auto parts: April 2012

SOLVED! TheAutoProphet Geocache Challenge 2012

SOLVED!

Jason F. has solved the challenge and captured the prize. However, in true geocaching spirit, he left the container with something new in it for the next person.

I didn't think it would still be there, but wow, there it was! So cool! Thank you for the awesome prize and sharing this great park with me. I will be coming back here for sure. Now in true geocaching spirit I left behind a little prize, and I plan on listing it on a caching site if thats ok with you?
Thanks again!

Jason
Ps. I plan on using this to detail my new-to-me 04' Grand Marquis. :)

Ziebart, provider of numerous car detailing, protection, and customization services has generously sponsored my annual Geocache Challenge.

The prize this year is a $100 gift certificate to Ziebart for any of their services, including:

Detailing
Bed Liners
Fabric Protection
Window Tint
Tonneau Covers
Bed Rails
Step Bars
Wind Deflectors
Remote Starters
Toolboxes

Ziebart is a Michigan based company and I am very happy to work with them! They have 15 locations in MI and many more nationally. You can find a list of MI locations here.

As in prior years, here is how it works: Go to the below coordinates, and search around for the prize box. If you get it first, you get the prize. Just make sure you email me (theautoprophet "at" gmail.com) and let me know you have it. If you don't mind, please send a cell phone pic of yourself with the prize.

Here are the GPS coordinates:

Start: N42d 33.472', W083d 12.456
Waypoint 1: N42d 33.550', W083d 12.535
Waypoint 2: N42d 33.549', W083d 12.591
Finish: N42d 33.544', W083d 12.603

Living the Networked Life in New York City

Derek Kuhn

Last week, we demonstrated our latest concept car, built on a Porsche 911 Carrera S, at AT&T’s Living the Networked Life Event in New York City. The car has been on the road since we unveiled it at CES — it even went to Spain for MWC. We ran out of time to ship it to New York, so Mark Rigley, manager of the concept development group at QNX, and I drove it from Ottawa to SoHo. It was my first time driving the Porsche anywhere outside of a ball room, and it turned out to be a great drive.

Mark is super protective of the car, as he’s entitled to be, and he and the team have done a great job putting it together. But wouldn’t you know it? He let me drive and, as I’m pulling off Interstate 81 in Cortland NY, we get rear-ended. No — for real. I pull over, Mark jumps out, and I’m checking the side mirror to open the door safely in traffic but I’m mortified. Turns out that the Porsche’s rear valance is strong like a bull, and we emerge with just a series of scuff marks.

We drove through Binghamton, Scranton, and Poconos to get to the city. Traffic got faster and denser as we entered New Jersey, but Mark, to my surprise, let me drive again! We arrived at the hotel and handed the car off to a professional detailer before it was parked on site.

After setting up the car, we were ready. Soon we were joined by press, analysts, and AT&T partners and executives who all came out to see an important part of the car’s story — the use of AT&T’s WATSON speech engine. The Porsche is a great way to illustrate how helpful WATSON can be in an environment like the car.

Derek (seated in the car) with Mazin Gilbert of AT&T and Jordan Crook of TechCrunch.

The event was a big success and featured a presentation from Krish Prabhu, president and CEO of AT&T Labs Research; it also included demonstrations from AT&T Labs and AT&T Foundry. The demos included a smart door that recognizes you before you reach for your keys, and a smartphone application that performs language translations in real time.

The car will be on the road in coming weeks, including a stop at the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans, from May 8 to 10. If you're there, be sure to check us out in the Solutions Showcase.

Where to Buy cars

auto buying tips: Where to Buy cars At the dealer we can physically see
the car even and we are allowed to do test drive. We will be guided by
the car sales on the specifications of the car, excellence and
usefulness, and of course the price of the car, who knows these sales,
will provide a variety of discounts and bonuses for you. Save Business
card and the sales contact number for your needs.

Calculate Your Financial Ability in buying a Car

auto buying tips: Calculate Your Financial Ability in buying a new/Used
Car Safest and best place to buy a used car is a show room or a trusted
used car dealer that can provide guarantees to the individual buyer or
seller who is recommended by people you trust. If the price offered is
too high, you should find another dealer. Ability to negotiate must be
honed over time. Make sure you know the

Identifying Your Dream Car

auto buying tips: Identifying Your Dream Car Make a list of car you
want to buy. What kind of car do you admire? Do you like any of the
friend's car? If so, ask a friend what the advantages and disadvantages
of the car. Be sure also to see the model and year of car you want. Do
not forget that your life style also plays a role determining the type
of car to buy. What is the purpose you buy a car

Know the car's history

auto buying tips: Know the history of the Used Car you want to buy Make
sure you know the history of a used car to be purchased, including
maintenance. This can be known from car care card. Ask the seller as
much detail as possible including whether the car is never an accident,
the engine down or never flooded. It must be remembered, in choosing a
used car can also mean buying another problem.

