Track Trainer software program shows a driver the best way around a track and can drive the car itself to demonstrate it.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
BMW Track Trainer software helps drivers make the perfect slalom [video]
Track Trainer software program shows a driver the best way around a track and can drive the car itself to demonstrate it.
69 dodge charger daytona (complete)
A few pic of my 69 charger daytona its a few years old and starting to fall apart.
i am new to forums so i may be posting things wrong.
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Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/959978.aspx
'71 GTX .......wip
Thought I'd better get some pics up of my latest build before it's all together. It's the Revell '71 GTX with a few mods. This baby is going to run a Viper V10 from the AMT GTS Coupe kit, Pegasus Vantage wheels and custom aluminium exhaust system, plus lots of other body mods, fixes and extras..........
I started in the engine bay by cutting out the molded in battery and water bottle then filled in the holes. I shaved the back of the front valance grille so it's now see through. An area I've missed on other builds is the filler at the back of the front wheel arches which I've sheeted in with styrene. With the custom side exhaust tips I decided to make them exit through the body side, aka AAR Cuda style 'ish, so holes were cut in the body sides and in the floor pan and as they now exited at the sides I had to fill the exhaust cutouts in the rear valance. With that the fuel tank area looked a bit empty so I cut and shut the fuel tank to make it wider and fill up the void. The interior tub underside is visible through the chassis/floor pan and looked unfinished so I fabricated a tunnel filler and a filler between the tub and firewall too. Fuel and brake lines were shaved off the floor pan and I've fab'd replacements from copper and stainless steel wire.
Anyway enough babble here's some pics..........
Cheers Tim
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/884339.aspx
PGO Cévennes Ultimate Black
PGO Automobiles is noted for being a French automaker that specializes on small production cars that are designed to accommodate our longing for the cars of the past while also boasting of modern-day performance specs.
Continuing in their trend of old-school meets new age, PGO decided to release a special edition model of one of it’s most popular models, the C�vennes.
Called the Ultimate Black, the neo-retro two-seater sports car offers plenty of endearing traits to itself that makes it a very attractive car for young and old people alike. PGO decided to make the car look as fashionably sport as it can be by offering plenty of options and accessories so that customers can pretty much build the look of their car depending on their tastes and preferences.
PGO was likewise able to do this by still keeping the C�vennes unique, 50’s look, ensuring all would-be customers that even as a special edition, the C�vennes Ultimate Black retains the same alluring qualities about it that has made it one of PGO’s most popular models.
Details after the jump
PGO Cévennes Ultimate Black originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 30 May 2011 20:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/2011-pgo-c-vennes-ultimate-black-ar110382.html
Monday, 30 May 2011
BMW Track Trainer software helps drivers make the perfect slalom [video]
Track Trainer software program shows a driver the best way around a track and can drive the car itself to demonstrate it.
Volkswagen creates edible ad for the Golf R
Dubbed Eat the Road, the edible ad was made with glutinous rice flour, water, salt, propylene glycol FD&C color and glycerin. 
Lewis Hamilton outburst overshadows Monaco thriller
As if the Monaco Grand Prix had not already been dramatic enough, Lewis Hamilton's controversial comments afterwards will ensure it makes even bigger headlines across the world.
The McLaren driver quoted Ali G, the original spoof character dreamt up by Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen, as he railed against the decision by race stewards to call him to explain his part in two separate incidents during Sunday's event.
Hamilton pointed out to BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Lee McKenzie that it was the fifth time in six races this year he had been called to account for his actions, and she asked him why he thought that was.
"Maybe it's because I'm black," he said, laughing. "That's what Ali G said. I dunno."
"People want to see overtaking and racing and you get done for trying to put on a show and make a move," he continued. "Fair play. If I really feel I've gone too late and hit someone, I'll put my hand up and say I've caused the incident and been the stupid one."
Hamilton described his being called to account for incidents for which he felt was blameless as "a joke", and described the rivals in question - Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Williams novice Pastor Maldonado - as "stupid".
What was he going to do about the situation? "I'll just try and keep my mouth shut," he said.
It is too late for that, though, even though McLaren went into damage-limitation mode after the race.
"Immediately after the race he was very down," team principal Martin Whitmarsh said, "and during a post-race TV interview he made a poor joke about his penalties that referenced Ali G. However, I'm pleased to say that he chose to return to the track a little while later to speak to the stewards about the joke. They accepted his explanation."
Hamilton's remarks came at the end of a weekend when nothing seemed to go right for him.
