Ótimas performances dos melhores carros já feitos no mundo.

Okay… So for awhile I wasn’t bothering with the blog ’cause I was sick, but I’ve been better for weeks now, so I really have no excuse anymore. So here’s a little peak into my life right now…

I’m in the last few weeks of class of fall ‘09 semester. I dropped my Linguistic Anth class ’cause I just don’t get it.
Christmas is a few short weeks away, that is crazy, where did the year go? I can’t believe we have been living in Calgary for 9 months already…

Anyway, I know everyone only comes here for pics, and since they take 18.73 years to upload on the MRU wireless I’ll just get to it. Also I lost my train of thought and forgot what I was going to write about lol

The bunny enjoying his nap outside the library window by my feet right now…

Saw these adorable puppies at the pet store the other day. Italian greyhound x Boston Terrier… So adorable… Indy needs a brother for christmas right?

Periscope Cat

Intense Chinook, was seriously like huge black clouds in the chinook, covering half the city, and then the most brilliant light and clear sky on the other side… This pic doesn’t really do it justice…

And we’ll end with the best picture of the week. Morning Light on the EB building on Monday morning…

Also I’m going to attempt to participate in DePhoMo again this year…

DePhoMo is December Photo Month and the idea is to take and post one picture every day for one month. We’ll see how it goes this year, I’m usually good up until the week of christmas and then I get distracted.

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Photo credit: hans.panza

- Gyro

this picture is awesome on so many levels…

It wasn’t even our dealership. Another company within the group had a customer local to us who was interested in a new car, and they were sending one up for him to see and so that they could have a look at his. Nothing for us to do except introduce them to one another and leave them to it.

I thought no more of it until a low sleek Saab 93 Aero Cabriolet swept onto the forecourt just after the new car had arrived.

Now everyone has their predilections. Some people like art, others are into fine dining or malt whiskies or horse racing or expensive watches (ahem) or foot worship. Hey, whatever floats your boat.

But I like, and I mean really like open top cars. And for strange and unexplained reasons perhaps linked to some bizarre childhood experience involving Swedish furniture I’ve always had a soft spot for Saab Convertibles.

This one was a classic looking 2002 car with only 48,000 miles. Silver with a blue soft top, full leather, air conditioning and the essential heated seats, I could hear it calling me softly from the other side of the plate glass showroom window.

I tried to put it out of my mind, I’ve only been with the company eight weeks, far too early to be spending money on expensive and unnecessary toys. (Yes alright Al, far too early to be spending money on any more expensive and unnecessary toys).

I made a quick call to the sales manager of the other dealership, was it coming in part exchange, any idea how much? Maybe, and not too mad a price.

Half an hour later I watched it glide quietly back out. I can’t, I mustn’t, I shan’t, I won’t.

Probably.

Just like Oscar Wilde, I can resist everything except temptation…

O contato que tive com o Punto T-Jet e Polo GT no mês passado foi muito interessante para poder refletir mais profundamente sobre esses dois hatches e suas propostas esportivas. A maioria dos consumidores, na hora de comprar um veículo, busca informações sobre conforto, consumo de combustível, acabamento, status do modelo e o seu preço. Lógico. Afinal, quem não quer valorizar o seu dinheiro?

Esse dois modelos, no entanto, não estão sendo avaliados diretamente  no  foco do custo-benefício. Neste caso a idéia é avaliar o quanto de esportividade cada um desses hatches, que possuem apelo esportivo declarado, disponibilizam para o seu dono. Que tal uma relação Custo-sorriso estampado no rosto?
Enquanto o GT tem o valor inicial de 52 065, o T-Jet é vendido a partir de R$ 61 880. Uma diferença gritante, correto?  Se você observar os equipamentos dos carros nos respectivos sites das marcas, no entanto, perceberá que não é bem assim. Ambos contam com ar condicionado, direção hidráulica (Fiat) e elétrica (VW), rádio com MP3 e entrada USB, trio elétrico e Airbag duplo.  O T-Jet, no entanto, oferece a mais limpador no vidro traseiro com acionamento automático à ré, piloto automático, sensor de estacionamento, bancos esportivos, Bluetooth e rodas de aro 17” com pneus 205/50 (Polo vem com aro 15”, pneus 195/55).  Isso sem falar do motor…
Acelerando o T-Jet

