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First Test Drive: Porsche Panamera

The world, at least the part of the world that really cares, has been waiting to learn whether Porsche's upcoming Panamera 4-door sedan can live up to its promise. Britain's Classic Driver magazine has, not surprisingly, been awarded first dibs at a test drive. Thus you can be among the...

California: Black Cars to be Banned Because they Work Harder than Other Cars?

© Willvision Photography Now I've seen it all. California has officially lost its law-making mind. They're set to try to pass legislation that will ban black cars . That's right... Black cars. Why? Because black cars work harder than other light colored cars to cool the occ...

Deadly Truckers

© jon gos When I'm driving on the highways I've always been aware of truckers. Mostly staying away from them. Not because I was afraid of getting in an accident but because I know these guys/gals have usually been on the road a long time, are probably tired to some extent, and deserv...

Smart strategy: Truck companies pay more taxes to increase the quality of road infrastructure

Even though the diesel prices are quite high these days, American truck companies are willing to spend even more taxes for building road and other infrastructure. Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, told Logistics Magazine that if all sectors "give ...

桌面壁纸：Highways

Highways by ~ viktoer on deviant ART

Gasoline Mike - a Static Encounter

Gasoline Mike has been roaming the highways and byways to bring us the best in filling station news. Mr. Mike was enjoying a packaged donut and cup of coffee with powdered milk and 7 sugars when his eagle eye caught this encounter on the station's security camera. Mikey scratched his he...

A Las Vegas Journey

I just returned from Las Vegas where I had the opportunity, with about 30 other mooching journalists, to test drive the new 2009 Dodge Journey crossover. I go on many press previews, some of the trips I have been on produce great cars I always remember, some result in driving total horror sho...

USA: Urlaub an der UFO-Autobahn

Waaaas? Sie haben noch nie einen UFO gesehen? Dann wird es aber höchste Zeit, dass Sie mal am E.T.-highway ihren Urlaub verbringen. Denn glaubt man einem Artikel im Focus, so gibt es kaum einen anderen Platz auf der Erde, an dem so viele unidentifizierte Flugobjekte gesichtet wurden und werden. ...

Let's Gogo

Glenn, one of our astute visitors sent a post about the story we wrote looking at the possibility of BMW going greener with perhaps a new fourth brand labeled with a badge they have the naming rights to. Triumph and Riley came to mind, but Glenn suggested the Gogomobile. Around 50 years ago wh...

Winter Driving Tips

By Gunnar Heinrich It's winter in the northern hemisphere and us New English in the Northeastern United States just got pounded by a major snow storm. Power outages. Highways closed. Stranded cars. You get the picture. We go through this initial shock of winter each and every Decem...

Nichts als Gespenster - ein Film nach den Erzählungen von Judith Hermann

Für ihre Erzählungen "Nichts als Gespenster" wurde die Schriftstellerin Judith Hermann umjubelt. Mal abwarten, wie es Regisseur Martin Gypkens mit dem gleichnamigen Film ergeht. Jedenfalls konnte er eine beachtenswerte Schar herausragender Jung-Schauspieler für sein Projekt gewinn...

How to Survive the Holiday Travel Season

...herings when the weather is better, airplanes less crowded and deals more plentiful. 2. Time shift Highways, train stations, airports and airplanes are often quite empty on Thanksgiving, Christmas an...

Canadian Province May Allow ATVs on Roads to get to Gas, Restaurants

New Brunswick drivers may have company on certain highways soon, in the form of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) making their way to get goods and services such as gas, food etc. The bill would provide a riding zone along certain highways to allow ATVs and snowmobiles better (and legal) access to ...

USA: Autovermieter haben Probleme mit Umweltschutz

Die großen Autovermieter in den USA versuchen derzeit, ein ökologisches Image aufzubauen. Doch glaubt man einem Artikel in den Dallasnews , so scheint es gerade in diesem Bereich durchaus Probleme zu geben. So lesen wir: Enterprise, Hertz and Avis are paying above-retail prices to get their...