Check In Thorough and Perform Test Drive

auto buying tips: Check In Thorough and Perform Test Drive If you want
to buy a used car, you should first check the whole exterior and
interior of the vehicle. You also need to do a test drive to see if the
car is still comfortable to drive or not. Test drive before buying
gives potential customers the opportunity to know the quality and
ability who want to buy a car. Many things can be known

Consider the age of vehicles

auto buying tips: Consider the age of vehicles You should not buy a car
which is too old, though with fewer number of kilometers. Cars with
years older usually do not have the same safety standards rather than
the newer cars. And, many cars sold in the market are not equipped with
easy-get auto parts. If you buy a car like this, and at one time a
problem occurs, you certainly will face

Negotiated Rates and Payment Plans

auto buying tips: Negotiated Rates and Payment Plans After price
negotiations and all sorts of examination is over and you decide to buy
a car. Although the dealer put a price tag, it does not mean that price
is fixed. By bidding, you probably will get a price that is more
oblique. This is not an easy process, especially if you're a little
shy. Inhale deeply and submit an offer, maybe you'll

Invite a mechanic or a friend

auto buying tips: Invite a mechanic or a friend Invite your mechanic or
your friends who are good in terms of buying a car to help you choose.
This is to facilitate you in knowing what people want to buy a used car
trouble or not. Do also check the engine number check whether or not
the same as the one at reg. Do not buy a car if you still feel
undecided. If you think the engine is somewhat

auto buying tips

Have a desire to buy a car is one of the needs of today's society. To
buy a car, either new or in a state of the former course requires
precision and flair of the potential buyers. Buying a used car is one
solution to get a decent used car at an affordable price. However, to
buy a used car can be a very complicated process. But there are some
things you can do to make your purchase. If you intend

SAE Congress Tidbit: DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) Issues in US

Listening to an SAE Congress panel discussion about future powertrains.

A question to the panel, regarding transmission, elicits an interesting comment on DCT (dual clutch or automated manual transmissions)

In the U.S., DCTs (e.g. Ford Focus) are not well liked because they have a less smooth low-speed and stop/start/creep performance compared to a traditional hydraulic torque converter equipped automatic. In the U.S., customers are used to the very smooth performance of automatics, having mostly abandoned manual transmissions, so the jerky feel from DCTs is a big minus. In Europe, most customers are coming from automatics, and are used to some clunkiness.

The industry hopes that customer acceptance in the US will increase as consumers become used to the feel of DCTs... but there is a real danger here to the technology, judging by the poor acceptance and near-demise of the CVT in the NA market.

Personally, I would nave no problem trading some clunkiness of a DCT for its advantages: fast shifts, full manual control, and no fluid to deal with.

SOLD - EP 91 - Glanza - Half Cut

SOLD To Local Customer
This Half Cut Glanza EP 91 - Engine 4E-FTE - Manual , Selling Together With All The Parts Shown In the Photos

Selling As Is Where Is Basis

To View Engine Revving, Click Video Below :-

General View Of The Half Cut

General View Of The Speedometer

Mileage Reading :- 193,803 Kilometers Or 120,423 Miles

Engine Tag Information

Chassis Number

Front View Of The Engine Bay

Side View Of The Engine Bay

Inner Part Of The Engine

Top View Of The Turbo

Bottom View Of The Turbo

General View Of The Undercarriage

Driver Side - Headlamp / Signal Lamp And Bumper Spotlight - Good Condition

Driver Side - Original Absorber With Brake Caliper And Rotor

Driver Side - Fender - Red Circle Indicate Dent Area

Bonnet - Good Condition

Passenger Side - Headlamp / Signal Lamp And Bumper Spotlight - Good Condition

Passenger Side - Fender - Dented

Passenger Side - Original Absorber With Brake Caliper And Rotor

Passenger Side - Close View Of The Dent Area

Rear Axle With Brake Calipers And Rotors

General View Of The Half Cut

Auto interior

Have a good engine and an attractive outer appearance isn’t
best-selling car warranties in the market. The reason, many consumers
are more comfortable with the view put forward a good car interior
design. Driving comfort factor is no longer determined only engine and
suspension. It turns out the inappropriateness of the selection problem
even though the car's interior design color just towels,

auto interior car leather

In general there are three characters car leather, the sporty type,
elegance, and original. Sporty types who like to experiment to their
color and style, type ellegance to those who glorify the glamor and
elegance of the car interior, and the original type for those who are
already devoted to interior design and color of luggage manufacturer.
But there was a possibility to combine all three at

