If you've been wondering what to do next with your 3D printer, here's a great idea, print up some accessories for your new Ford Maverick. In what hopefully will become a trend, Ford has open sourced CAD files for 3D printing accessories to fit into their FITS slots found behind the center console and in the under-seat storage bins of their new Ford Maverick pickup truck. … [Read more...]
If You Need a New Car, Buy an Old One Instead
Remember waiting anxiously for the new cars to hit the showrooms? Spy photos (in magazines!) of next year's model were little hits of adrenaline as we hoped to see what was soon to come. We read and memorized predictions of horsepower and performance. New cars were important milestones each year, sleek, redesigned, more powerful, faster, a sign of progress, hope and optimism, … [Read more...]
Auto Mechanics in Short Supply Create a Massive Opportunity
The constant push to send young people to college is having an effect and it isn't good. Too many do what they're supposed to do, pursuing a degree they don't really want with money they don't have for a job they'll never get while at the same time, auto dealers are struggling to find good mechanics, who can work their way up to solid positions earning $100,000 per year or … [Read more...]
Rites of Passage – Manual Shift Transmissions
You wouldn't know it today, but performance cars used to have manual transmissions and mastering the fine art of shifting was the sign of someone serious about driving. Learning to drive for many meant jerky starts, stalled cars and dreading that traffic light on a hill when the car behind you stopped too close to your rear bumper. Can you get rolling forward without rolling … [Read more...]
Google Cars Are to Driving Like Soylent is to Cooking
You may be aware of a meal replacement called Soylent. It's the brainchild of Rob Rhinehart, an engineer who hated grocery shopping, meal preparation and cleanup so he invented an all in one drink. Drink it when hungry and you're done. I tried it for a few days, and as long as you don't mind drinking something that tastes, quite literally, like cardboard, it is quite adequate, … [Read more...]
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