(CarThrottle.com)
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Did You Know - Airplane (The Movie) Edition
15 Things You Should Know About 'Airplane!'
A look behind the scenes as the rapid-fire spoof marks its 35th anniversary
The Copilot
A look behind the scenes as the rapid-fire spoof marks its 35th anniversary
The Copilot
- The part of the copilot Roger Murdock, played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was originally written for Pete Rose. Kareem was paid $35,000, which he spent on an Oriental rug.
They Have The Numbers To Claim It
Most Profitable Cars Of All Time: The Ford F-150
Auto industry analyst Max Warburton once said, “There has been no greater profit machine in the history of industry than the Ford F-Series.” That’s a heavy statement to make in a world where an iPhone is seemingly in every human hand and any imaginable food can be delivered by tapping said iPhone's screen. But when going through the numbers, we can see how Ford’s little wagon that could has managed to top the list of most profitable cars year after year. Not long ago we found that Ford makes nearly $13,000 in profit on every F-Series pickup that it sells. That means after all investment costs are added up, Ford still takes away almost enough cash to put a millennial through a semester at an in-state college.
When you consider that Ford sells an F-Series pickup every 41.8 seconds, or 2,605.3 units per day, the extent of the F-150’s reign begins to surface. Now, the Ford F-150 is still only the second best selling car in the world behind the Toyota Corolla, but the Corolla has nowhere near as high a profit margin as the F-Series. The reason for this lies in the truck’s premium over the Corolla. In order to make a car profitable, it has to sell like meth in a trailer park while maintaining a high price. This allows an automaker to make one large investment on a well made design and then the only job left is to adjust shifts at the production plant and count the money coming in.
(CarBuzz.com)
Ford’s pickup truck has been called the best profit machine in history.
Automakers have a very
hard time building cars despite their years of experience in
constructing mobility appliances. Take into account the investment it
takes just to get a car onto the drawing board before production and
it’s hard to see how automakers get any money
at all. However, Ford is the company that invented the assembly line,
so they know a bit about how to build a car in a way that will rake in
greenbacks. There is no car where this profit motive shines through more
clearly than on the legendary Ford F-Series.
Auto industry analyst Max Warburton once said, “There has been no greater profit machine in the history of industry than the Ford F-Series.” That’s a heavy statement to make in a world where an iPhone is seemingly in every human hand and any imaginable food can be delivered by tapping said iPhone's screen. But when going through the numbers, we can see how Ford’s little wagon that could has managed to top the list of most profitable cars year after year. Not long ago we found that Ford makes nearly $13,000 in profit on every F-Series pickup that it sells. That means after all investment costs are added up, Ford still takes away almost enough cash to put a millennial through a semester at an in-state college.
When you consider that Ford sells an F-Series pickup every 41.8 seconds, or 2,605.3 units per day, the extent of the F-150’s reign begins to surface. Now, the Ford F-150 is still only the second best selling car in the world behind the Toyota Corolla, but the Corolla has nowhere near as high a profit margin as the F-Series. The reason for this lies in the truck’s premium over the Corolla. In order to make a car profitable, it has to sell like meth in a trailer park while maintaining a high price. This allows an automaker to make one large investment on a well made design and then the only job left is to adjust shifts at the production plant and count the money coming in.
(CarBuzz.com)
I Doubt I'll Ever See 1 Sell For This Price In My Lifetime
Why In The World Does This Seller Think This Lexus LFA Is Worth $7 Million?
(CarBuzz.com)
That’s nearly 15 times more than the original price.
The Lexus LFA is, arguably of course, one of the best supercars to come out of Japan in modern times. Thanks to its 4.8-liter V10 that puts out 560 hp, the LFA makes an incredible sound
and can keep up with the best from Europe. However, at roughly
$375,000, the LFA wasn’t cheap. Interestingly, Lexus decided to make a
more track-focused version of supercar in the form of the Nurburgring Edition that was more powerful and even more expensive. Now, someone is trying to sell one of these for $7 million.
(CarBuzz.com)
Some Thoughts To Ponder - By Mark Manson
20 Paradoxes About Life
3. The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they’ll be. Nobody likes a try-hard.
4. The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed. Insert inspirational famous person quote here. You’ve probably heard many of them. Edison tried over 10,000 prototypes before getting the lightbulb right. Michael Jordan got cut from his high school team. Success comes from improvement and improvement comes from failure. There’s no shortcut around it.
12. The more available something is, the less you will want it. Humans have a strong scarcity bias. We unconsciously assume things that are scarce are valuable and things that are abundant are not. This is not the case.
14. The more honest you are about your faults, the more people will think you’re perfect. The amazing thing about vulnerability is the more comfortable you are about not being that great, the more people will think you are.
17. The more choices you have, the less satisfied you are with each one. The old “paradox of choice.” Research shows that when we’re presented with more options, we become less satisfied with any particular one we go with. The theory is that when we have so many options, we have greater opportunity costs to selecting each particular one; therefore, we’re less happy with our decision.
Complete list (CavemanCircus.com)
3. The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they’ll be. Nobody likes a try-hard.
4. The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed. Insert inspirational famous person quote here. You’ve probably heard many of them. Edison tried over 10,000 prototypes before getting the lightbulb right. Michael Jordan got cut from his high school team. Success comes from improvement and improvement comes from failure. There’s no shortcut around it.
12. The more available something is, the less you will want it. Humans have a strong scarcity bias. We unconsciously assume things that are scarce are valuable and things that are abundant are not. This is not the case.
14. The more honest you are about your faults, the more people will think you’re perfect. The amazing thing about vulnerability is the more comfortable you are about not being that great, the more people will think you are.
17. The more choices you have, the less satisfied you are with each one. The old “paradox of choice.” Research shows that when we’re presented with more options, we become less satisfied with any particular one we go with. The theory is that when we have so many options, we have greater opportunity costs to selecting each particular one; therefore, we’re less happy with our decision.
Complete list (CavemanCircus.com)
These Movements Are A Constant In My Routine
The Most Effective Equipment-Free Strength Exercises
Squats
Squats
- You’re probably familiar with the basic air squat. Just remember to start the move from hips, pressing them backward before you begin bending your knees to keep your weight in your heels and your knees aligned with (and behind) your toes. Doing squats is a functional movement that targets all the major muscle groups of the lower body: glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves.
- Push-ups are like the squats of the upper body -- they work practically everything. In fact, NASM-certified personal trainer Rachel McMichael says that pushups are hands down one of her favorite exercises because, “Not only do they work so many different muscles at the same time (shoulders, triceps, chest, core, and quads), they can be modified to any level. Modifications include wall push-ups, knee push-ups, triangle push-ups, incline push-ups, and so many more."
- Planks are a static exercise that, like push-ups, target the entire front half of your body, but are designed to build core strength as you hold a steady position for an extended period of time. Colleen Woods Dahlem, a certified trainer, has all her clients do them because, "They’re so simple -- they can be done anywhere, and work so much more than the core."
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