auto interior vital role

The history of automobile interior design has been one of incorporating
nonessential features that subsequently became indispensable. The
automotive industry has played a vital role in the United States’
development since the early twentieth century and is the driving force
of American manufacturing and globalization. Everyone who has a car
will be more enthusiastic when they have additional

auto interior design

The tasks of a car design team are usually split into three main
aspects: exterior design, interior design, and color and trim design,
and this month i will talk about auto interior design first. Exterior
might be important for first impression, but interior are way more
crucial, why was that? because you’re going to live inside the car,
more often than outside. Both home and car, you need

auto interior design concept

Automobile interior design concept focused on high-quality materials
for driver comfort. But actually, Car interior design refers to the
looks and placement of the features inside a vehicle. When you feel
bored with your car interior design, you can change it with the
different design which you like, but remember, you must carefully
choose the design, and otherwise you will get "just ordinary

Techcrunch interview: Talking with (and about) AT&T's WATSON personal assistant

Yesterday, I shared an Engadget video highlighting how the QNX concept car takes advantage of WATSON, AT&T's cloud-based natural-language speech engine. Here's another video, from Jordan Crook of TechCrunch, in which AT&T's Mazin Gilbert describes what WATSON does and QNX's Derek Kuhn demonstrates how WATSON works.

The entire video is interesting, but jump to the 3:30 mark if you want to see the car. The video provides a very nice view of the QNX-equipped dash, btw.

The Engadget video and the TechCrunch video were both shot yesterday at AT&T's "Living the Networked Life" event in New York.

Find me a Starbucks! QNX concept car showcases power of WATSON speech engine

Yes, you can talk to the QNX concept car and tell it what to do.

Recently, our friends at AT&T invited us to bring the concept car to their "Living the Networked Life" event in New York. We said yes, of course! After all, what could be cooler than riding the streets of Gotham City in a digitally pimped-out Porsche 911?

Kidding aside, the event provided an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how the car takes advantage of WATSON, AT&T's natural-language speech engine. To get an idea of what WATSON can do, check out this video from Terrence O'Brien of Engadget:

For the full Engadget article, click here. And stay tuned for more updates from the Living the Networked Life event.

When cars and planes converge

True story: I once met a man who had hand-crafted a wooden airplane propeller, mounted it to the back of a motorcycle, and used it to, well, propel himself along the backroads of rural Massachusetts. I met him only once, 30 years ago, so I'm hazy on the details — such as when he built his contraption. But if I remember correctly, it was well before World War II.

The point is, people have been combining technologies for planes and motor vehicles for more than a century. Even the Wright brothers used propeller drive chains built by an automotive supplier. The latest and most salient example of this convergence is the Terrafugia, the world's first street-legal plane. (Or is it a car that flies? Whatever.)

This convergence comes in many shapes and sizes. For instance, companies building in-flight infotainment systems have shown interest in the QNX CAR application platform. As it turns out, they are attempting to address many of the same requirements (device connectivity, fast boot times, etc.) as automakers.

Riding the Fiat
Botafogo Special

Time to rewind... back to 1917. That was the year an enterprising mechanic in Argentina built the Botafogo Special, a race car based on a Fiat aircraft engine and a variety of other Fiat parts. (A Mercedes gear box was later thrown in for good measure. So were brakes.)

About the power plant: The Botafogo's aero engine is a massive overhead-cam six with a total displacement of — wait for it — 21.7 liters. In other words, each cylinder is roughly the equivalent of a 350 Chevy. The engine puts out so much torque that the car can hit 60 mph at just 800 rpm. It's a brute.

Thank goodness for Jay Leno. He had this century-old beast restored to its original piston-thumping glory. What I love most is the pre-flight ritual. Before you jump into the driver's seat, you need to oil the valves, "retard" the ignition, prime the fuel pump, and, yes, tickle the carburetor. Check it out:

What about you? Do you have any examples of cars converging with planes, trains, or anything else?

Making of the QNX concept car... honest

We created this video as a backdrop for CES 2012 where we unveiled the latest QNX concept car (a Porsche 911). Good thing, too, as people clearly stated that they would not have believed we did this cool retrofit ourselves without proof.

SOLD - ST 205 - Celica - GT4 - Half Cut

SOLD To Local Customer
This Half Cut Celica ST 205 - GT4 - Engine 3S-GTE -4WD - Manual , Selling Together With All The Parts Shown In The Photos - Remark :- No Long Shaft

Selling As Is Where Is Basis

To View Engine Revving, Click Video Below :-

General View Of The Half Cut