car and girl 2011: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

2010 Honda Racing HSV-010 Super GT (Spec and Picture)

2010 Honda Racing HSV-010 Super GT

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. introduced the Honda HSV-010 GT, which will compete in the GT500 class of the 2010 Super GT Series.

Honda HSV-010 GT Technical Specifications :
    - Dimensions
          * Length: 4675 mm
          * Width: 2000 mm
          * Vehicle weight: 1100+ kg
    - Engine
          * Engine name: HR10EG
          * Configuration: Liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated, longitudinal V8
          * V angle: 90°
          * Valve train: Gear-driven DOHC - 2 intake and 2 exhaust valves per cylinder
          * Displacement: 3397 cm3
          * Bore x stroke: 93.0 x 62.5 mm
          * Maximum output: 500 PS (370 KW)
          * Maximum torque: 392 Nm
          * Throttle control system: Mechanical
          * Fuel supply system: Programmed fuel injection system (Honda PGM-FI)
          * Fuel: Lead-free premium gasoline
          * Lubrication: Dry sump
    - Powertrain
          * Transmission mechanism: Constant mesh
          * Transmission shifting method: Steering paddle shifter
          * Steering system mechanism: Rack and pinion system with electric power steering (EPS)

    - Tires
          * front: 330/40R18
          * rear: 330/45R17
    - Brake type and mechanism: Hydraulic ventilated disc system
    - Suspension system: Double wishbone
    - Stabilizer: Torsion bar

2010 Honda Racing HSV-010 Super GT (Spec and Picture)

2010 Honda Racing HSV-010 Super GT

Serene Scenery Sunday

Ha roo, pups and cool cats. Zim here with Serene Scenery Sunday. We saw all kinds of wonderful things this week; I'm here to share some of those sights with you. You did see the pix of the Wolf Moon Ammy posted yesterday, didn't you? We liked that maybe best of all this week!

On one of our walks, we saw a good-sized flock of gooses flying over-head.

They fly back and forth between some of the larger lakes that are here, stopping at farm fields for snacks and stuff. We love to see them and to hear them honking at each other!

That blue sky made Mom feel real serene, too. We've had lots of murky skies lately, but we love it when the sun tries to break through. Here's a look at the sun making a good attempt on the north-west edge of our town:

We were on our way to the Hudson Trail the day Mom took that picture. We didn't find anything that interesting on that go-round, but here are a few shots from our "snow" (ha!) day.

Here I am, approaching the start of the trail:

It was so exciting! It's like I was the first one there!!! Look at that undisturbed snow! COOL!

Then I discovered I wasn't really the first one; clearly somebunny had beaten me to the snow.

Somebunny's been here already!

And ...

And somebirdie, too!

Oh well. I was the first pup there! (Dave was with me; I have no idea why he isn't in the pix!) Here I am, checking out the trail:

Isn't it an inviting scene? A serene scene! Ha roo! We saw some cool trees; here's a little collage I put together for you:

You're welcome to go to our FlickR account to see larger versions of all of these photos!

That's about all the cool sights we saw. I wish I could share the smells with you!

Me (Zim) on the trail

It was a GREAT day for snoofing through the leaves and snow dust and everything!

Thanks for joining me for Serene Scenery (and Snoofers) Sunday! Have a peaceful day!

Play bows,
Zim

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dodge Copperhead Concept

Toyota Camry 2007

Toyota Camry Car

Toyota Yaris Z

Coupe Car

OC Vauxhall Car

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Red Car Sport

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Black Car Speed

Kartcr6

Kartcr6 Car

Jaguar New Xj

Jaguar New Xj Car

Toyota Matrix

Toyota Matrix Car

California Lemon Law - CA

California Lemon Car

Ninja Car Sport

Mercedes Announces Crazy

Mercedes Car

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Dacia Tuning Renault Car

Auto Sport Car

You Call This Snow?

Woo, everypup and everycat. It's me - Dave. The biped meteorologists said we were going to get 1-3 inches of snow night before last. Zim and I had great plans to go for a snowy romp ... I mean well-behaved walk in the snow yesterday. We checked the radar before bedtime and everything - and it looked like we were going to get pounded but good! Yeah, well. Here are a couple shots of us out on our walk in the "snow".

This does NOT look like 1-3 inches to me! Can you believe this, Zim?

Umm, Dave. You know who said we were just going to get a "light dusting", don't you?

Woo. Then it hit me. Previously, at Ao4 HQs...

Sniff... sniff...

My snowcast calls for a light dusting, with a chance of flurries throughout the day.

