miahz » automotive http://miahz.com Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:29:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-RC2 Re: Why We Drive The Way We Do http://miahz.com/2008/08/re-why-we-drive-the-way-we-do/ http://miahz.com/2008/08/re-why-we-drive-the-way-we-do/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:25:26 +0000 Jeremiah http://miahz.com/?p=766 Sarah sent me a link to a book called Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). Haven’t read it, but i scanned the Q&A on Amazon’s page. This quote caught my eye:

Drivers all tend to think they are better than average.

I’ve actually pondered that before and i honestly think i’d be in the top 10% of drivers, at least (i’m definitely curious to find out for sure). I am firmly confident in my skills, but my justification is less about myself and more about the fact that i see so many drivers on the roads that are absolutely clueless.

This could easily become a very long post about driving, traffic, road laws, driver training and licensing in America… But i will leave it with saying that i’d like to read this book.

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A Japanese “lab” experiment shows how “random” traffic slowdowns happen [via Autoblog].

]]> http://miahz.com/2008/03/user-error-traffic/feed/ 0 The $7000 Car Wax http://miahz.com/2008/03/the-7000-car-wax/ http://miahz.com/2008/03/the-7000-car-wax/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:41:22 +0000 Jeremiah http://miahz.com/log/2008/03/20/the-7000-car-wax/ Zymol Royal Glaze [via Autoblog]. Not sure what’s crazier—the fact that it costs $7000, or that you get free refills for life.

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Standalone 3.6 VR6 FSI Engine Conversions [via VWvortex]

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The Audi R8 TDI Le Mans [Autoblog]. That has to be one of the most beautiful machines and pieces of art i’ve ever seen. That tomato red with graphite accents is perfect. Oh yeah, and also: V12 TDI in the trunk.

]]> http://miahz.com/2008/03/sexy/feed/ 0 Atomic V8 http://miahz.com/2008/03/atomic-v8/ http://miahz.com/2008/03/atomic-v8/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:21:24 +0000 Jeremiah http://miahz.com/log/2008/03/02/atomic-v8/ Ariel Atom 500 V8
Ariel Atom 500 V8 [Autoblog].

]]> http://miahz.com/2008/03/atomic-v8/feed/ 0 Global Warming Is A Myth http://miahz.com/2007/10/global-warming-is-a-myth/ http://miahz.com/2007/10/global-warming-is-a-myth/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:46:02 +0000 Jeremiah http://miahz.com/log/2007/10/15/global-warming-is-a-myth/ Gas up the W12 and drive loops around the mixing bowl. Because it doesn’t matter. Meteorologist Dr. William Gray calls Al Gore’s global warming movement garbage: the Earth is on a warming and cooling cycle, and the impact by humans is too small to have a global effect on the Earth [via Virginia]. I was never really convinced about the whole global warming thing—we’ll see who’s theories win in a couple of years.

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