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« on: September 29, 2009, 07:02:07 PM »
Nikolay Fomenko and Yefim Ostrovsky, together with Ria Novosti presented first Russian innovative sports car Marussia made by Russian company E.M.M. "World automotive industry is ensnared by out-of-date technologies" — said famous race driver, world champion according to FIA GT, and today car designer Nikolay Fomenko, "huge yet not covered investment into metal body-bearing vehicles don’t let world auto giants perform well before emerging radical turning point in motor-car construction. That enables our company to make a breakthrough." "Our Marussia vehicles with petrol and electric drive, which we have been presenting today, would be available for the customers in a year". Marussia is a business’ response to the necessity of introduction of innovative behavior to the Russian economy, which we are appealed for by the Russian President and Prime Minister, which is the call of the times."- Fomenko said, introducing ready-to-sell Marussia sports car with chassis’ numbers 0001 and 0002 at the press conference in New Manezh. "Using the spatial chassis and body made of cutting-edge materials have allowed our company to avoid costly metal working and transform vehicle production into a process, which is not more complicated then cell phones’ assemblage. Even 15 years ago a cell phone was a luxury item and cost 10 times more expensive, than it is today. The main marketing innovation of Marussia is that we can produce cars with replaceable bodies — exactly as cell phones with changeable shells are now manufactured." Marussia vehicles is a radical innovation in automotive industry. Spatial cockpit chassis, on which engine and suspension are mounted, allows to avoid costly technology of stamping longerons. Spatial cockpit chassis is a key feature of Marussia's construction, which has long been used in construction of Formula 1 cars. It allows to improve significantly vehicle’s safety and achieve extraordinary reduction in car’s weight. However, the use of such technology in automotive industry have been constrained by huge investments made by world vehicle producers in last generation technology.      Specifications. Engine. Model : V6, petrol Placement: ? Mid-mounted Capacity (cc): 3498 Maximum power (hp): 245 Max. torque (Nm at rev/min): 330 / 3600 Transmission. Drive: Rear-wheel Gearbox: 5-speed automatic Chassis. Aluminium semi-monocoque Dimensions. Length: 4635 Width: 2000 Height: 1100 Width: 2680 Fuel System. Tank capacity (litre): 80 Fuel/octane number: Petrol/95 Suspension. Type: Independent Front: A-arm, “pushrod” scheme Rear: A-arm, “pushrod” scheme Brakes. Disks: Ventilated Brake calipers: 4-piston Tires. Type: Pirelli PZero Rosso Front, size: 245/35/20 Rear, size: 285/35/20 Weight. Gross vehicle weight (kg): 1000 Top speed (km/h): >250 Speed Up 0-100??/?: 5 ???
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« on: September 29, 2009, 07:59:58 AM »
Today, We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences but less time; We have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; We have more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less wellness. We spend too recklessly, laugh too little; drive too fast, get to angry too quickly; stay up too late, get up too tired; read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. we talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We have learned how to make a living, but not a life; We have added years to life, not life to years.
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. we have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the neighbour. We have conquered outer space, but not inner space. We have split the atom, but not our prejudice;
We write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less.
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« on: September 29, 2009, 01:36:14 AM »
Aurora GT The Aurora GT concept from designer Zaoor Khalilov is an impressive muscle cardesign that’s all beauty. The beautifully designed concept’s, aggressive look and stance go well with four exhaust pipes at the rear, and what seems like air intakes for a mid-engine layout. There isn’t much information about the specifics of the design, but the two door muscle car sure looks formidable, and cool with its racing stripes, and we guess it won’t let anything lesser than a V8 near its engine bay.     
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« on: September 29, 2009, 12:29:04 AM »
10 mobile phones sold on the international level;
auto manufacturers produce a car every 4.5 seconds on average;
and on the level of the human mind = brain cells send 200 directives each second
to perform the various functions of physical and mental health.
The world spends 37 million euros for arms on the international level in one second
And the Sultan of Brunei's wealth increases by 90 euros every second!
No envy please!
This means around 5400 euros per minute, 324000 euros each hour, 7776000 euros a day
Implies about 54432000 euros a week (that's 54 million and 432000 thousand euros)
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah ... President of the richest country in the world
Popular, lavish, ... uses gold in everything
Was born literally eating with spoons made of gold
Clothes worn embroidered with gold and silver
These are some pictures of his palace ...
The largest and most luxurious palace in the world...
Consists of 1788 rooms with some furnished in gold and diamond-encrusted
257 bath inlaid with gold and silver
and a garage to accommodate 110 cars
The palace has 650 suites ... each furnished at not less than 150,000 thousand euros
This requires the visitor to spend 24 hours just to inspect each room for 30 seconds
The Sultan of Brunei's plane
Most luxurious aircraft in the world, inlaid with gold
The Sultan has also a Boeing 747 worth a hundred million dollars,
and then re-designed as a home at a cost of more than one hundred and twenty million dollars.