Ammy's never wrong! But I saw the radar myself! How does she know these things?!?! Woo.

Anyway, the girls took Mom for a walk after me and Zimmie did.

Good weather call, Ammy! I didn't doubt you for a second!

Thank you, Stormy!

I don't know why anyone would listen to any other meteorologist! What was I thinking?!!? Sorry for doubting you, Ammy! Woo. In fact - there was a cool event last night that Am wants to tell you about, so let me pass the post over to her!

Luv,

Dave

Thank you, Davy! Hi everypuppy and everycat! It's me, Ammy, here with an Ao4 Weather Moment. Well, actually it's more like an Astronomy Moment... but close enough! Did you see the full moon last night? Did you know it was the biggest full moon we'll see this year? Because of the elliptical path of the moon's orbit, it was as close to earth as it gets! It's also called the "Wolf Moon"! You can read more about it here.

Mom and I took a couple photos to share with you. We had cloudy skies for the first one, but it's still pretty:

And here's a shot after our skies cleared:

Wolf Moon 2010

The snow sure didn't pan out like we had hoped, but the full moon was sure something to howl about. :) I hope you enjoyed the photos! Ha-rooooooo!

Love,

Ammy

Friday, January 29, 2010

Fall Over Parade

I find it possibly amazing that Gerald Wallace is in the All-Star Game and Josh Smith should be. We did it. We made it. Our choices have been just. Note: I forgot Durant was a first-time All-Star yesterday because, in my mind, he's been on since Texas. Say that what you will about my love with this game.

Oh wait, Josh Smith didn't get in, it stings me right down to the bone, and you can read all about my feelings and history's folly (committed upon its own head, no less), in this precious column of mine.

I ended up cutting a paragraph that might have been all figurative economics too dry for those parts, so I lay it here. Or at least its essence. Think about this: It took time for hs-ers and Euros (in the wake of KG and Dirk) to become automatic presences in the high lottery. There was still a little bit of lingering skepticism, or at least hesitance. And these were the consensus best few teens the world had to offer. Thus, in theory, in the beginning there was a de facto cap placed on what hs/Euro picks made it in. It was only the cream of the crop, those generally agreed upon as the "next KG" or "next Dirk."

However, it didn't stop there. Once these players moved all the way to the top, the floodgates were opened for the "Maybe Next KG" and "Possibly Maybe Next Dirk." This is how you got Josh Howard and David West going at the end of the first round; high school/Euro picks weren't boom-or-bust by nature, they were made to look this way by a willingness to, in effect, scrape the barrel and push the very logic that had made teams pursue them in the first place. The best ones were gambles on great potential, which had built into it some sense of security. It was much more like the risk built into drafting a college player, just with a different form of assurance. The latter ones gambled without any safety net.

This description is remarkably inexact. But what would have happened if teams had never decided to cross that line and go from the relatively safe teens to those with less and less to recommend them as solid pros? When people talk about some sort of committee that would decide when a player could jump from high school, it seems like what they're really talking about is this alternate reality where all these other prospects never snuck in the cracked door on account of equivocation.

Photo Finish Friday

Ha roo, pups and cool cats! It's me, Zimmie, coming at you for Photo Finish Friday! Before I get started, I want to thank you for your patience over the past few days! The nice man from our cable company came out yesterday right on schedule and fixed our connection right up! There was some sort of problem with a splitter/connector between our cable TV and cable modem. Or something. I'm not sure; I didn't get to help. Stormy got to stay here with Dad and supervise. The rest of us did this:

I think Mom did really well walking the three of us together. It was especially fun when Dave jumped me and we started wrestling! Mom seemed excited about that part, too, especially since Ammy was herding her and kept going behind her back and looping around while Dave and I played husky games! Then, for some reason, Mom decided to have Am herd us... and although we still had fun, it wasn't as fun.

Ammy herding me and Dave

Mom's thinking we can take more walks like this if Ammy's willing to take on herding us as her job. I'm thinking I've got to find a way to get Am to look the other way from time to time. Ha roo roo roo!

After we got home, I decided to do zoomies with Dave, then do some posing up on the cat-walk. I haven't shared photos of me up there for a while - want to take a look? Here we go!

I usually pose over here on this side, facing the living room:

Don't I look pensive? Let's move over to the side facing the front door and see how that goes, shall we?

I'm not sure I like this side. Give me a moment, would you?

I think I like the other side better...

...let me work up the energy to move, OK? This posing takes a lot out of me.

Oh, yeah. This feels better. Much more comfy, really. It's more "me".

Zzzzz......

Have a great day, everypup and everykit! And don't work too hard!

