July 2010
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Autoline After Hours: 5 Kilowatts In A Suitcase →
Listened to Autoline After Hours today with guest Peter Hofbauer, a former diesel-engine designer at Volkswagen, who is developing a revolutionary new opposed-piston engine. The goal is power the first 5-passenger car capable of 100 mpg on the EPA highway cycle.
The bottom line is that if this engine catches on it could completely do away with the need for plug-in electric and fuel cell powered...
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2010 FIA GT3 Paul Ricard Race 2 Start →
“The wild start of the FIA GT3 race at Paul Ricard earlier today. Five wide on the straight and clean through the first corner, but there’s trouble some corners later.”
http://jalopnik.com/5581436/what-makes-a-gearhead →
Personal favorite: You’ve ever put a V8 somewhere it didn’t belong, like in an MG, or your kitchen.
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Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto:...
– The Star Spangled Banner, 4th stanza
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Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
– Benjamin Franklin
Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not...
– Andrew Jackson
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
– James Madison
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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other...
– John Adams
June 2010
95 posts
listening to "Bruce Springsteen →
listening to "Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The... →
Play it Tom.
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listening to "Flogging molly - If i ever leave... →
Hello Blip! Let’s get this party started.
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