I know that Ford experimented with hemp fiber reinforced plastics back in the day. I assume with modern technology that could be made recyclable. Hemp fibers are longer and stronger than cotton. It made some pretty tough body panels.
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Last week I was driving on 880 through the San Francisco bay area and noticed 3 or 4 reports on Waze regarding police ahead within about a 6 or 8 mile stretch of road, and there weren't police at any of them. I commented to my wife that it must be the police make reports on Waze. I've seen this a lot lately in the…
I've seen this car around the Niles district of Fremont CA, it looks like quite the beast in person.
I've been buying cars for 40 years now, and the fact that some new cars don't come with a spare tire is news to me. On the other hand for most of my car buying life cars weren't sold with roadside assistance either. If you wanted that you bought it from AAA, or someone like that. I would think if this guy has any…
Landrover Defenders have been built with Aluminum bodies for decades. It's not like this is uncharted territory.
Not to mention you'd have a new car rather than a 14 year old car, you'd save enough on insurance and maintenance to pay for the next car you buy when this wears out.
Isn't there an unfinished super-collider that's roughly a five mile loop somewhere in Texas? Seems like half the work is already done there.
I have to admit when I was 16 and first got my license I was an awful driver. After a few speeding and maybe reckless driving tickets I lost my license. After about three months I picked up a 69 Ford Country squire wagon and tried driving carefully around (not a good idea in small town) one day I came home and there…
I rode motorcycles for many years as my only means of transport, and one thing I learned early was to avoid Semi trucks, especially that area around the backs of trailers. you don't want to be there when one of those giant tires comes apart.
The Toyota was amazing as far as comfort and space goes. It was one of the last of the true cab forward Vans. It had a cooler that made ice in the center console, power everything, dual front and rear a/c, it had corner lights that would light up turns when you put on a blinker, push button 4WD. I could lay all the…
I agree with everything you said, except back in the early 90s when my kids were young I drove a Toyota 4WD LE van. I live on the Rural northern California coast and found that van could go anyplace a SUV could go, it seated 7, was comfortable, great for road trips, and a competent off-roader. If I faced the rear…
5th Gear: Another Test Site For Those Dang Autonomous Cars
Didn't Tesla make all their patents open for anyone to use? I'm surprised everyone interested in building electrics doesn't have a 200 mile range concept in the works.
61 to 70% and you don't have Italy as a country as a country origin.
Why is Italy not on the list of countries?
I had a buddy in the 90s that rode a BMW R/100 with a Ural side car. He would do this sort of thing all time. It was entertaining.
So they film a pulse of light as it flies through the air and bounces off a mirror while at the same time radiating light to the camera to make an image on the sensor to create the video. I have to admit it's cool, and even though I've read about this on several sites this is the first place I've seen even as much…
Whoever drove this beast up to 118 mph in a time when most people were still getting around by foot of horse must have been insane. Why did Fiat stop building 28.5 liter engines? that would be 15.8 times the displacement of my 73 fiat spider with the later model 1.8 liter engine. Thi think must have weighed at much…
I lost my only keys to a BMW R100 and didn't find them till a good year after I sold the bike. they were at the end of my driveway buried in the Ivy. I'd finally gotten around to cutting back the ivy to reclaim my driveway and there were the keys. I have them now, I just don't have the bike.