Play bows,

Zim

Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

Lamborghini Car White

Car Style

Honda-Accord-Sedan-EX-L

Car Sedan-EX-L Black

EDAG_LightCar_Powerdock

KTM X-BOW Car

Hyundai Car

Hyundai Car Crystal White

Toyota Hybridx Car

Thursday, January 28, 2010

2010 Jaguar XKR Car Gallery

2010 Jaguar XKR Front Angle View

2010 Jaguar XKR Side View

2010 Jaguar XKR Interior

2010 Jaguar XKR Wheel

2010 Jaguar XKR Rear View

Technical Difficulties

Woo, everypup and everycat. It's me, Dave. We're experiencing technical difficulties with our internet and email. Sometimes we have fine, fast service, and other times it's non-existant. We have a guy coming out from the company to hopefully fix it this afternoon. We're trying to get to your blogs, but it's slow and frustrating. Bear with us?

Thanks.

Luv,

Dave

Ferrari ffx evolution

Red Ferrari ffx evolution

Lexus LFA Best Car

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

Play bows,
Zim

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Best White Car

White Best Car

Best Blue Car

Blue Best Car

Best Black Car

Black Best cars

Best Orange Car

Best Car Orange

FD Guest Lecture: Ode to Quiet Stars

A brief history of my basketball verse feud with author Sherman Alexie: First, Sherman wrote a poem for TrueHoop on his reluctance to see Iverson start in the All-Star Game. Then, I hit back with a pro-AI bucket of rhymes. Now, here's his response to my response. The Monta stuff hurts!

Let me sing for Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Who believed truth is found through faith
And reason. He would not have been afraid
Of the Adjusted Plus-Minus

Or any number that contradicts
What we see and what we think we know.
The numbers tell us Anderson Varejao
Is a quiet star, setting vicious picks

And destroying the offensive schemes
Of every team. I’d take that Brazilian
Maniac over a million
Vince Carters and Tracy McGradys.

The numbers tell us that Kobe is not
The most clutch at the end of games
(LeBron is Mr. Clutch’s real name,
Though you’d be okay with a Dirk jumpshot

Or just a simple pick-and-roll).
Some folks think that Monta Ellis
Is a star, but the numbers tell us
His team suffers when he’s got the ball.

Why do hoops fans believe what they see
When there’s no sense weaker than sight?
Why do hoops fans take such delight
In crossovers and dunks, those simple dreams,

But hardly ever reward those players
Like Joe Johnson or Shane Battier,
Who have complex and strange games---
Whose skills have layer upon layer?

I’m sick of it! I’m tired and pissed!
Well, no, I’m not mad. I’m just bored
By those fans who keep track of the score
But never realize what they’ve missed.

And why do we give these fans such power
When they choose All-Stars without reason?
Here’s the tragic truth: This season,
Iverson isn’t even better than Luke Ridnour.

"Not Allowed on the Furniture"

Play bows, pups and cool-cats. It's me, Zim. Did you read what Dave wrote yesterday about how we are not allowed on the furniture except for the biped bed? Yeah, well, I have other ideas about that. Do you remember our Christmas pictures? Then you might remember the sitzbank and how very, very comfy I looked up there. Remember?

Since then, I've decided that baby is mine - all mine! Here's a pic Mom took of me back in the end of December that I've been meaning to share:

Ha roo roo roo. "Not allowed on the furniture"! How does Mom come up with these things?

And Stormy is right, as always. It pays to be cute. And if Mom's taking pix, you're not reeeeeeeally in trouble.

Play bows,

Zim

The Suzuki Grand Vitara Wallpaper

The Suzuki Grand Vitara Wallpaper.............

The Suzuki Equator Wallpaper

The Suzuki Equator Wallpaper...............

Suzuki SX4 Walllpaper

Suzuki SX4 Walllpaper..............

The Suzuki Swift Wallpaper

The Suzuki Swift Wallpaper............

Monday, January 25, 2010

An Engraving on the Stem of a 200-Year-Old Pipe

Yesterday, video surfaced that threatens to blow the NBA -- nay, the world -- wide open.

The powers that be have been controlling the league through any number of shadowy organizations for years -- we all know that David Stern rigged the 1985 lottery for the Knicks by dipping their envelope in pure Vermont maple syrup, to name just one example.

But now, one brave soul has proven what we all suspected: LeBron James is a Freemason. Somebody get Benjamin Franklin Gates on the phone!

John Krolik unearthed the video from Real Cavs Fans, but he decided to take the post down due to what I can only assume were major threats from the Illimunati themselves. Yet the truth must run free.