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A wrong call to do only one run in qualifying led to him starting the race from ninth place, after he made a mistake and cut a chicane on his flying lap.
Trying to make up ground in the race, a brilliant early pass on Michael Schumacher was followed by the two collisions with Massa and Maldonado.
Sir Jackie Stewart talks about the importance of ridding yourself of emotion before stepping into a grand prix car, but it looked as if Hamilton had not taken the great man's advice on Sunday.
Hamilton has made himself one of global sport's highest profile figures thanks to his inspirational driving, and cool, youthful image. And he has established himself in the four and a half years of his career as unquestionably the greatest overtaker in F1, as well as arguably its out-and-out fastest driver.
But he did not earn that reputation with performances like that in Monaco on Sunday. BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle described his late lunge down the inside of Massa as "clumsy" and his attempt to pass Maldonado later on was similarly optimistic.
When Hamilton watches the incidents back, I suspect he might agree, as he may well regret his post-race comments when he calms down after what was admittedly an intensely frustrating weekend. It remains to be seen whether they will get him into hot water with governing body the FIA.
In the days of the former president Max Mosley, there is no question Hamilton would have been called up to answer a charge of bringing the sport into disrepute. His successor Jean Todt has taken a less antagonistic approach, but has not yet had to deal with a similar incident.
Brundle said he thought Hamilton had let frustration creep into his driving, and it certainly looked that way.
He entered Monaco expecting to fight for victory and was quick throughout practice on a circuit he adores and on which he excels, only for it all to slip agonisingly through his fingers.
That frustration will be heightened by the fact that Vettel is now in what has to be considered a virtually unassailable position in the championship.
Hamilton is well aware of how good he is. He aches to add more crowns to the one he won in 2008, and even before Monaco it was obvious that the fact this season is likely to be another barren year was already bubbling provocatively inside him.
But the sooner he realises that his quest to win the multiple titles he feels he deserves will not be helped by this sort of reaction, the better it will be for him.
While luck appeared to desert Hamilton in Monaco, the angels are truly smiling on Vettel this season. And it is not even as if he needs them.
Time after time, circumstance has intervened to make the German's path to victory easier than it should have been, and Vettel has taken full advantage.
Vettel's victory in Monaco on Sunday, his first in the principality, was his fifth in six grands prix so far this season. Only Jim Clark, Nigel Mansell, Schumacher and Jenson Button have achieved that and all of them ended the season in question as champions.
Vettel now leads the championship by 58 points - that means Hamilton, his closest pursuer, would have to take two wins and a sixth place with the Red Bull driver not scoring just to draw level.
It is the sort of margin that can be closed only by a driver in the best car. The problem is that it is Vettel himself who enjoys that luxury and, boy, is he capitalising on it.
His and Red Bull's domination is being founded on their blistering superiority in qualifying. In races, as Sunday demonstrated yet again, the Red Bull is far more vulnerable.
This time, a mix-up at Vettel's first pit stop meant he rejoined on the harder of the two tyre choices, the softs, when Red Bull had been intending to put him on the super-softs, which his closest pursuer Button chose to fit at his first stop.
The mistake made, Red Bull altered their strategy, in light of a mid-race safety car period, and decided to try to make it to the end of the race on those tyres.
That meant Vettel entered the final 30 laps of the race with tyres that were already 32 laps old and with two of F1's finest drivers closing in fast on fresher rubber.
The tyres on Fernando Alonso's Ferrari were 17 laps younger than Vettel's, Button's a full 31; and with a little less than 20 laps to go the three of them were running nose to tail.
Vettel, driving brilliantly as he has all year, had held them off relatively comfortably until a big crash involving Hamilton, Vitaly Petrov, Jaime Alguersuari and Adrian Sutil brought out the safety car again and subsequently the red flag.
The 20-minute stoppage before the race was resumed robbed millions of viewers around the world of what promised to be a spectacular climax to the race - it meant all the drivers could fit fresh tyres and Vettel survived the last eight laps of the re-started race without incident.
It will never be known whether he could have held off Alonso and Button had the race not been stopped.
But McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale told BBC pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz that by their calculations Vettel's tyres had no more than three more laps before they "dropped off the cliff", as F1 teams have taken to describing the moment the Pirellis that have done so much for the racing this year finally lose all their grip.
If Neale was right, even at Monaco Vettel would surely not have been able to hold Alonso and Button back.
Even Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted luck had shone on his team, saying the red flag was a "reprieve".
