The Neobahn http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:24:19 -0500 10 The Neobahn http://www.neowin.net/images/neowin_feedlogo.png http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php Bugatti Veyron in a Lake http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846614
Did you guys see this????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVwVx41zX9s

from Top Gear website
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It is Friday the 13th. It is damp (well, it is if you’re in the UK). It’s still over a month until you can look forward to getting embarrassingly drunk at the office Christmas party.

But cheer up: at least your day is going better than this gent’s day.

This gent drives a Bugatti Veyron. Or drove a Bugatti Veyron, rather. Along Interstate 45 in Texas, to be precise, when he was distracted by a low-flying pelican (excuses, excuses), which caused him to veer off the road… and into a lagoon.

A salt-water lagoon. Lovely corrosive water, sloshing through all the expensive mechanical bits of your million-quid, 1000bhp hypercar. Gutted.

The anonymous driver – well, wouldn’t you want to stay anonymous if you’d just binned your Veyron into a lake? – escaped unhurt, which is more than we can say for the poor Bugatti…



http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/bugatti...sunk-2009-11-13]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:24:20 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846614 Ford nixes sale of two cars for North America http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846168 Ford nixes sale of two cars
Nov 14, 2009
John LeBlanc
Special to the Star

Contrary to the recent stream of new-car announcements, Ford has confirmed that two vehicles speculated for North America will not be heading our way.

The Detroit-based automaker said it will not sell the Ford Ka city car or the global Ford Ranger pickup (developed in Australia for worldwide markets) in Canada or the U.S.

Currently on sale in foreign markets, the Ka is smaller than the Ford Fiesta that will go on sale in Canada next year.

"Our view is that Fiesta is about the smallest vehicle that we think will be a real success in the United States," Ford CEO Allan Mulally told Automotive News.

http://www.wheels.ca/newsandfeatures/consu...rgest-automaker]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:31:15 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846168 <![CDATA[VW now the world's largest automaker]]> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846166 VW now the world's largest automaker
German company was third until it added assets such as Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini
Nov 14, 2009
John LeBlanc
Special to the Star

A little over a year ago, Volkswagen passed Ford as the third-largest automaker in the world.

But now, by adding recently acquired Porsche's sales figures into the totals – which also include those for Bentley, Audi, Skoda, Seat and Lamborghini – the German behemoth has shot past Toyota to take over the crown as the world's largest automaker.

With 4.4 million cars built so far in 2009, VW has passed Toyota by about 400,000 cars.

Industry analysts attribute VW's surge to cutting production in half earlier this year, the closing of all its plants in February and Toyota's weakness in the cash-for-clunker programs in Europe, Brazil and China.

There's still some time until the final numbers get tallied at the end of December. And Toyota is expected to build more than seven million cars this year.

But as of now, VW officials can put the champagne on ice.
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http://www.wheels.ca/newsandfeatures/consu...rgest-automaker]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:08 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846166 Something fell off my car? http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846108
I was driving to work this morning on the Motorway when I heard a nasty rattle like something was hanging off or scraping then suddenly it stopped and i saw something fly off the car onto the lane behind me (so obviously can't retrieve it on a busy motorway) - this all happened in the space of 5-7 seconds so couldn't do much about it. I thought it may have been one of the steel wheel caps but these are all intact, I think it may have just been the heat shield as this has been rattling when starting the engine cold but with no way to get it to a garage during the day is this the most likely cause.

It is still driving perfectly, I can't be fully sure it was even from my vehicle - just that it flew out of the back of it after a few seconds. Kinda worried now, so gonna have to try and get it home on the quiet roads tonight then find out what it is/was. Am i right in thinking it could have just been the heat shield falling from the exhaust though as it may have corroded over the years.

Car is a 1998 S Reg Nissan Micra Ally.]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:18:25 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=846108 Distinctive Chrysler Sound http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=845682
What's that noise that all Chrysler cars seem to make when they're stopping. It's sort of a whirring noise (maybe the power-steering?) that you can hear if you're walking by and a Chrysler pulls up to a stop sign. It seems to be unique to these cars and all of them seem to have it. Any ideas?]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:19:52 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=845682 <![CDATA[Best (Nissan) Skyline You've Seen?]]> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=845316 ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:34:30 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=845316 Best/Latest/Cheapest Car GPS under 200 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=844320 What is the best latest and cheapest Car GPS for under 200$? Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:07:56 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=844320 Women Passes Written Exam for License.. http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=844048
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A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.

The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.


Full article can be found here.

All I have to say is: Wow. Either they have an absolute killer of a test there in South Korea, or she just plain shouldn't be driving.]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:09:01 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=844048 Car light problem? http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=843700
I'm not sure if I have a problem with my car headlights or not.
Last night when I was out traveling around 60-65mph and cars coming the other way was flashing me as though I had my full beams on even though I didn't.
But then, went through a few other areas, travelling at 30mph then 40, no one flashed me then saying my lights were too bright, so is there a problem?
The car is a 1998 ford fiesta, the lights are factory standard, so are the bulbs, apart from I've had to replace the drivers side main beam light bulb twice, once recently and another probably last year.

Cheers]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:28:18 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=843700 Help with Lexus GX470 part http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=843454 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=243182

It's a Lexus GX470 2006.

It would be great if someone could name the part and a place where I could find it online.
Thanks in advance]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:07:51 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=843454