Here’s What Happened With The Tesla Model S Race Car That Got Too Hot After Five Miles On An F1 Track
While the production Model S is a great track car for about a lap before it needs to cool off,
too, the series spokesperson told Jalopnik there was more to it than
routine overheating. The spokesperson said this was the first full day
of testing at race speeds, and the car had been out all day in the heat
before Needell got in.
The engineers also later found sensor
issues that let the battery get hotter than it should have, the
spokesperson told Jalopnik.
“The team spotted an accidental
disconnection of one of the outdoor temperature sensors from the air
conditioning system, which caused the air conditioning system to not
send cold air to the battery and other systems when needed,” the
spokesperson said. “There is always a limit if the power is used
indiscriminately, but the resistance threshold is much higher if the air
conditioning system had worked correctly. The team has now fixed that.”
The spokesperson also said the technical team confirmed that the
car will be able to run the race distances, but at a more manageable
pace—around 470 HP will be what the cars can maintain throughout the
race, with the full 778 HP available for things like overtaking. The
spokesperson said each driver will have “full control” over when they
decide to use the car’s full power, and that it’ll be “part of the
strategy and part of the show.”
We’ll get to see how that show plays out soon enough, since the first 10-race season for the international series is scheduled to start in November.
(Jalopnik.com)
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
They Are Especially Functional Outside Of The Car, Too
The Story Behind Why Soccer Players Sit In Race Car Seats
“The story about the car seats at the sidelines goes back to the 1990s,” Tilman Schaefer, a company representative told me via email. He went on, saying the owner of Recaro at the time, Ulrich Putsch, was on the board of the German soccer team F.C. Kaiserslautern, and apparently gave the team’s manager Kalli Feldkamp a sports car seat because “the guy had back problems.”
It wasn’t long before, in 1994 according to the company’s website, the rest of the team wound up sitting on a “custom-tailored players bench,” with Schaefer saying: “They put the seat right next to the bench. Because the players thought the seat to be just gorgeous Ulrich had a complete bench produced for the home team” as a part of a sponsorship deal.
That’s when customized sports car-inspired seats began taking over the sidelines around the world, and other seat manufacturers from other industries also wanted in, with Schaefer telling me:
As for the reasons why, Recaro’s spokesperson put it simply: “[The] seats are very comfortable and often supplied with a seat heating for the winter. And [they] look great.”
(Jalopnik.com)
“The story about the car seats at the sidelines goes back to the 1990s,” Tilman Schaefer, a company representative told me via email. He went on, saying the owner of Recaro at the time, Ulrich Putsch, was on the board of the German soccer team F.C. Kaiserslautern, and apparently gave the team’s manager Kalli Feldkamp a sports car seat because “the guy had back problems.”
It wasn’t long before, in 1994 according to the company’s website, the rest of the team wound up sitting on a “custom-tailored players bench,” with Schaefer saying: “They put the seat right next to the bench. Because the players thought the seat to be just gorgeous Ulrich had a complete bench produced for the home team” as a part of a sponsorship deal.
That’s when customized sports car-inspired seats began taking over the sidelines around the world, and other seat manufacturers from other industries also wanted in, with Schaefer telling me:
Other teams became so excited that they ordered benches from RECARO – so this became a special sales project over the years.
Other seat producers–even airline seats–followed line and started to supply seats to teams they sponsor.
Today, according to Recaro, over 70 top soccer teams—including Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Debreceni Vasutas SC and Ferencváros Budapest—sit on Recaro bucket seats.
So this is kind of a standard today on soccer sidelines (plus baseball in Japan, plus business seats in the stadiums). In Europa and Japan RECARO is probably the biggest supplier.
As for the reasons why, Recaro’s spokesperson put it simply: “[The] seats are very comfortable and often supplied with a seat heating for the winter. And [they] look great.”
(Jalopnik.com)
Hell Ya I Would!
Would You EVER Import An Oddball Car That Was NEVER Sold To The U.S. Market?
How many folks would EVER import an oddball car that was NEVER offered to the U.S. market? Would YOU? If so, WHICH model and WHY?
My choice - A RHD E46 M3 From Japan
(AutoBlog.com)
How many folks would EVER import an oddball car that was NEVER offered to the U.S. market? Would YOU? If so, WHICH model and WHY?
My choice - A RHD E46 M3 From Japan
(AutoBlog.com)
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
A Great, Detailed Explanation Of The 'Gap'
So, let's see here: You owe the lender $33,500, but your totaled car is
only worth $26,700. Your insurance company isn't going to write you a
check for $33,500 — that's more than your car is worth! Its actual value
is lower, factoring in how much value it lost the second you left the dealership.