It was just the latest example of a recurring phenomenon this year. For all Vettel's searing qualifying pace, he is vulnerable in races, but events are transpiring to give him the breathing space he needs to keep winning.
Monaco followed Australia, Malaysia and Turkey this year as a race in which he might have faced a more serious challenge but didn't.
The championship may already appear to be a formality but the races themselves are making up for it with a combination of action and unpredictability that F1 has never seen before.
Next up is the Canadian Grand Prix, on one of the least favourable tracks for Red Bull, the long straights at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve favouring the extra power of McLaren's Mercedes engine and Ferrari over the Renault in the Red Bull.
Last year, Red Bull could manage only fourth and fifth in Montreal, behind Hamilton, Button and Alonso, in a race that prompted the decision to ask new supplier Pirelli to produce tyres that degraded rapidly.
The unique track surface there made the super-durable Bridgestones used last year behave like the Pirellis are doing at every race this season, and prompted the most exciting grand prix of the year.
If that happened when the racing was sometimes processional, even if the title fight was thrilling, the mind boggles at what could happen there in 2011.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/05/hamilton.html
Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Here's another lowrider I finished. I did the interior mostly strait out of the box with some detail painting. 
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/961272.aspx
Team Lotus Launch Their 2011 Machine The T128
Team Lotus (the one who raced last year) have become the second team to officially pull the covers off their new 2011 car. The green and yellow liveried machine will start be raced by Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen this season under the name of Team Lotus as the management’s row with Group Lotus, now [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/team-lotus-launch-their-2011-machine-the-t128/
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Cheaper U.S. Passat price announced - but don't try importing to Europe
Volkswagen prices U.S.-market Passat $7,000 cheaper than previous model, much less than Europe's smaller Passat but import costs can be overwhelming. 
Pastor Maldonado: ?He was too optimistic??
Pastor Maldonado blames Lewis Hamilton for the crash that put him out of the Monaco GP shortly after the restart. Hamilton tried a move up the inside at Ste Devote, which ended in heavy contact that put the Venezuelan into … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/29/pastor-maldonado-he-was-too-optimistic/
Robert Kubica Hospitalised Following Rally Accident
UPDATE ON KUBICA’s CONDITION: �http://wp.me/p3uiu-11K Renault Lotus F1 driver Robert Kubica has been airlifted to hospital following a car accident while competing on a rally. The incident, described as a high speed accident, left the Pole injured and he had to be airlifted to hospital. �His co-driver Jakub Gerber was uninjured in the incident. While [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/robert-kubica-hospitalised-following-rally-accident/
Button Steps Up Pre Season Training With Lance Armstrong
Jenson Button teamed up with record breaking cyclist Lance Armstrong, as he continues to prepare for another Formula One season. The McLaren driver excitedly tweeted that he would be riding with Armstrong, the 7 time Tour de France winner, in Hawaii. Armstrong responded via Twitter “I hope he doesn’t ride as srong as he drives [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/button-steps-up-pre-season-training-with-lance-armstrong/
Thought on the Lotus judgement
Group Lotus set out to stop Team Lotus being in Formula 1. It failed. Thus, we are faced with the bizarre situation of Team Lotus and Lotus Renault GP continuing to exist in tandem in F1. Group Lotus is still allowed to race in black and gold in Formula 1, but Team Lotus has the [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/thought-on-the-lotus-judgement/
New Mopar kit on offer for Dodge Ram
Off-road kit from Mopar lifts the Dodge Ram pickup by 14 inches (35.6 cm) both at the front and rear axles. 
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Porsche 911 China 10th Anniversary Edition announced
Based on the Turbo S, the unique model features a gold exterior with a carbon fiber hood, a carbon fiber rear spoiler and 19-inch Sport Classic wheels. 
Lewis Hamilton: ?I want to win this Grand Prix!?
Lewis Hamilton was buzzing after practice in Monaco today, enjoying the challenge of the track and encouraged by his second place. The McLaren driver was 0.1 shy of pacesetter Fernando Alonso, and admitted he lost a little bit in a … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/26/lewis-hamilton-i-want-to-win-this-grand-prix/
I didn?t help my friend Seb, says Schumacher
Michael Schumacher had an interesting response when told that Lewis Hamilton felt that he had interfered in the lead battle in Spain by letting Vettel through and making life hard for the McLaren driver. ?I don?t recall it,” he said. … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/25/i-didnt-help-my-friend-seb-says-schumacher/
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