July 25, 2006

[Redwood]

-War of the Speed Detectorheads: The Rise of Laser
-European car markets face extended stagnation
-For the 1st time, U.S. drivers buy more import brands
-What we need for the red light cameras
-Boss Mustang will be stripper with GT500 parts
-Porsche to offer seven-speed DSG
-Top 10 Scenic Drives in the U.S.
-Can vegetable-oil cars save the world? (thanks Cody)
-2007 Nissan Sentra SE-R spy photos
-2007 Hyundai Tiburon refresh
-A $100K price tag fails to faze growing breed of millionaires
-2006 British International Motor Show
-Dodge's rash Web ads spread like a virus
-2006 British Motor Show Galleries
-Ford announces pricing for 2007 Expedition models
-Detroit: The Long Road Back
-Top Gear episode 8x07 Released
-Video: Top Gear: Gallardo convertible review, kit car race
-Video: Kim Cattrall's Too Sexy For New Zealand, Nissan Pulls Tilda Ad Campaign

[instigator]

Re: July 25, 2006

-War of the Speed Detectorheads: The Rise of Laser

Good article. I was wondering how well that headlight coating worked.

[Dean!]

Re: July 25, 2006

Good article. I was wondering how well that headlight coating worked.

Wow, that is a good article, Go Laser Go, the fact that the two mentioned laser jammers effectively blocked the 6 laser guns is quite promising:

Shooting back
Using the second of the two laser-defensive technologies, the drivers shoot back. Fors' team tested two laser jammers, which are called "Laser Blinder" and "Lidatek Laser Echo." These devices consist of deck-of-cards-sized transmitters that mount on the front of the car near the license plate, and a small control box that mounts inside the car. Both jammed the six top laser guns currently used by police.

"There are no federal laws prohibiting the use of a laser countermeasure," says Fors, meaning that for the moment, the drivers are winning this battle. Two of the six laser gun brands advertise that they can tell when they are being jammed, but in Fors' testing, only one did so successfully.

http://www.blinderxtreme.com/

I can personally vouch a laser jammer works quite well!

[Dean!]

Re: July 25, 2006

-Can vegetable-oil cars save the world? (thanks Cody)

Supply and demand. The article itself states that there are 100 million gallons of waste restaurant oil compared to 140 BILLION gallons consumed. That effects the environment by 0.07.

Once used restaurant oil becomes a sought after commodity, it will no longer be $1.50 a gallon - which I still think is quite high. Plus you'll need a big barrel for storage and manually pump 15 gallons into your car each time, etc.

So let's say you have a 42 gallon barrel - maybe once a month you have to transport a 350lb (42 x 7 plus 50lbs for the steel barrel) barrel full of messy oil.... That restaurant just made $63 and you just saved $63 that month. Then more people start doing this and the market bears $2 a gallon for used restaurant oil...etc....

[Fair!]

Re: July 25, 2006

from: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=116259

Detector detector detectors
Since 1995, trucks have been forbidden from using detectors in any state, yet Fors estimates that about 10 percent use them. "This issue has become a true cat-and-mouse game with detector makers and enforcement equipment makers," says Fors. Police departments in states that outlaw radar detectors and in Canada have been using four types of detector detectors in differing levels of sophistication. After the first radar detector detector, the detector makers shielded and altered frequencies to avoid being detected. "Then it became humorous as the radar detectors could detect the radio frequency leakage of the radar detector detectors before the radar detector detectors could detect the detector. These radar detectors became Radar Detector Detector Detectors," Fors muses.

Movie quote:

Trace Buster...
Trace Buster Buster!
Trace Buster Buster.... Buster!
Trace Buster Buster Buster Buster!

[Paul]

Re: July 25, 2006

Trace Buster...
Trace Buster Buster!
Trace Buster Buster.... Buster!
Trace Buster Buster Buster Buster! - Jiro Nishi (The Big Hit)

[instigator]

Re: July 25, 2006

Dorks.

[hancheyb]

Re: July 25, 2006

Dorks.

That's so dorky I don't get it.

[Fair!]

Re: July 25, 2006

That's so dorky I don't get it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120609/

from a movie called The Big Hit...

funny...

[Redwood]

Re: July 25, 2006

That's so dorky I don't get it.

That's pretty bad coming from the guy that wore the headband and Kidd Kraddick t-shirt to the Fair house cabling day.

[hancheyb]

Re: July 25, 2006

That's pretty bad coming from the guy that wore the headband and Kidd Kraddick t-shirt to the Fair house cabling day.

Ouch!! I was actually working and not holding cable out of the way for my GF!