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Uncle Tom’s Car Tips – Have Fun Selling Your Junker

Uncle Tom's Cabin — Tom @ November 5, 2009

What do you do when you have a clunker sitting in your driveway that you don’t want to spend another dime on it to get to run.  Such was the plight of Jezabel Jaguar.  Craigslist.org to the rescue.  Check out the You Tube video how Jazabel found a new home from one of the anxious Craigslist buyers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAo5r67yT24No, This Is Not Jezabel

No, this is not a picture of Jezabel but a custom car owned by one of her perspective suitors that drove up to check her out.  Get the details on the You Tube video.

2009 BMW M3 convertible

Automotive — Sidiov @ July 30, 2009

Finally I get a chance to drive the new BMW M3 convertible. The M3 is not a “new” car, being in it’s second model year already, but in any case, I still consider it one of the most excellent driving experiences on the road. The biggest problem with BMW in southern California is that even the M models are commonplace. The new M3 coupes and convertibles are popping up all over very quickly.
The convertible is a bit heavier than the coupe at 3,989 pounds (not a light car), but the 414 bhp engine does a great job giving the beast all the grunt you could want. BMW likes to keep torque low on its engines, but gives it to you at a low rpm so you have the power to burn rubber. This ideal still holds true, with a max of 295 ft lb available at 3,900 rpm, and a large range redlining at 8,400 rpm. I’ve heard claims you can get to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds in the cv, but I was unable to match that, taking 5.4 in 4 of 5 tests in my manual equipped model.

The interior of this convertible is very nice.  The leather is comfortable and classy, and with the hard top up it is quiet enough to be a passable coupe on the highway.  The new i-drive system is good, with a useful GPS, and the enhanced sound is very powerful although a $400 ipod adaptor is beyond ridiculous.  You’d think BMW would make that charge somewhat more realistic now that we are out of the early century, but apparently every sucker still orders it at full price.  however everything in the front looks and feels good, and fits snugly.

Of course, BMW M series have always been known for their handling, and this model is no different.  While a bit more flex is noticable from the coupe, this car can still go around corners like a bat out of hell.  Most cars loose out in the twisties against the new M3, with the exception of the GT-R and some sort of go-kart like the Elise.  You can order an M3 for sub-$68,000 base price and get a decked out model available around $79,000 plus add $3,295 for the BMW Maintenance program extension (worth it) and if you dont want a manual (you dont?!?!?) add another $3,000 for the double-clutch trans.  I’d say it’s worth it if you have that sort of money.  The versitility of a hard top is worth a hefty premium in my book, and I would take this cv over the coupe, and potentially even over a GT-R.

Feeding Time At The FED

Uncle Tom's Cabin — Tom @ July 9, 2009

The FED's Action Gives New Meaning to "Cash Cow"

The Federal Reserve is Hoofing It, Again… to Jump Start the Economy

In a recent Reuters poll, economists gave Federal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke an “8” out of “10” for his handling of the economic crisis. With the unemployment rate still climbing and the economy sputtering, one wonders what these economists were smoking to give Mr. Bernanke such high marks. Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said giving the Fed more authority “is like having a parent giving his son a bigger, faster car, right after he crashed the family station wagon”.

One might expect that a poll among agronomists will show similar adoration about Bernanke’s impending, bold move to fortify our money. Dubbed by agronomists at the Fed as the A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan (Anticipatory Cattle Transfusions In Our Nation), the latest bailout plan will invigorate the suffering, cattle industry. The Fed has figured out how to feed cattle with Federal Reserve Notes. By adding vitamins, minerals, fiber and carbohydrates to Federal Reserve Notes, cattlemen will be able to feed money to their cattle instead of expensive commodities like corn.

The new money will have different flavors and nutritional amounts based on the denomination of each note. The one dollar note will be “basic oats” flavor. The two dollar bill will taste like bananas. Chimpanzees have found the two dollar bills most appealing. The Fed will add a new three dollar bill to honor diversity. It will taste like “tutee-fruity”. In anticipation of human consumption of money, the five dollar notes will taste like Soylent Green1. In addition to keeping you “fed”, the new Federal Reserve Notes can cost effectively keep you warm, too!

Mr. Bernanke said that this latest stimulation measure was received in the Federal Reserve’s Suggestion Box. Mr. B told reporters at a recent conference that the Fed welcomes all jump starting ideas because they realize that there must be more really good ones out there waiting to be tested on the public.

Tom Compton ©2009 ● We Hold These Truths ● Website: whtt.org

1 Soylent Green is a ‘70s sci-fi movie where Charlton Heston discovers that “Soylent Green” is made from people.

To view a pdf file with color photos go to: http://whtt.org/images/PP-FeedingTime.pdf

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