Featured add-ons such as a whirlpool bath of pure gold
He also has six small aircraft and two helicopters.
One of the cars of theSultan of Brunei
At the special request of the Sultan of Brunei,
the Rolls Royce company
combined their car designs with that of Porsche.
This vehicle is currently in London
for use during his stay in Britain
When the Sultan of Brunei's daughter married,
the legendarycelebrations continued for 14 days,
at a cost of about five million dollars,
attended by more than 25 heads of state and family members.
Sultan of Brunei car inlaid with pure gold
The Princess wears a crown of diamonds
and carries a small bouquet of flowers studded with diamonds.
She also wears huge diamonds as earrings, adding sparkle to her face.
he has
531 Mercedes-Benzes
367 Ferraris
362 Bentleys
185 BMWs
177 Jaguars
160 Porsches
130 Rolls-Royces
And 20 Lamborghinis
Bringing the total number of his cars to 1,932
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« on: September 27, 2009, 07:08:16 PM »
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« on: September 25, 2009, 09:06:45 PM »
Yeah .. awesome... Buy 8.99$ fresh CRAP 
867
« on: September 25, 2009, 06:01:54 AM »
Dear Minister,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a Television Set and Golf Clubs from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date? For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 40 years. It is on my driver’s license, on the last eight passports I’ve ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that I’ve filled out every 5 years since 1966.
Also, would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’s name is Audrey, my Father’s name is Jack, and I’d be absolutely f***ing astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead!!!…
SHIT!
I apologize, Mr. Minister. But I’m really pissed off this morning. Between you and me, I’ve had enough of all this bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my f***ing address!! What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthal arse-holes working there!
And another thing, look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I can’t even grow a beard for God’s sakes. I just want to go to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son interbred with a Kiwi girl). And would someone please tell me, why would you give a shit whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe me, I sure as hell would not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other end of the city, and get another f***ing copy of my birth certificate, and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day?? Nooooo.. That’d be too f***ing easy and makes far too much sense. You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like chickens with our f***ing heads cut off, and then having to find some high society wanker to confirm that it’s really me in the god-damn photo! You know the photo…the one where we’re not allowed to smile? …You f***ing morons
Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen.
P.S.: Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting someone in high-society to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this country since before 1850! In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka Stockade!!) I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army something over 30 years (I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security clearances.
I’m also a personal friend of the president of the RSL. And Lt General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year.
However, your rules require that I have to get someone “important” to verify who I am; You know… someone like my doctor; WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN F***ING PAKISTAN!!!…A country where they either assassinate or hang their ex-Prime Ministers, and are suspended from the Commonwealth for not having the “right sort of government.”
You are all f***ing idiots.
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« on: September 24, 2009, 02:26:42 AM »
Anyone who loves Africa: WALKMAN  Transport system  TAXI SERVICE  Even if the road is made , we cannot cut the electricity  This month has something special  Hot Water System  Closed ? 
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« on: September 20, 2009, 10:26:35 PM »
Equipped with an environmentally friendly electric motor, the driving position in this single-seat concept offers a new feeling of freedom, thanks to its panoramic vision, voice-message driving assistance and a heads-up display system that gives all the information required for travelling in complete safety. This concept car combines the sensations of a 3-wheeled scooter with the driving pleasure of a saloon car, while retaining all the essential functions of both modes of transport… and while adding a silent environment. As you would expect, being accessible, solid and extremely simply designed, the Peugeot RD concept car fits perfectly with the complicated mobility constraints you would encounter in a megalopolis of the future.      
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« on: September 17, 2009, 08:52:03 PM »
This Espace came on the scene in 1994, celebrating ten years of partnership between Renault and Matra with ten cylinders for birthday candles. To make the Espace F1, Matra used 1994 world champions Williams Renaults power train unit. This engine was fitted centrally in the Espace without changing the model. To do so, they took an Espace off the assembly-line, cut out its floor pan to replace it with a carbon body structure harbouring the 820 hp V10, sequential box and automatic attitude control. With a special front end, ad hoc brakes and aerodynamic appendices to prevent it from flying away, it could get up to 300 kph!
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« on: September 15, 2009, 10:01:49 PM »
Mike at E-Shift Performance in New Jersey. As you'll note from the opening shot, these aren't quite your typical "Euro" Bimmers...
First is the stunning E39 M5 (a real one?!) that looks pretty normal on the outside......but under the hood is a Toyota 2JZGTE with a single turbo conversion.
Shhh... I think you can hear the purists groaning.
If that wasn't enough, they've also built a matching E36 two door.
Like the E39, it also has a big turbine 2JZ under the hood. Both of the engine bays look immaculate!
