Technical

Almost on-topic: Anyone using a Bluetooth Speakerphone?
I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay for. The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad Shack amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. It is somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm Treo 650, not known for their s... 13 Mar 2010 15:25

Stop the recall madness (National Post)
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/08/stop-the-recall-madness.aspx March 8, 2010, 17:33:00 | NP Editor Automobile recalls are inevitable, but today they are jumped on by those eager to advance their own agendas By Dennis DesRosiers In the past few weeks public outrage has be... 8 Mar 2010 22:05

Jay Leno on Top Gear.
Last Monday on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson said Jay Leno will be on Top Gear, this evening, today.So, I clicked on Top Gear this evening on the BBC America tv channel. cuhulin ... 9 Mar 2010 11:15

Motor racing legend Stirling Moss in intensive care after falling
three storeys. http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=285168 cuhulin ... 8 Mar 2010 15:20

Dumb wheel direction question
This may sound silly but on a 1994 Dodge Caravan with the 3.0 engine and the automatic transmission are the drivers and passangers tires suppose to turn opposite directions when the vehicle is in Park? For example if the front of the vehicle was up on jack-stands and it was in Park and you turned the drivers wheel ... 8 Mar 2010 23:11

Toyota Provided No Evidence of Testing Electronic Throttle to US Congress
john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:dda05086-d313-48c0-9402-9d8701c64b7a(a)g8g2000pri.googlegroups.com: Toyota seems to playing delay tactics and dodgeball. "The House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday that documents provided by Toyota Motor Corp. didn't appear to rule out electronic de... 7 Mar 2010 18:31

honda accord hose kit
Hello, a few months ago, when I had gone to the dealer for some maitenance they had recommended to change the hoses for my accord 2001 (60k miles). at that time, they had suggested to get a hose kit that contains 9 hoses or so. Other than the 2 radiator hoses, where are the other 7 hoses located and their fun... 9 Mar 2010 12:24

electronic throttle
if you buy all this fear-mongering idiocy that electronic throttle is a problem, and that brakes, transmissions and ignition kill switches can all simultaneously fail causing a driver to lose control, it might be worth auto manufacturers of all stripes to adopt a slightly different implementation of electronic ... 24 Apr 2010 09:28

con ( Re: Go Green With a Homemade Electric Car - Top 3Reasons...
If you are not going to reuse the engine anyway, no big problem to strip off enough parts from the engine and remove it with Armstrong power. cuhulin ... 15 Mar 2010 07:55

Toyota blocks access to 'black box' data
That must be Toyota's way of taking the 5th! Before she died, the 5-foot-2, 125-pound woman told relatives she was practically standing with both feet on the brake pedal but could not stop the car from slamming into a building. Records confirm that emergency personnel found Grossman with both feet on the brake pe... 13 Mar 2010 16:32