Adventure Cycling Giving Away 275 Maps

If you're considering a end of summer bike ride, you may want to consider the Lewis and Clark Bicycle Trail. After a grant from the National Park Service, the Adventure Cycling Association is generously giving away 275 maps for the historic bike trail. The maps retraces the 4,675 mile route of...

Toyota > The Prius Is Not A Slug

By Gunnar Heinrich In what must be one of Toyota's own P.R. machine's more lax moments, the company has used the recent story about Californian state police arresting former US V.P. Al Gore's son for speeding in a Toyota prius at 104 mph to advertise the Prius' open road...

Indirect Consequences: How a Bridge Collapse Could Lead to Higher Gas Prices

One of the reasons it's so important to get your personal finance world in order is that you can only control so much. But, control what you can and the unexpected won't hurt as much. I'm reminded of this after reading this article that says the tragic collapse of the bridge in Minne...

BMW Launches New Driver Education Program

[Image Source: BMW] As far as badge-specific nameplates go, BMW drivers have among the most Notorious of reputations on the world's highways and biways. And for good reason, most of their cars go like stink and can out handle anything from Hyundai Rio to the Porsche Boxster S - which ...

Google Maps新增"avoid highways"(回避干线)功能

　　Google Maps最近都在进行细节改进，比如前几天的 邻近搜索及文本视图 ，都很实用。今天Google Maps再 增加 了"avoid highways"（回避干线）功能，同样也只是个小改进，但对于驾车人士而言，却有较大意义。顾名思义，这项功能就是允许用户在查找行车路线时，让Google Maps避开交通干线，返回交通流量较小的路线。这是因为并非所有驾车者都喜欢挤在干线行驶，Google应该为他们提供选择。

Google takes you to the road not taken...

How do you like the idea of avoiding driving on major highways? If it sounds good to you, you'll probably like Google's new feature on Google Maps. Barry Brumitt, software engineer at Google tells you how to take the road not taken: When you click the "Avoid Highways" checkbo...

Adventure Cycling Association Releases New Maps

Adventure Cycling Association has released new and updated maps of the Lewis and Clark Trail, the first "heritage" bicycle route. If you remember, last year, the association successfully completed mapping of the historic Underground Railroad Bicycle Route. Following in the footsteps o...

Dallas establishes the biggest logistics park in North America

One of the reasons that made me go to Spain Last August was the plans of the Aragon's local government in Spain to establish the biggest logistics park in Europe. After visiting the park's facilities in Zaragoza, Spain; I was incredibly amazed by the idea of establishing a hub to offer in...

New Book Honors The Worlds Greatest Road Race

As a young motor racing journalist in the 50's I was in awe of the Mille Miglia. Nothing in the world could equal this flat-out,1000-mile sprint on public roads and highways. Though the event was cancelled after an horrendous accident in1957, the 50th anniversary of its demise certainly merit...

Porsche Cayenne Makes Bigger Splash Than Signature 911

[Image Source: Porsche, AG] The unorthodox outnumber the Orthodox , or so we can believe from Porsche's March sales figures. Stuttgart's now widely accepted and seen sport ute known as the Cayenne is the major driving force behind North American sales, the company says. Last mont...

Putting the Brakes On Autobahn Speeders

I doubt whether there's a car enthusiast in the world, classic and contemporary fans included, that hasn't dreamt of driving flat-out on the Autobahn , lured by the lack of speed limits. If you haven't done so I urge you to get there soon because, according to an article in &qu...

More on Tipping, or Moron Tipping

Back in September, I wrote a post titled Tipping Has Gotten Completely Out of Control . I got some comments basically saying that not tipping is hurting the livelihood of the waiter/waitress and that, in short, I'm a cheap bastard. This latest comment from David Danzis, a career waiter, has ...

