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Uh-oh, Volvo!
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#readtlc         I’ve been hearing for the past week or so that Volvo is on the decline. I just read yet another article about it today. I’m sad only because it’s the first brand of car that I ever owned and really “fell in love” with. It was affordable, but the design was intuitive and comfortable–and this was how I felt about the old one I got for graduating college that was a 1991 model. After I finished graduate school I bought a 2004 model.   Of course, in general, I’m sad to see Volvo be no more in the states. This feeling is only exacerbated by the fact that I was Volvo virgin just 5 years ago. And it seems like there are so many old Volvos still on the road (around Louisville, anyway) that I got the impression that they were good-quality cars. Then again, maybe that’s the downside of building something that lasts so long–people don’t have to buy new ones for decades at a time! Oh, well. The mar

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A tribute to little nest and their rice pudding
Spoon!

Little Nest is a unique and charming little restaurant/cafe in East Vancouver often praised for its combination of great food, good coffee and child friendly atmosphere–a rare and valuable combination for parents. I’m certainly not a parent, but I enjoy going to Little Nest because it has high quality food and a different atmosphere than many places on The Drive. It brims with life. The most legendary dish at Little Nest is the Arborio rice pudding. Historically, I have been mostly indifferent to rice pudding. It was never a dessert I sought out and certainly never one that I craved–it was generally unremarkable to me. I’m not sure how I ever came to order this dish at Little Nest, but boy am I glad I did. Their version is served cold; it’s creamy but refreshing, mildly sweet and always accompanied by seasonal toppings. My most recent serving had poached rhubarb and pistachios and it was incredible. The owner of Little Nest, Mary Macintyre, recently announ

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Spotted by Gyri

Just came across Volvo’s latest commercial made by F&B. The scenery, light and colours in this commercial are fantastic. Don’t you agree?

Today IS Hump Day!
Arleene's WOW's

Take it from someone that worked years in the automotive industry (not by choice by the way…) Car manufacturers didn’t put turn signals on cars as decorations. Use them. Because there are people like me who don’t read minds and won’t have a problem ramming their cars into your stupid ass when you decide to “all of a sudden” make a turn or switch lanes. I am pretty gangsta and I drive a Volvo made of steel. And those are the words of wisdom of the day! Thank you for reading and don’t forget to follow!   xoxo, Arleene Instagram: @musings Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ArleenesWow

In Depth: Volvo City Safety And Pedestrian And Cyclist Detection With Full Auto Brake
The IT Nerd

When you drive in an urban area, there’s more cars in proximity to you, plus you need to need to be aware of pedestrians. That makes driving a challenge and you have to have your wits about you. But there are times where no matter how attentive you are, you might not be able to avoid an accident fast enough. Volvo has thought of this and have come up with a couple of systems to keep you safe. The first system that we’ll look at is called City Safety and here’s how it works. You are driving down a busy city street. The car in front of your brakes suddenly. If you can’t react fast enough, you will hit the car and cause injuries to yourself and the occupants of the other car. This is where City Safety comes in. If City Safety determines that a collision is likely, the brakes are pre-charged and the driver is warned of the danger. If the driver remains inactive, City Safety engages the brakes automatically. While this system will work up to speeds of 50 KM/H, the sy

Juiced roads: Volvo explores electric power for trucks, buses
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Yonas Michael – Volvo [Music Video]
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Another of the fam released some new new recently but I was in the streets and other things. But I’m back today to make sure to give you some of that ish you need. My broham Yonas Michael [formerly Y-O of U-N-I] dropped his new song/video Volvo. It’s on some different yet really funky vibe, perfect for the summer…and you don’t need a Volvo to bump this through the streets [or at a house party, around the house or on the iTunes playlist for that evening workout with the ladies]. Check it out and if you’re feeling it you can grab it off iTunes right now. Volvo – Yonas Michael Related articles Ed Canas’ Photo Featured at ArtWalk this Week (eazeestreet.com) Dreaming About VOLVO by Yonas Michael [Video] (eazeestreet.com)

Volvo 08/09 C30 2.0
Carros Porto Alegre

CONFIRA O PREÇO, FOTOS E DETALHES NO LINK ABAIXO Link => http://www.carrosportoalegre.com/volvo-0809-c30-2-0/ Curta a Fan Page no Facebook

Mashable: Volvo Tests Electric Road That Charges Cars
Dollar Pound Euro

Mashable: Volvo Tests Electric Road That Charges Cars Recent innovations in wireless charging for electric vehicles could mean losing the need for batteries altogether. An electrified road system like this would mean that vehicles could keep going without requiring any batteries on board. 

The bus saga
worldthrumyi's

Need a test of patience, ride the namma Bengaluru buses just for a week and you would not need Baba-Somebody’s spiritual guidance!! Now I’ve been using the buses for a good seven years. First when I was in college. The fresh outta school girl, eager to go to college wearing clothes! And not uniforms. I had to travel from marathahalli to domlur and from there to indiranagar. One thing with buses and getting around anywhere actually is to open your mouth and just ask. Don’t hesitate. Coz I’ve seen guys and girls just staring at a bus wondering if it would take them to their destination and play one step in one step out. So after a couple of days i knew what buses and given I can read Kannada is an advantage. Any bus from marathahalli would go to domlur. From there you head the depot and hop onto a bus which is numbered 201. With no alphabets. I’ll come to that bit late(wink wink). And on the return too the same 201 and buses to marathahalli were 333 or 330 o

Classic Volvo Advertisements
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The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 to 1970 and introduced in the USA, as the 122S at the New York International Auto Show in April 1959. These are just a few of the ad’s that were running at the time. Enjoy!!

Castrol 03521 Transmax Import Multi-Vehicle Automatic Transmission Fluid – 1 Gallon, (Pack of 3)
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Raspberry Pi replaces a Volvo nav system
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[Reinis] has a Volvo S80. One of the dashboard features it includes is a 6.5″ LCD screen which periscopes up to use as a navigation system. The problem is that Volvo stopped making maps for it around five years ago and there are no maps at all for Latvia where he lives. So it’s worthless… to you’re average driver. But [Reinis] is fixing it on his own by replacing the system with a Raspberry Pi. That link leads to his project overview page. But he’s already posted follow-ups on hardware design and initial testing. He’s basing the design around a Raspberry Pi board, but that doesn’t have all the hardware it needs to communicate with the car’s systems. For this he designed his own shield that uses an ATmega328 along with a CAN controller and CAN transceiver. The latter two chips patch into the CAN bus on the car’s On Board Diagnostic system. We didn’t see much about the wiring, but the overview post mentions that the screen takes

Volvo confirms entry in 2014 V8 Supercars Season
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Well the news we thought was coming was confirmed this morning. Volvo is coming back to racing down under. Volvo Australia in conjunction with its tuning partner Polestar today announced that they will be entering the 2014 V8 Supercar Season. More after the jump Volvo, Polestar and Garry Rogers Motorsport will form Volvo Polestar Racing and will run two S60 V8 Supercars. Volvo is proud to say that they are the first luxury car brand to join V8 Supercars with a factory team. Volvo & Polestar will run a modified version of its 4.4L V8 engine, with development already underway in Europe. Gary Rogers Motorsport will retain both Valvoline & Fujitsu Sponsorship in 2014 First car is due to be completed by October, it would be great if it was ready in time for it to be on display at the Bathurst 1000 as it has been 15 years since they last won the race there. We will bring you more news as it is revealed. But things are looking great for the 2014 championship. Below are videos from tod

Volvo Replacement Headlight Assembly – 1-Pair
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