So you're going to be on the hook for the $6,800 difference, making
payments to the bank on a wrecked car until that's paid off, with
interest accruing the whole time. Unless you can just pay the bank
$6,800 out of your bank account, but not many of us have that simply
sitting around.
That's being upside down. It's bad because you've just lost a lot of money, and you don't have much to show for it. Even if what your insurance company pays you goes to a new car, you're $6,800 poorer, and so you can't afford as much car as you could before.
Gap insurance covers that "gap" between what you owe the bank and what the car is actually worth. That's all it covers. It doesn't mean you'll get help with your payments if you can no longer afford them. It only covers the gap in value if the car is totaled. That's all it does.
Gap coverage can be purchased at the dealer when you buy the car, but that can be pretty expensive. If you're thinking about taking out a very long loan, or not putting much money down — or both — shop around. See if your current auto insurance provider offers gap coverage. Maybe you can roll it into your auto policy.
(AutoBlog.com)
That's being upside down. It's bad because you've just lost a lot of money, and you don't have much to show for it. Even if what your insurance company pays you goes to a new car, you're $6,800 poorer, and so you can't afford as much car as you could before.
Gap insurance covers that "gap" between what you owe the bank and what the car is actually worth. That's all it covers. It doesn't mean you'll get help with your payments if you can no longer afford them. It only covers the gap in value if the car is totaled. That's all it does.
Gap coverage can be purchased at the dealer when you buy the car, but that can be pretty expensive. If you're thinking about taking out a very long loan, or not putting much money down — or both — shop around. See if your current auto insurance provider offers gap coverage. Maybe you can roll it into your auto policy.
(AutoBlog.com)
Monday, June 25, 2018
Speed Is Big Part Of Its Claim To Fame
New Nissan GT-R aims to be ‘fastest super sports car in the world’
It's years away, but next-gen Godzilla will be ‘world's fastest brick’
The automotive press has spent five years hypothesizing about the next-generation Nissan GT-R, and the prognostications won't stop soon. Autocar spoke to Nissan head designer Alfonso Albaisa, who revealed that the design team hasn't yet begun working on the car in earnest because the powertrain isn't decided. There'll be a new platform, and there are exterior sketches, but until the internals get locked in, the shell remains a mystery. The most important consideration, Albaisa said, is that the next GT-R be "the fastest super sports car in the world."
How will the GT-R achieve that? The designer would only say the new coupe would "play the advanced technology game," adding, though, that said game didn't necessarily mean hybridization. It's possible Godzilla could omit an electric motor. However, we'd be shocked if that happened when the primary competition — the Porsche 911 and even the C8 Chevrolet Corvette — have hybrid options planned or rumored over the lifecycles of their next-gen models, and super sports cars like Lamborghini and Ferrari are already confirmed for hybrid conversion.
(AutoBlog.com)
It's years away, but next-gen Godzilla will be ‘world's fastest brick’
The automotive press has spent five years hypothesizing about the next-generation Nissan GT-R, and the prognostications won't stop soon. Autocar spoke to Nissan head designer Alfonso Albaisa, who revealed that the design team hasn't yet begun working on the car in earnest because the powertrain isn't decided. There'll be a new platform, and there are exterior sketches, but until the internals get locked in, the shell remains a mystery. The most important consideration, Albaisa said, is that the next GT-R be "the fastest super sports car in the world."
How will the GT-R achieve that? The designer would only say the new coupe would "play the advanced technology game," adding, though, that said game didn't necessarily mean hybridization. It's possible Godzilla could omit an electric motor. However, we'd be shocked if that happened when the primary competition — the Porsche 911 and even the C8 Chevrolet Corvette — have hybrid options planned or rumored over the lifecycles of their next-gen models, and super sports cars like Lamborghini and Ferrari are already confirmed for hybrid conversion.
(AutoBlog.com)
These Are Not Easy Choices
British: Range Rover
Japan: Lexus/Toyota
Italy: Lamborghini
German: BMW
USA: Chevrolet
(Facebook.com)
Friday, June 22, 2018
Make Sure You Spend Wisely
"A good woman is an investment , A bad bitch is a bill"
(CavemanCircus.com)
This Is An Intruiging Read
At its basic form, if you genuinely celebrate Friday, you need to
rethink your entire fucking game. You need to rethink life. I mean, it’s
super simple.
(CavemanCircus.com)
Friday cannot be the best day of the week,
because if it is, you’ve already lost and you need to figure out how to
fix that. Whether that’s your side hustle from 7 p.m. to midnight, or
whether that’s networking from 7 to 9 p.m. with other job opportunities,
and whether that’s taking a financial step backwards to take a job that
you love that you can grow up into, please do not waste the next 5, 10,
15, 20, 30 years of your life and allocate 30, 40, 50, 60% of your time
to doing something that you actually hate.
Don’t cheer for the weekend. Cheer that you actually have it figured out.
