Archive for August, 2009
« Previous Entries Next Entries »How to clean yellowed LEGO bricks to make Classic Space sets look new [News]
Monday, August 31st, 2009Andrew | Aug 30, 2009 | LEGO, News | 5 Comments This is very old news for some of you, but I just realized that we never blogged the breakthrough discovery of a way to restore the original color of yellowed LEGO bricks.LEGO fans have discussed this problem for years, even concluding (correctly) that ultraviolet [...]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept teaser
Monday, August 31st, 2009The future is one where engines have not just been downsized but completely eliminated, or at least that’s the prophecy that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics makes. The Frankfurt-bound concept has been teaser in this new video from BMW. It’s a bumper-view of the concept car racing down some green B-roads and guess what – no [...]
A Little Plexiglas, A Power Drill, And Voila! Vented Side Window For The Tercel! [Field Expedient Engineering]
Sunday, August 30th, 2009You see a lot of budget-challenged repairs and modifications on Crusher-bound vehicles; along with adding a handful of Little Trees , a car’s final owner often performs some last-ditch fixes in order to stay mobile. I was visiting the self-service wrecking yard that brought us… Related posts: What Car Parts Have You Used As Field [...]
Mercedes-Benz launches B-Class F-Cell, leases to begin in early 2010
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Europe , Hatchback , Mercedes-Benz , Alternative Fuel Mercedes-Benz F-Cell - Click above for high-res image gallery Back in April, Mercedes-Benz announced its plans to begin small-scale series production of a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered automobile called the F-Cell. According to the German automaker, the car is nearly ready [...]
Hydrogen Powered Vehicles
Sunday, August 30th, 2009by Ron Gamble The economy is in a bad state and gasoline is around four bucks a gallon. Many are committed to developing alternative vehicles that produce fewer emissions. The vehicles will have to provide outstanding performance. These hopefuls believe that hydrogen can and will deliver these results. Especially those that are knee deep in [...]
