I started out working for a small company (about 5K employees world wide), but we got bought out buy the largest company in our industry. (15K direct employees and about 20K temps world wide) I new it was time to study my Dilbert when reading the new hire material it talked about wanting to hire and retain the best…

It’s not just the US, for example Germany censors are more concerned about violence in movies, yet could careless about language or nudity. Most German versions of US movies are edited beyond belief even a lot of G and PG movies in the US are heavily censored in the German versions. In fact there are web sites that…

Slightly OFF TOPIC warning... But.. What I want to know is why do they higher someone else to dub Arnolds voice into German, for the German versions of his movies? The best answer I have gotten is that Germans would hate listing to his Austrian accent. Yet the people they get to do his voice in German sound nothing…

Have you filled up a jet with fuel lately. My first thought was the same reason the company I worked for had several different sized Corporate Jets. Fuel is expensive, and a Jet takes a lot of fuel. You don't need a big plane to take a short flight, just like someone might buy a small efficient car for commuting, and…

Ohhh sorry, I just drooled a little.... just ignore me for a moment.

The modern automobile. It can go far more places than just about any other form of transportation. From city center, to mountain top. Forest to desert. It’s not far to find one, just outside your front door or in your garage. It’s time table is completely flexible to your schedule, not someone else’s. It’s quiet,…

Unfortunately when it comes to racing, they are like HD, with a prettier face. They can only compete if raced exclusively against themselves. Boxer motors in Porsches, Subarus and Ferraris make for a good motor that provides a low CG. On a motorcycle it has the opposite effect. to get the ground clearance for the…

No argument there.

This is what I do not get about peoples ‘love’ for HD. yes this is a “cheap” entry level HD, but it’s just under $8K. for the same basic money get a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 or a Kawasaki Vulcan S. I’ll fully admit I do not get cruisers, wrong seating position, and crap performance, but then they are not made for someone…

Oh please, please ,please, tell me Renault is returning to the US market, and bringing that truck! And if they brought in a manual transmission version it would rocket to the top of my to buy list.

Never underestimate peoples ability to be completely stupid.

Unfortunately the article did not mention how much rubber was used in the asphalt. Most asphalt contains some rubber from recycled tires. The percentage in the US is pretty low, I think just a couple 3 to 6%. In Germany they build the autobahns with much more recycled rubber. Oddly enough higher rubber content is…

From what I understand from our Corporate Pilot, it did not work out well from a reliability standpoint either. The theory behind it seemed good enough, but in actuality the engines were just not designed for the constant load.

My brother once got pulled over driving a classic car (He almost exclusively drives cars from the 50’s through the 70’s, except when my dad gives him one of my moms reliable newer cars) the police officer started asking questions about the car. 45min later the officer asked him if he knows why he pulled him over. My…

I’m not quite sure I’d go as far as purty... but definitely not an ugly bike.

I’d be pleased if they could get the descriptions right. With an accurate description I could at least draw it or imagine it like you suggest. Search for a manual transmission and about half actually have automatics. I have even seen dealers list the same car once as a manual and once as an automatic. Not sure if…

It was in the US, I do not recall getting an accounting of the proceeds, but this was over 15, almost 20 years ago, so it's possible I did, and just tossed it in the circular file and forgot about it. Also since I moved into a different apartment due to my poor finances it's possible, although unlikely, they mailed it…

I did this actually, and I do not see that I had any other choice. I had lost a job, and could not afford my bills. I tried to find a car dealer to pay off the loan and take it off my hands. But they would only do so if I was buying another car. I advertised the car for sale if someone would pay off the loan. I owed…

While in collage I had an RX-7 that I used for work, delivering Pizza’s. On a delivery the engine started running rough and then kept stalling out. I ended up calling the store to report I was done for the night. I managed to get my car to limp home 2 or 3 miles at a time. The next morning I started checking things…

Uhhh what the hell am I look at? did Honda take these pictures, is this a super close up of some parts? this is like the Lamborghini pictures of the tail lights, I honestly have zero clue what I am looking at in these pictures? I thought at the bottom of the article there might be a full picture, but no just more of,…