What’s the point you may think? You usually don’t oppose one to the other, do you? But if you think deeper you may find that repairs may often result from owner’s negligence and timely maintenance, on the other hand, can save you from a potentially serious breakdown. If I told you to go replace the axle seals on your car you would probably wonder why. Why would you want to fix something that’s not even broken yet? – you may ask and here we come to the point. Read More …
Tag: cars
Self-driving cars
From a dream to sheer reality, autonomous cars were once considered an illusion, yet the scientists of today have outdone themselves. With the world so close to its implementation, one cannot help but take a moment and analyze how we got here, from a time where their coming was only a utopian dream to now when we are preparing for their arrival. Read More …
A brief history
Ferdinand Porsche played an important role in the development of airplanes and racing cars, and the construction of tanks for the Wehrmacht. He was an automobile engineer with more than a thousand patents to his name and is known for creating the most famous ‘people’s car’ in the history, Volkswagen Käfer. Porsche was appointed chief engineer at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart in the 1920s. Later on, he set up his own engineering workshop and designed among others the Volkswagen.
At the plant where Volkswagen was made, in Wolfsburg, he was chief of operations and at the end of the war he was interned by the Allies. Read More …
Competitions offered to RC fans
When you build a remote controlled car, you usually pour hundreds of hours, and even more dollars into making it a creation that you can be proud of. Well, after you have put so much effort into it, how much fun is it to just keep it all to yourself and never show off what you have worked so hard to complete? Some would say that it is a complete waste of effort. If you are building a radio controlled car, you should plan on entering it in many different competitions. There are quite a few RC car competitions of many different types. Read More …
Formula D racing
Are you a sports fan? What about a fan of racing? If so, there is a good chance that you have heard of Formula D Racing before. Whether you have no idea what Formula D is or if you would like more information on the sport, you are in for a surprise.
Before you spend a penny
If you’re anything like the rest of us, the idea of finding a new or used vehicle calls to mind images of pushy salespeople and fistfuls of cash. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be like this! Read More …