Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Tu_triky wrote:New Nissan GT-R is coming

http://www.gtrnissan.com/

always been my favourite japanese car. :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:New Nissan GT-R is coming

http://www.gtrnissan.com/

The concept car doesn't do a thing for me... It's got that same butt-ugly front end that the current Audis have... Might as well be a street sweeper.

The original 240Z is the best design Nissan/Datsun ever had, IMO. ;)

kenjilina wrote:

always been my favourite japanese car. :applaud:

when i was younger i used to rent japanese car videos from the local Japanese video store...not understanding a dayem thing but clearly fascniated by the Skyline GT-R 33 & 34 versions drifting along Tokyo streets or closed circuit tracks...this was a long time ago...well be for the hollywoodization of the sport.

Nissan's aerial view technology makes parking a cinch


TOKYO (AP) -- Parking in tight spaces is a cinch with a new display from Nissan showing a panoramic bird's-eye-view of what's surrounding a car -- a feature that the Japanese automaker says is a first for commercially mass-produced vehicles.

Using digital cameras, Around View Monitor displays an aerial view of the car on a dashboard screen.

The option will be available in the Infiniti EX35 luxury model, going on sale in the U.S. in December, and the Elgrand minivan selling in Japan later this month, the Japanese automaker said Friday. Tokyo-based Nissan Motor Co. said pricing for the option was still undecided.

Other automakers have similar technology using digital cameras to show images of a driver's blind spots, but Nissan's system puts together the images to create the entire aerial view, not just what's in front or the rear.

Images from all sides are shown the way they appear from above -- with the vehicle displayed as a computer graphic in the middle of the screen.

Toyota Motor Corp. has a system in which the car parks by itself -- even if the driver has no hands on the steering wheel -- calculating from its built-in computer, steering sensor and a tiny camera in the rear the proper route into a parking spot.

Nissan's technology uses four digital cameras, mounted on the front, sides and rear of the vehicle.

The screen, which also works as the car-navigation display, is split in two: the left side provides the view from above while the right side is a close-up of where the car is headed.
A driver touches the dashboard screen showing a computer-graphic panoramic bird's-eye-view of what's surrounding his car displayed by Nissan Motor Co.'s new car-navigation system
A driver touches the dashboard screen showing a computer-graphic panoramic bird's-eye-view of what's surrounding his car displayed by Nissan Motor Co.'s new car-navigation system "Around View Monitor," in Yokosuka in this March 14, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

That image automatically shifts to either the front or back view depending on whether the car is in drive or reverse.

The car also has sensors so if it's about to bump into something a warning beep goes off.

Assistance for parking is likely to be attractive in Japan, where streets and parking spaces are narrow, compared to other nations.

iMainichi Japanj October 12, 2007

Tu_triky wrote:

when i was younger i used to rent japanese car videos from the local Japanese video store...not understanding a dayem thing but clearly fascniated by the Skyline GT-R 33 & 34 versions drifting along Tokyo streets or closed circuit tracks...this was a long time ago...well be for the hollywoodization of the sport.

when i was a kid living out there, the skyline always caught my attention because of the circular rear lights which reminded me of ferraris(another passion of mine). long live the skyline! :mrgreen:

kenjilina wrote:

when i was a kid living out there, the skyline always caught my attention because of the circular rear lights which reminded me of ferraris(another passion of mine). long live the skyline! :mrgreen:

yeah those were very unique at the time. Skyline Banzai!

bmwracer wrote:
The concept car doesn't do a thing for me... It's got that same butt-ugly front end that the current Audis have... Might as well be a street sweeper.

The original 240Z is the best design Nissan/Datsun ever had, IMO. ;)

yeah i don't think the new skyline will look like the proto concept car you are referring to......

:inlove:

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After much speculation, Porsche has finally decided to produce a 997-based GT2 in early 2008. The new GT2 will officially be the most powerful 911 to roll off the Porsche production line, with 530 bhp on tap from its twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter flat-6. Based on the 911 Turbo, the GT2 receives larger air intakes that feed two hopped-up variable-geometry turbochargers, which in turn send the intake charge into a new expansion manifold. This manifold is specially designed to keep temperatures down and increase efficiency, so much so that Porsche is claiming up to a 15-percent increase in efficiency over the 911 Turbo, despite the additional power.

A 6-speed manual transaxle routes this turbocharged fury to the rear wheels \ doing all they can to keep their 325/30ZR-19 rubber from going up in smoke. The 235/35ZR-19 front tires will have their turn when all four carbon-ceramic brake discs are pinched between monobloc calipers and haul the GT2 down from anything south of 204 mph. Rounding out the package are titanium mufflers and exhaust tips and Porsche's Active Suspension Management system, all included in the $191,700 list price.

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Got an old Datsun B-210 sitting around? Don't send it to recycler yet!!! Looks like old Japanese cars are starting to become collectible!!! http://www.katysnest.com/

gaijinmark wrote:Got an old Datsun B-210 sitting around? Don't send it to recycler yet!!! Looks like old Japanese cars are starting to become collectible!!! http://www.katysnest.com/

I HAD one until that damn semi rammed into it... with me in it. :beaten:

gaijinmark wrote:Got an old Datsun B-210 sitting around? Don't send it to recycler yet!!! Looks like old Japanese cars are starting to become collectible!!! http://www.katysnest.com/

There was an article in this past weekend's Times about collectible Japanese cars as well... :)

http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-garage13oct13,1,416557.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business&ctrack=1&cset=true

1961 Toyota Toyopet
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Raikkonen Wins F1 Championship[/list:u]1 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari
2 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari
3 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren
4 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams
5 R Kubica (POL) BMW
6 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW
7 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren
8 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota
[/list:u] Boy, who'd a thunk it!!! :crazy:

gaijinmark wrote:Raikkonen Wins F1 Championship[/list:u]1 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari
2 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari
3 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren
4 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams
5 R Kubica (POL) BMW
6 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW
7 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren
8 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota
[/list:u] Boy, who'd a thunk it!!! :crazy:

Amazing.... Raikkonen sandbagged the entire season, only to win in the end.

The F1 mucky-mucks must be happy: they seemed to have it in for McLaren from the start. :sweat:

Tried to get my tires rotated....except I can't find the wheel lock attachment. Rats. :beaten: :banghead:

dochira wrote:Tried to get my tires rotated....except I can't find the wheel lock attachment. Rats. :beaten: :banghead:

Glovebox or trunk, I'd say.

bmwracer wrote:
Glovebox or trunk, I'd say.

I checked the glovebox and my trunk is a mess. I'm screwed if I get a flat anytime soon.

Need to find time to clean out the car. :shakehead: :banghead:

i've got a blowtorch if you want to borrow it..

dochira wrote:I checked the glovebox and my trunk is a mess. I'm screwed if I get a flat anytime soon.

You've just jinxed yourself. :sweat:

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