T-Jet possui suspensão enrigecida. Sua tocada condiz com seu visual

A diferença de preço vai além dos itens de série e opcionais dos modelos. Estamos nos referindo a carros de nomenclaturas – e portanto propostas – esportivas, e o Punto T-Jet não decepciona com seu pequeno 1.4 16v Turbo – Intercooler, que gera 152 cv a 5500 rpm, e 21,1 kgfm de torque a 4500 rpm.  Nessa versão o compacto que pesa 1230 kg acelera até os 100 km/h em 8s8 e atinge a velocidade máxima de 203 km/h. Não é pouca coisa.
Dirigir o T-jet é prazeroso. Sua suspensão e direção são rígidos, ajudando a manter as suas manobras precisas. Não achei o banco confortável para a região lombar, mas em compensação, ele agarra muito bem o corpo nas curvas.
Manter o giro acima de 2500 RPM no T-Jet, especialmente nas três últimas marchas, é o ideal para que o esportivo ande como deve. Abaixo dessa rotação, entre a 3ª e a 5ª marcha, o turbo IHI, apesar de ser reduzido (ou seja, funciona desde baixas RPM) demora para acordar, e o motor se comporta como um 1.4 aspirado normal.  Chega a ser frustrante e ao mesmo tempo instigante. Algo como “quer desempenho? Então levanta o giro”.

Seu ronco é incorpado, mas não chega a empolgar. Nos dias em que andei com o modelo me diverti com o convidativo painel que indicava a pressão do turbo.

E o GT?

Inclinação da carroceria denuncia acerto menos esportivo no Polo

O GT, por outro lado, é equipado com o mais que conhecido 2.0 8v da VW. Ao contrário do T-Jet ele é flex, mas seus 120 cv à 5250 rpm e 17, 3 kgfm de torque a 2250 rpm não o empurram como um esportivo. Seu motor está longe de ser classificado como ruim. Exemplo disso são as retomadas, que em baixo giro apresentam mais vigor do que no T-Jet. Tal característica agrada no trânsito por oferecer agilidade sem necessariamente realizar reduções de marcha, enquanto o T-jet precisa de giro para sua turbina animar.
Os 9s6 que o GT leva para atingit os 100 km/h com álcool não são lentos, assim como a sua velocidade máxima de 198 km/h. Freios e suspensão são bem acertados para o desempenho do motor, oferecendo uma dose de conforto superior que no T-Jet.  A caixa de marchas beira à perfeição nos engates.  Para acelerar de verdade, no entanto, o GT deixa de fazer sentido no Polo. O Motivo? O modelo não difere da sua versão 2.0 normal que já esteve no mercado.
É um carro confortável, ágil, mas Enquanto o T-Jet possui um motor empolgante, câmbio reforçado, pneus largos, bancos que agarram o corpo em curva, suspensão re-calibrada e freios mais fortes, o GT fica restrito ao apelo visual das rodas, grade frontal, ponteira de escape esportivo e painel do GTi.
Faz sentido comprar um GT? Tentando ser sensato, digo que depende de muitas variáveis. Cada um sabe o que quer para si, e o que pode pagar pelo que quer. Também existe o fator de que comprar um automóvel nem sempre é motivado por uma questão lógica, especialmente nessa faixa de preço.
É por mexer com minhas emoções que a minha escolha recairia pelo T-Jet. O Polo pode possuir um interior mais bem acabado e até mais bonito aos meus olhos, mas tais pensamentos ficam para trás, comendo poeira, quando o painel do T-Jet indica que a pressão de sua turbina está atingindo o pico de 1 bar…

Fotos: Pedro Bicudo

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Comparative of  FXO Turbo Mugen RR interiors and Gearbox from RP August 28th

CLick para agrandar

Comparativa de los interiores del FXO Turbo Mugen RRy el cuero de la caja de cambios del RP del 28 de Agosto

17×8 i guess

nice mk2

My brother sent me a link to this car today from Teamblink.
The turbo 20v makes 270hp at 17psi.
It’s on 15×8 zero offset with 195/50/15.

this is exactly how a parcel was “delivered” to me this week. the dude followed this training manual to a t. made me drive to the UPS depot in the middle of nowhere. i’m still pissed off.

xxooxxturbo.