Death Valley: Land Of Extremes Part One

When a weekend like President's Day comes up for us 9 to 5 ers, we have to take advantage and get out of town for a quick road trip. Death Valley is not exactly the "quick road trip" category, and isn't exactly in our back yard, but hey, at least we were taking advantage. With...

We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We Want M3! We...

(Image Source: EVO ) Last week UK car mag EVO bowed to the public demand - which seems to have gone from simmer to boil for the next BMW M3 - and published (count 'em) 11 spy shots of thinly disguised, non-photoshopped M3 hardtop and droptop testers out on Europe's highways and bywa...

Vista Highways

Vista Highways by ~ MohsinNaqi on deviant ART

Tow In a Jeep, Pay More Fees?

Tow or Trailer Your Jeep in, Get Charged Double Some people tow or trailer their jeeps to the trail, dunes or where ever they're going. Most of these are registered for street use as well. If you're going someplace like the ISDRA where there are fees for "primary vehicles", but...

Mit dem Fahrrad die gesamte Panamericana entlang

Ui, mal eben fast zwei Stündchen festgelesen. So schaff ich heute natürlich nie den Part meines Jobs, den ich vorhabe zu schaffen. Und nun muss ich Ihnen auch noch unbedingt von meiner Entdeckung erzählen, so begeistert bin ich. Das zusammen bedeutet: Nachtschicht. Na ja, manchmal muss man Priori...

Mexico puts itself in the hub

Today, from logistics point of view, Mexico offers a strategic competitive advantage over other Low Cost Countries in the world. I noticed about some facts and figures through an article in Purchasing.com Mexico's logistics infrastructure has improved significantly over the last 10 years d...

Afghanistan, Inc.

Back in August, I did a blog entry on the court decision to set aside the conviction of contractor Custer Battles, the first corporate fraud case to emerge from mess that's Iraq. At the time, I said it would send a signal to the other contractors who have been raking in big profits from a...

Corvette Z06 vs. Ferrari F430 vs. 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo

Talk about some sweet rides, the Gang over at Car & Driver had a shoot out road test pitting the Vette, 911 Turbo and F430 on the German highways and back roads. Alas the online article is but a teaser to get you to buy the print mag, but damn if it doesn't make me want to run t...

FCC Auctions Off More Wireless Spectrum

... the least services in the rural areas of Texas where I live. Around here if you get off the highways, you have no T-Mobile service. Other major wireless carriers such as Verizon and Cingulair ...

Spicy Car Advertising

The guys over at the cool hunter found these ads and wrote some funny comments on it: Is it an air bag or an affair bag? This new advertisement takes life saving air bags to a new and sexy height. The usually dull bags which inflate upon impact have caused controversy in the past over the fact...

Roadtrippin' USA

Just in time for American's busy July 4th travel weekend, MapQuest.com has launched a beta of its new multi-stop Route Builder feature . The new tool lets travellers map out their entire USA road journey, with stops along the way, from one online interface. Route Builder lets users add up t...

Virtual jail

A virtual jail is cheaper then a real one. In fact it's 5, 10 or 15US$ a day. Thats the cost of a bracelet-like gadget. With that gadget the police is able to control the whereabouts of drunken driver via GPS. The new GPS device would act like a "probation officer in the pocket ...

Better urban planning could help Americans fight obesity

According to James Sallis, a San Diego State University psychology professor, "virtually everything American society has done for the past 100 years has made it easier for us to be fatter." Sallis, who has been called an "obesity warrior" by Time magazine, recently gathered ...

A Wine Sign

More from Washington and wine - Looks like they are trying, though not doing a very good job of it, to get a wine sign up on the Washington highways. From Seattlest : Other countries have them, official "Route des Vins" complete with signposts. Why not here? Indeed. Imagine a road a...

Road Love

Rational people might wonder why some of us fall in love with roads but we car enthusiasts do have an affection for certain biways and highways. We romanticise them through books, film, and songs; even create TV series based on a legendary strip of asphalt. Travel, mystery, the urge for adventure...

