Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

bmwracer wrote:Very nice... Take good care of it. :victory:

yeah, now, im a bit careful where i park to avoid DINGS!!! hehehe

Grid for Bahrain:

1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault
2 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari
3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Benz GP Ltd
6 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault
7 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Benz GP Ltd
8 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
9 11 Robert Kubica Renault
10 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes
11 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth
12 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes
13 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth
14 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari
15 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari
16 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari
17 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:56.167
18 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari
19 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth
20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth
21 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth
22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth
23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth
24 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth

Alonso Wins in Ferrari Debut at Bahrain

1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39:20.396
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari + 16.099
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 23.182
4 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 38.799
5 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 40.213
6 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP + 44.163
7 Jenson Button McLaren + 45.280
8 Mark Webber Red Bull + 46.360
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India + 53.008
10 Rubens Barrichello Williams + 1:02.489

Remember, new points system this year, top 10 all get points, 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.

Here's the rest of the field:

11 Robert Kubica Renault + 1:09.093
12 Adrian Sutil Force India + 1:22.958
13 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso + 1:32.656
14 Nico Hulkenberg Williams at 1 lap
15 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus at 2 laps
16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso at 3 laps (DNF)
17 Jarno Trulli Lotus at 3 laps (DNF)
18 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber at 21 laps (DNF)
19 Bruno Senna HRT at 32 laps (DNF)
20 Timo Glock Virgin at 33 laps (DNF)
21 Vitaly Petrov Renault at 36 laps (DNF)
22 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber at 38 laps (DNF)
23 Lucas Di Grassi Virgin at 47 laps (DNF)
24 Karun Chandhok HRT at 48 laps (DNF)

Just finished taking apart and cleaning the throttle body on my car: my accelerator pedal had a sticky feel to it... But not like a Toyota, mind you. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Just finished taking apart and cleaning the throttle body on my car: my accelerator pedal had a sticky feel to it... But not like a Toyota, mind you. :sweat:

Dayem, son. That's cool that you can do all that. :bow: Does the throttle body really get "dirty" enough to affect the air flow getting sucked into the engine?

Tu_triky wrote:Dayem, son. That's cool that you can do all that. :bow:

Yeah... But I'm only a semi-motorhead: I'm not going to disassemble a tranny or entire engine for thrills. :beaten:

Does the throttle body really get "dirty" enough to affect the air flow getting sucked into the engine?

It's not the restriction of airflow: the two throttle butterflies can get gunked up to the point where they sorta stick and make the gas pedal action notchy and abrupt. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
It's not the restriction of airflow: the two throttle butterflies can get gunked up to the point where they sorta stick and make the gas pedal action notchy and abrupt. :sweat:

Oh I see. Naruhodo :)

Tu_triky wrote:Oh I see. Naruhodo :)

The internet's a wonderful place to find out these types of things. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
The internet's a wonderful place to find out these types of things. :victory:

Word.

What are the cons of getting a personalized license plate (aside from the price)?
Saw some white on black plate designs that kinda looks interesting...

arnel98 wrote:What are the cons of getting a personalized license plate (aside from the price)?
Saw some white on black plate designs that kinda looks interesting...

White on black?

What state/country is that?

bmwracer wrote:
White on black?

What state/country is that?

Texas, they're offering some custom designs...
http://www.myplates.com/

arnel98 wrote:Texas, they're offering some custom designs...
http://www.myplates.com/

California used to have yellow/orange on black.

I guess the only downside of a personalized plate is that you might get tired/sick of the message that you choose... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
California used to have yellow/orange on black.

I guess the only downside of a personalized plate is that you might get tired/sick of the message that you choose... :sweat:

ah... i was just thinking of getting the background and then do random letters/numbers.

arnel98 wrote:ah... i was just thinking of getting the background and then do random letters/numbers.

Oh... Why not an "Arnel98" plate? :mrgreen:

Ack, I shoulda pre-ordered the Bridgestones from Costco online: they didn't have them in stock... Now I have to go back there next weekend. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh... Why not an "Arnel98" plate? :mrgreen:

hehehe.
wont fit :mrgreen:

guess everything is bigger in texas, except for the license plate spaces. :hehe:

Akio Toyoda is coming to Brussels this week to meet his employees at Toyata Motor Europe and the press. All my friends working at Toyota are very much under pressure to clean their offices and hide all working mess, they also got instructions on how to behave. :sweat: So the poor guy will be even more detached from how employees are really working and living their work life. :sweat:

EstherM wrote:Akio Toyoda is coming to Brussels this week to meet his employees at Toyata Motor Europe and the press. All my friends working at Toyota are very much under pressure to clean their offices and hide all working mess, they also got instructions on how to behave. :sweat: So the poor guy will be even more detached from how employees are really working and living their work life. :sweat:

You should tell all your friends that work there to buy manga to place at their desks and switch to anime wallpapers for their laptops and desktop computers.