Graycliff Turbo

Ring Gauge: 6 X 60

Tobacco: Habano Wrapper with Cuban-seed, long-leaf ligeros grown in Nicaragua

Bought: November 9th 2009

Smoked November 23rd 2009

Price: about $13.00 a stick

Beverage: None

Smoke Time: 2 hour 00 minutes (+ or -)

Initial Thoughts:

Today I will be smoking a Graycliff Turbo. When I selected this bad boy I first noticed the 60 ring gauge. This is a beast of a cigar. The wrapper was a nice even consistent medium brown. The cap was flawless in construction and only one minor flaw was found on the wrapper leaf (a little black dot).

The cigar’s wrapper was pretty smooth but a few bold veins were apparent.

The Smoke…

The cap cut off just fine. The 60 ring gauge took some finessing to light, but that is too be expected. With the cigar burning well the first draw was heavy on the palate. The flavor was mixed nothing really jumped out at the beginning. However about ten minutes into the cigar cracks in the wrapper leaf became noticeable. There was one crack near the burn and another split slightly higher up. So far the wrapper has not come undone though. The burn is even with a nice firm gray ash.

As the cigar burned the cracks became more noticeable and bothersome. The picture to the right just captured the start of the wrapper malfunctions.  I doubt it is problem having to do with dryness as this cigar sat for days after purchase in at a 75 RH level.  The flavor is not bad but not great either. It is full body with some spice but really just kind of bland.   Though on the plus side the burn continues to be even.

At $13.00 a stick you would expect something more than a disintegrating wrapper with a bland taste.  I believe the problem is the band is too tight around this thick cigar. So when the cigar burns the wrapper expands but is being squeezed too much by the band thus the wrapper splits. Since this is the only Turbo I have I was unable to test this theory by taking the band off first then smoking it.  Either way at $13.00 a stick I shouldn’t have these problems. Oh well. If all cigars were great then wouldn’t that make the great ones average?

The Results are in!

Construction 20/30

Appearance 18/20

Burning Properties 14/15

Taste 25/35

(Minus “Party Foul” Deductions)

-5 Major wrapper malfunctions

-5 Over Priced

Rating: 67 (D+)

Came across this nice group of cars on Import NC thats been around since 2003.  They have everything from full drag to laid vip styled rides even the clean and classy style.  I am always happy to see car guys still sticking to the club/crew/team side of the auto culture it keeps it strong!

TEAM RPM Site

Fysh Clothing Co.

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- Gyro

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Bagi pemilik iPhone, kini ada kabar gembira setelah Juni lalu diluncurkan perangkat lunak OS versi 3.0. Dengan OS versi 3.0, penggunaan iPhone dapat lebih optimal dengan berbagai fitur unggulan yang menyertainya. Bagi pemilik iPhone generasi sebelumnya, OS Apple versi 3.0 bisa diperoleh secara gratis dengan empat langkah mudah setelah mengunjungi www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate.

Lalu apa saja keistimewaan OS Apple versi 3.0? Lebih dari 100 fitur unggulan dijejali Apple untuk pengguna iPhone. Pengguna pun kini dengan mudahnya bisa melakukan cut-copy-paste sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Apple sendiri tak membatasi fitur ini hanya sebatas teks, tetapi juga bisa dilakukan untuk gambar atau dari email, termasuk antaraplikasi. Atau coba gunakan fitur spotlight search, semacam mesin pencari untuk kemudahan pencarian dalam seluruh sistem. Caranya dengan memasukkan kata kunci untuk mencari nama, email, kalender, atau pada aplikasi lainnya. Fitur message-nya memungkinkan pengguna meneruskan berbagai bentuk pesan seperti sms, mms, maupun video untuk dikirim seluruhnya atau sebagian yang dianggap penting saja.

