Posts Tagged ‘car electronics’

Scott Dixon grabs Indy 500 pole

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Scott Dixon, racing for the Target Chip Ganassi IRL team, is your pole sitter for the upcoming Indy 500. Scott took the front spot with a 4-lap average of 226.366 MPH, about 0.5 MPH faster than last year's pole sitter. Slotting in behind Dixon is his teammate, Dan Wheldon, just a fraction slower at ......

Open Arms in Open Wheels: reunited IndyCar season kicks off at Homestead

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Click above for more high-res pics from the Gainsco 300 If you've got the Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway TiVo'd and are waiting to watch it, read no further. Chances are that you haven't or aren't going to, though. Because while a spirit of camaraderie prevailed at Homes......

In-dash nav systems do damage to resale value

Friday, March 16th, 2007
How's this - you pay a nearly ten percent premium to get a factory navigation system in your new whatever, and when it's replacement time, that very same nav system will cost you again, whacking 1% off the car's resale price. It makes perfect sense if you try to use some of the integrated nav setups......

2006 Mazda RX-8: The Essence of Zoom-Zoom

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
Oh, joy! The 2006 Mazda RX-8 is in the fleet, and all is right with the world. One of our perennial favorites, it’s a serious sports-car with soul to spare. Mazda has done a lot right with this car–and it all starts with balance.Round it up a couple of tenths, and the RX-8’s weight distributio......