Dubai: Potemkinsche Dörfer in der Wüste

Dank des hervorragenden Inflight-Entertainments von Emirates vergingen die sechs Stunden von München nach Dubai buchstäblich "im Fluge". Ein paar meiner Lieblings-CDs hören, einen Film aus mehreren 100 Kanälen auswählen, ab und zu mal auf die Bilder der beiden Außenbord-Kameras scha...

Your Car as Chauffeur

By way of my friend Bob Schulties' Cars! Cars! Cars! site I've been directed to an interesting article by GM exec Bob Lutz, which originally appeared a couple of years back in Fortune magazine and is now online at CNN.com . In it, Lutz suggests the time will definitely come when cars d...

Travelling with Kids

I've gone on 3 long-haul flights, several stretches of highways and several more short-haul flights with my son. And he is only 2 1/2 years old. Travelling is a big part of our lives. Globetrotting with a child may have made our planning schedule more complicated but, after several research...

Fly Fishing LA

When you think of LA, what do you think of? Let me offer some suggestions: Smog. Crowds. Cars. Fake breasts. Plasticity. Highways. Traffic. Congestion. Contagion. Homelessness. Overconsumption. Your basic urban nightmare sprawling for miles in every direction. Sounds gloomy. But I have to admit...

European Vacation: Slovenia Part One

European Vacation. What "springs to mind"? Did you just think Chevy Chase and horrific slapstick comedy? Well, I laughed quite a bit on the trip, but this was more of a serious occasion - tracing our respected family lineages. Slovenia was the principle destination for her, and Italy was...

Supply Chain Management: Where is it going? (2)

Here comes the second article from the series "Supply Chain Management: Where is it going?" , As I mentioned before, I'm going to show a big picture of the future of supply chain management. The analysis is based on the opinions of the experts in the area and market trends. Imp...

2007 Toyotas

...shmoozing with other journalists and Toyota-types, I drove the redesigned Camry on city streets and highways, and took the FJ Cruiser off-road with an eco-tourism guide from Desert Adventures . We bu...

Hotels in Amsterdam

Most tourists who come to Amsterdam visit other countries, as well. Itineraries could include a trip to major European cities like Paris, Milan, Rome and Amsterdam, among others. Should you find yourself spending a couple of days in Amsterdam and neighboring areas, you have two options. You ...

P2P Future Past Perfect: Industry Commentary

It's been six months since the Supreme Court ruling , during which time Kazaa was kablammed Down Under and the music biz became more aggressive with cease and desist letters to major P2P developers. So where is P2P heading? ... Nowhere new. Let's look at the leading candidates. A...

Hurrikan "Rita�" - Stadtteil von New Orleans wird wieder überflutet

Schon die Regenausläufer des Hurrikans "Rita" haben am Freitag New Orleans wieder an den Rand einer Katastrophe gebracht. Nach heftigen Niederschlägen ist ein gerade notdürftig reparierter Deich auf neun Metern Länge. Das Wasser ergießt sich in einen der am niedrigsten gelegenen Sta...

Yum! Brands

Here is a good article on a Louisville company, Yum! Brands . IT IS one of the biggest companies in one of the biggest industries in America. Its brand names litter the highways and high streets of the world. From its modest base in Louisville, Kentucky, it oversees the opening of three new res...

When Market Research MisFires

...ff of the cereal. Unfortunately for them, they don't seem to have done their research among the highways, byways and alleyways of London's drug dens. Maybe when doing market research you shoul...

Americans in Europe

This article is highlighting one of the issues pretty prominent in Europe there seems to be an increasing linkage between the more hostile political opinion in Europe against the US and what businesses feel about it: "In the past, for Americans working in Europe, politics was seen as ...

The Internet of Things

Get ready for the next wave of the Internet. It's called the "Internet of Things." A recent Business 2.0 article describes it: "Imagine an Internet of things, where everyday objects, rooms, and machines are connected to one another and to the larger digital world. Sen...