Posts Tagged with 'car'

12 Nov 2008

Flying Car Going To Timbuktu

A British inventor has finally proven that the dream of a flying car really isn’t as elusive as some would like to think, and you don’t need millions and millions of cash to do it either.

20 Aug 2008

500 Miles to the Tank

Check it out folks, over 500 miles to a tank of petrol and with absolutely no motorway driving at all - this is just over 2 weeks worth of to work and back:

Despite what the reading says, the fuel economy is actually about 44.15 mpg (6.39 litres per 100km) as I could only squeeze in [...]

  • → If someone’s feeling overly generous, please head on over here and put in an order for me please. Any colour will do. I’m not picky. ( 0 )
12 Jan 2008

Interesting Links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08

Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
Man’s death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before [...]

  • → Well, it seems Red did need a mechanic after all. Whatever I did to get Red going 3 weeks ago, become undone yesterday morning on Claire’s way to work. Luckily she was right by a garage and they kindly took Red in and gave her a nice new alternator. Red’s back on the road. ( 0 )
26 Jul 2006

Electric Roadster from Tesla

Imagine getting the following performance figures from a car:

0 - 60mph in 4 seconds
Top speed of over 130mph
Fuel consumption of 135mpg

For the acceleration on this car, the top speed seems a but poor, but the rest seem impressive. But… and this is a big but, consider these figures again, but this time keep in mind [...]