Rekam pesan suara (Voice Memos) atau kebutuhan audio lainnya bisa dilakukan kapan dan di mana saja sesuka hati. Cukup gunakan mikrofon pada iPhone atau manfaatkan mikrofon yang terdapat pada headset. Hasil rekaman suara dapat dikirim melalui mms atau email. Begitu pula dengan landscape view yang memberikan keleluasaan saat membutuhkan tampilan keyboard yang lebih besar saat menggunakan menu mail, message, note, atau safari.

Beberapa fitur lainnya yang menonjol, di antaranya adalah Bluetooth stereo yang memungkinkan penggunanya menggunakan Bluetooth wireless stereo dengan dua buah earplug untuk memanjakan telinga. Begitu pula dengan fitur shake to shuffle yang hanya dengan mengguncangnya sudah bisa berpindah ke lagu berikutnya. Di antara fitur-fitur unggulan, ada satu fitur menarik parental control. Fitur ini akan memberikan privacy penggunanya dengan membatasi akses untuk lagu-lagu, video, atau aplikasi yang dikehendaki.

Dengan sekitar 100 fitur barunya, diyakini OS Apple versi 3.0 akan menjadi pionir perangkat lunak di kelas smartphone yang kini semakin tinggi peminatnya. Setidaknya dengan menyajikan beragam inovasi pada iPhone generasi terbaru, akan menjadi platform aplikasi yang makin keren dan canggih. Dan bagi pengguna iPhone 3G, akan mendapatkan beberapa keunggulan lainnya seperti peningkatan performa kecepatan hingga 7,2 Mbps saat berselancar di dunia maya. Fungsi dan kemampuan kamera 3 megapikselnya sudah disertai fitur autofocus dan macro focus, termasuk editing untuk fungsi kamera video.

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Membeli iPhone 3G Tanpa Uang Muka

Bagi peminat smartphone iPhone 3G, kini ada tawaran bundling yang menarik dari Telkomsel. Smartphone iPhone 3G 16GB bisa dimiliki dengan biaya awal Rp 0 alias tanpa uang muka. Peminat bisa memilih tiga paket yang tersedia, yaitu Turbo, Turbo Plus, atau Turbo Premium. Dengan masa angsuran selama 12 bulan, iPhone 3G bisa segera digenggam dengan besaran cicilan mulai dari Rp 800 ribuan. Untuk memutuskannya, sesuaikan pilihan paket yang diinginkan dengan kebutuhan dan dana yang dimiliki.

iPhone 3G terbaru ini dapat digunakan di seluruh jaringan Telkomsel, baik 2G maupun 3G, serta memiliki kemampuan mendeteksi jaringan hotspot Wifi secara otomatis, sehingga memudahkan untuk penggunaan internet kecepatan tinggi maupun browsing multimedia kapan pun dan di mana pun. Layanan tak berbayar alias gratis pun bisa langsung dinikmati seperti 20 mms, data hingga 1 GB, termasuk gratis bicara dan sms, Jadi, selama periode angsuran hingga 12 bulan, konsumen dapat terus menikmati layanan gratis. Khusus pemilik iPhone generasi sebelumnya, layanan gratis 20 mms baru bisa dinikmati setelah di-upgrade ke versi iPhone 3.0. Telkomsel juga menawarkan paket berlangganan internet unlimited 3,6 Mbps dengan biaya langganan Rp 87 ribu setiap bulannya. Jika masih penasaran, langsung klik saja http://www.telkomsel.com/iphone/whoretobuy.

Alberta College of Art & Design is having another art sale.  check out amazing original works on various different media by many talented local artists.  there are always gems to be found at these sales.

check out the dates and times below:

Nov 26: 4-9
Nov 27: 10-7
Nov 28: 10-7
Nov 29: 11-3

xoo turbo.

Heres the winner of the Peanuts Club Remix contest:

Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club (Monsieur Monsieur Remix)

For an interview click here