(CavemanCircus.com)
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Real World Truth's
19 Working Class People Share What They Wish The Upper Class Could Understand
1. That when you say you’re broke you really are.
3. Knowing that falling sick and losing a weeks’ pay would cause financial burden that would take weeks, if not months to recover from.
7. That the system is heavily geared against people who do not have money. Not having money costs significantly more than having money, making it even harder to get by.
19. Telling someone to work hard, doesn’t mean they can escape their situation.
(CavemanCircus.com)
1. That when you say you’re broke you really are.
3. Knowing that falling sick and losing a weeks’ pay would cause financial burden that would take weeks, if not months to recover from.
7. That the system is heavily geared against people who do not have money. Not having money costs significantly more than having money, making it even harder to get by.
19. Telling someone to work hard, doesn’t mean they can escape their situation.
(CavemanCircus.com)
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Ain't No Sympathy Going To Be Shown Here
Stop. Fucking. Complaining.
Stop making excuses.
Stop finding reasons for your unhappiness, your failure in life.
Stop looking at the lives others lead and enviously wanting to be in their shoes, with their upbringing, and their social status.
Whining, complaining, giving reasons for why you’re failing, they’re all excuses and they all remove YOUR ability to BE HAPPY.
For fuck’s sakes it’s getting to be too much!
(CavemanCircus.com)
Stop making excuses.
Stop finding reasons for your unhappiness, your failure in life.
Stop looking at the lives others lead and enviously wanting to be in their shoes, with their upbringing, and their social status.
Whining, complaining, giving reasons for why you’re failing, they’re all excuses and they all remove YOUR ability to BE HAPPY.
For fuck’s sakes it’s getting to be too much!
(CavemanCircus.com)
Monday, June 18, 2018
Damn, Really?
Approximately 80% of “close door” elevator buttons aren’t connected to anything
(CavemanCircus.com)
Friday, June 15, 2018
Let This Sink In
Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise in the world with $59 Billion in revenue, $16 Billion more than Star Wars
(CavemanCircus.com)
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Damn, That's An Aggressive Business Tactic
When Crystal Pepsi was released, Coca-Cola released a competitor called Tab Clear, however Tab Clear was intentionally marketed poorly in order to hurt Crystal Pepsi’s image by product association. The “born to die” strategy was successful and both campaigns were dead 6 months later.
According to Coca-Cola’s chief marketing officer, Sergio Zyman, Tab Clear was an intentionally “suicidal kamikaze” effort to create an unpopular beverage that was positioned as an analogue of Crystal Pepsi in order to “kill both in the process”. The “born to die” strategy included using the poor-performing Tab brand rather than Coke, labeling the product as a “sugar free” diet drink to confuse consumers into thinking Crystal Pepsi had no sugar, and marketing the product as if it were “medicinal”. Zyman said “Pepsi spent an enormous amount of money on the brand and, regardless, we killed it. Both of them were dead within six months.”(CavemanCircus.com)
All That Needs To Be Said About Time Management
Being punctual strengthens and reveals your integrity.
Being punctual shows you are dependable.
Being punctual shows your respect for others.
(CavemanCircus.com)
Being punctual shows you are dependable.
Being punctual shows your respect for others.
(CavemanCircus.com)
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
A Good In Depth Read
6 things people who are good with money always splurge on
1. Products that earn you more money
2. Services that save you time
1. Products that earn you more money
Purchases that help you advance in your work are a good
investment, according to Palmer. Her list includes a professional outfit
for your first day of work, a good laptop, or a reliable car, if that's
important to your livelihood. "All the tools that allow you to do
better," she said, are worth a bit of a splurge.
Palmer added that coaching can be a good career investment for entrepreneurs and employees alike. "Whatever is hard for you and challenging for you, investing in a coach to help you with that," she said, is a worthwhile investment.
Palmer added that coaching can be a good career investment for entrepreneurs and employees alike. "Whatever is hard for you and challenging for you, investing in a coach to help you with that," she said, is a worthwhile investment.
2. Services that save you time
Get your groceries delivered instead of going to the store.
Send your laundry out or hire a house cleaner. If you could
theoretically spend that time at work and earn more than you spend on
those services, you come out ahead, Palmer said.
A common theme in Palmer's advice is to splurge on things that give you more time to enjoy your life. "To me, money is all about giving you the life that you want, and that usually means spending time in the ways that make you happy," she said. "The best thing you can do with your money is to use it to free up time."
(BusinessInsider.com)
A common theme in Palmer's advice is to splurge on things that give you more time to enjoy your life. "To me, money is all about giving you the life that you want, and that usually means spending time in the ways that make you happy," she said. "The best thing you can do with your money is to use it to free up time."
(BusinessInsider.com)
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