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« on: September 15, 2009, 07:07:30 PM »
Please Read these It will help you to understand life better thanks :)
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« on: September 13, 2009, 11:34:00 PM »
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
David Bissonette
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After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Sacha Guitry
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
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Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Anonymous
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The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?"
Dumas
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I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Sigmund Freud
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'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.'
Anonymous
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'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.'
Sam Kinison
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'I've had bad luck with both my wives.
The first one left me, and the second one didn't.'
James Holt McGavra
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Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Patrick Murra
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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once....
Nash
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You know what I did before I married?
Anything I wanted to.
:Anonymous
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My wife and I were happy for twenty years.
Then we met.
Henny Youngman
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A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
Rodney Dangerfield
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A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.'
Anonymous
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First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!'
Second Guy: 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.'
Anonymous
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« on: September 12, 2009, 07:59:00 AM »
The Citroen Eclipse concept from designer Vladislav Domanin delves into the power of nanotech to find a very interesting use of solar power, in a very unconventional way.The car employs nanoantenna, each of which has a width less than 1/25 of a human hair. These nanoantenna absorb the energy from the infrared range of the solar spectrum to generate power for the car. And since at night the earth itself releases a considerable amount of infrared waves that it absorbed during the day, the car can find power for itself for hours after sunset, thus not being dependent entirely on sunlight.
The concept’s body has three different layers, each of a different size. These layers are arranged to maximize the absorption of infrared waves from the sun, as well as from the earth. The car’s windshield is embedded with transparent solar cells to maximize energy absorption, and doors on the futuristic concept can retract into the body by employing magnetic fields.
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« on: September 11, 2009, 08:55:35 PM »
VEHICLE TYPE: mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster
ESTIMATED PRICE AS TESTED: $75,000 (estimated base price*: $75,000)
ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, port fuel injection
Displacement: 132 cu in, 2157cc
Power (SAE net): 220 bhp @ 7200 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 163 lb-ft @ 6500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 96.1 in Length: 159.0 in Width: 73.2 in Height: 41.5 in
Curb weight: 2369 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 7.0 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 20.9 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 7.9 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.3 sec @ 89 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 205 ft
Roadholding, 200-ft-dia skidpad: 0.95 g
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« on: September 10, 2009, 02:15:49 AM »
Type Inline-6 turbocharged; cast-iron block and aluminum head
Valvetrain DOHC 4-valves/cyl.
Displacement 2,997
Bore & Stroke 86.1 x 86.1
Compression Ratio: 8.5:1
Power [hp]: 320 at 5,600
Torque [lb-ft]: 315 at 4,000
Redline: 6,800
Mileage City [mpg]: 17
Mileage Hwy [mpg]: 23
Type: 6-speed manual
Ratios: 3.83, 2.36, 1.69, 1.31, 1.00, 0.79
Final Drive: 3.27
Available with: Turbo
0 - 60 mph [sec.]: 4.6 (Turbo)
0 - 100 mph [sec.]: 11.1 (Turbo)
Quarter Mile [sec.]: 13.1 (Turbo)
Top Speed [mph]: 160 (Turbo)
Braking 60 - 0 [ft.]: 122 (Turbo)
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« on: September 09, 2009, 08:02:22 PM »
An exclusive sports model carrying the Renault Sport badge, Clio V6 showcases the styling of the latestgeneration Clio. Blending sportiness with flowing lines, the unique design also boosts efficiency. Thanks to a host of new developments, New Clio V6 combines pleasure of use with unusually high performance, with a 0-100kph time of less than 6 seconds.
New Clio V6 features a new chassis together with 18- inch wheels. Fitted with a completely new top end, the 3-litre 24-valve V6 engine delivers 255bhp at 7,150rpm and 300Nm at 4,650rpm. The six-speed gearbox benefits from specific developments, including a shorter final drive, revised internal gear ratios and shorter selector movements
Please Note : There is only 1 car in Australia, that one was imported from Uk and its selling for 72,000 dollars Second hand,which I think is not worth that much.
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« on: September 08, 2009, 10:21:36 PM »
BMW has released the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept. It is
powered by a fuel-efficient 3-cylinder turbodiesel plug-in
full-hybrid with one electric motor on each axle. More after the
break. The top speed limited electronically to 155mph and it
accelerates from 0 to 100km/h (62mph) at 4.8 seconds while the
fuel consumption is 3.76 liters/100 kilometers.
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« on: September 07, 2009, 09:47:03 PM »
once there was one Punjabi guy waiting for the bus with three other girls.
the bus came and girls got on it.
when the punjabi guy's turn came the conductor said,"no more no more please"
The guy got mad and said to the conductor,"morniyan nu tan chada lehiya, jaddo mor di vaari aai tan kehnda no mor no mor please!!!!!!
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« on: August 23, 2009, 02:18:33 AM »
Lado caught on camera!
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