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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    ddraver said:

    No, me either. I rocked DCs back in the 90s too...

    Yeah, I mean I though it was something to do with a skateboarder.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    I've never heard of him or the shoes - must be a generational thing.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    Interesting one from Ferrari - they are making their electric cars sound like their petrol engined cars and they've patented it:
    https://telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/01/24/electric-ferraris-roar-like-petrol-cars-thanks-new-tech/
    It's a bit like making vegan food taste like bacon (why not have the real thing), but it has to be better than sounding like a milk float.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    One for @MattFalle
    https://evo.co.uk/bmw/m3/touring

    Looks like it's a good one.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxX1PwI8fJg
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,162
    Stevo_666 said:

    Interesting one from Ferrari - they are making their electric cars sound like their petrol engined cars and they've patented it:
    https://telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/01/24/electric-ferraris-roar-like-petrol-cars-thanks-new-tech/
    It's a bit like making vegan food taste like bacon (why not have the real thing), but it has to be better than sounding like a milk float.

    Well they've applied for a US patent. And they will have done so 18 months ago.

    #pedant
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    First.Aspect said:



    #pedant

    Yep.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    edited February 2023
    Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its efforts to develop autonomous driving technologies for future models, opening new research centres in Bologna (Italy), Madrid (Spain) and Munich (Germany).

    The three new hubs will work on advanced driver assistance systems and artificial intelligence (AI) for “self-driving cars of the future”, according to the British car maker.

    Underpinning these future cars will be a suite of hardware and software from American computing giant Nvidia, with which JLR signed a deal a year ago.

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-tech,-de

    https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/self-driving-cars/

    Nvidia, I knew they were hot on graphics, but did realise they're working on autonomy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSrNJdAbUjs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lG6B4tkCEk
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    https://futurism.com/neoscope/sports-cars-penis-size


    🍆✌🏻🤓
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,162
    This isn't news.

    Don't tell MF.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited February 2023
    It's not peer reviewed, but it's fun to put some research behind it haha.

    link to the actual research is in the article.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,162
    Do we know whether the relationship is a causal one? Something to do with G-forces or really stiff suspension or something?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    Can someone do a study into wealth and penis size?
    Just for balance. 😉
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    Paging @pinno to the thread...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    edited February 2023
    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/apollo-intensa-emozione-lunatic-769bhp-v12-track-toy
    I wouldn't mind one of these. Nice and light, big engine, big wing, carbon everywhere...
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    The Intensa Emozione uses a Ferrari derived 6.3-litre naturally-aspirated F140FE V12 developed by Autotecnica Motori and HWA AG. It is rated approximately 791 PS (582 kW; 780 hp) at 8,500 rpm and around 760 N⋅m (561 lb⋅ft) of torque at 6,000 rpm

    Nice.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/apollo-intensa-emozione-lunatic-769bhp-v12-track-toy
    I wouldn't mind one of these. Nice and light, big engine, big wing, carbon everywhere...

    Very Batmobile. The rear wing looks like it was designed as a v sign to the car haters.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    Stevo_666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/apollo-intensa-emozione-lunatic-769bhp-v12-track-toy
    I wouldn't mind one of these. Nice and light, big engine, big wing, carbon everywhere...

    Very Batmobile. The rear wing looks like it was designed as a v sign to the car haters.
    Exactly, and most of them would just sit in a man cave to be admired so it would be environmentally friendly too.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    edited February 2023

    Japanese motor industry giants Toyota and Honda say they have agreed to give their workers in the country the biggest pay rises in decades.

    The company said it will raise salaries by 5%, marking the biggest increase since 1990 and above Japan's rate of inflation.

    A Honda spokesperson said the extra money will largely be distributed to younger employees as starting salaries are boosted.

    "Despite the severe business environment, management has a strong desire to create an environment in which all employees can... push forward with their work with a sense of urgency," the spokesperson added.

    Earlier this year, Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida called on firms to raise wages to help people struggling with rising prices.

    In January, the owner of fashion chain Uniqlo, Fast Retailing, said it would raise the pay of staff in its home country by up to 40%.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64740171

    Ummm, inflation comes to mind.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    focuszing723 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/apollo-intensa-emozione-lunatic-769bhp-v12-track-toy
    I wouldn't mind one of these. Nice and light, big engine, big wing, carbon everywhere...

    Very Batmobile. The rear wing looks like it was designed as a v sign to the car haters.
    Exactly, and most of them would just sit in a man cave to be admired so it would be environmentally friendly too.
    Yep. I like to think that I keep my cars out of the hands of people who would drive them too much.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh6HkIEUTDQ&t=905s
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    The evolution of Rimac is stunning.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh6HkIEUTDQ&t=905s

    They just need to drop the price a bit and I'm in. Stunning performance and handling, there is hope for EVs yet.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    edited February 2023
    It is publicly known to have worked with many global OEMs including Porsche, Hyundai, Kia, Automobili Pininfarina, Koenigsegg, Aston Martin, while there are many additional projects which are still unknown to the public. Having delivered components for several niche volume projects in the past years, Rimac Technology is ramping up its production capacity and will be manufacturing tens of thousands high-performance systems per year by 2024 and further ramping up to volumes of hundreds of thousands with products ranging from small hybrid battery systems to full rolling chassis. (From Rimac's website)

    Yep, a bit of a mobile show case for the company. I expect you probably know already, Rimac work with other manufacturers on their EVs, so it's good to see the technology through/filter down (Hyundai, Kia standout there).
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    It is a bloody shame the cost of electric has sky rocketed now, who would have predicted that?

    I still keep thinking Cern will discover cheap abundant electricity with their Bosons n tangs.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    focuszing723 said:

    It is a bloody shame the cost of electric has sky rocketed now, who would have predicted that?

    I still keep thinking Cern will discover cheap abundant electricity with their Bosons n tangs.

    They will, but might be too late for some of us. I think the message is that we shouldn't be putting all our eggs in one basket on the car propulsion front.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Stevo_666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    It is a bloody shame the cost of electric has sky rocketed now, who would have predicted that?

    I still keep thinking Cern will discover cheap abundant electricity with their Bosons n tangs.

    They will, but might be too late for some of us. I think the message is that we shouldn't be putting all our eggs in one basket on the car propulsion front.
    I think the long term solution that they should be pushing is self charging hybrids and I do not know why the govt. is so intent on pushing electric vehicle ownership and the legislation due to kick in in 2030 when there is an obvious shortfall in infrastructure.

    If legislation dictated that an electric or hybrid car used only electricity below 30 mph to keep urban pollution to a minimum, then you tick a large environmental box,
    Also, hybrids require far less batteries as we know that the production of electric cars is far more environmentally damaging than current production of ICE vehicles.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    Hybrid legislation kicks in 2035 so there's a bit of leeway there.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Do you know any of the details of that legislation?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    pinno said:

    Do you know any of the details of that legislation?

    Google is your friend. 😉

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transitioning-to-zero-emission-cars-and-vans-2035-delivery-plan
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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