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Having just completed a trip to CA and back in the ML430, I have my first real analysis of it’s highway mileage average. Keep in mind that about 1/3 of that is on mountain roads from Roseburg, OR to Red Bluff CA. Even hauling the ML and gear up and down those mountains repeated times [...] More news hitting the wire about the SLS! Mercedes-Benz SLS – photo Road & Track This time from Road and Track: First Official Photos: 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Finally, the disguise has been peeled off of Mercedes‘ all-new supercar, the SLS AMG. And what can we see? Exactly what we expected: a modern successor [...] Sorry! Mazda and Google give Laguna Seca the Street View Treatment Leverkusen, 04 September 2009. The legendary Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California can now be viewed from your PC on Google Street View. Racing fans can travel the entire circuit – starting at Andretti’s Hairpin to the infamous Corkscrew Curve – from [...]
2000 ML430 Again, a tough call to make but consolidation and debt cutting continues. As much as I enjoy the rugged, unstoppable AWD system in these ML’s along with the sweet 4.3L V8 engine, I find that I really only *NEED* one car. So, with the CLK430 being almost owned and still overing me that [...] It all started at 5:00AM this morning when the mail server at work died. One of our few single-power supply systems still in use (we have a nice 4 SAS dual-power RAID 10 system to replace it scheduled for deployment Aug 21). At any rate, the CRAPPY Ablecom SP302-1S power supply gave up (2nd one [...] After a couple hours of net searching, it’s off to the dealer to buy the special tools for removing the stock head unit. $8.00 for a thin piece of metal. Porsche is the only manufacture ahead of Mercedes for the requirement of ‘special tools’ to do anything of measure on these cars. I’ll be sure [...] Arg. Instead of plowing into the tail-end of the jerk that cut me off yesterday, I am rewarded with the stereo system in my car, dying. Why and what happened? I’m still trying to sort that out. But I do know that whatever DID happen to my car’s audio system, it happened when I had [...] 2009 brings in a lot of rules changes to Formula 1 no more grooved tires Tyres After 10 seasons on grooved tyres, Formula One racing returns to slicks in 2009, as part of moves to increase the emphasis on mechanical rather than aerodynamic grip. With no grooves, grip will increase by around 20 percent, bringing [...] |
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