on the road
And he’s talking on his phone.
The comment I left on the MEN’s news item about the crackdown on drivers using phones in their cars–
A couple of weeks ago I was nearly flattened by a driver who sailed through a red traffic light whilst talking on his phone. He stopped at the next set of traffic lights, so I cycled after him, bashed on his window and uttered a few choice words about his idiocy.
He ignored me, of course. As the phone call was so important he’d risk killing people for it, he wasn’t going to let an irate cyclist put an end to it.
I should have used my phone to photograph his car and post the picture to my website to shame him.
Technorati tag: Drivers, Mobile phone
Solar Hybrid
I said there would be a market for hybrids that utilise solar panels to recharge their batteries, and Canadian engineer Steve Lapp has already gone ahead and stuck photovoltaics onto his Prius. The energy provided gains the car several free miles a day, upping its fuel efficiency.
Technorati tag: Solar power, Hybrid car