Over the last 15 years High Intensity Discharge (HID) Bulbs have become popular in luxury and sports cars - even now being fitted to more family focused vehicles, but where did they come from? HIDs can be found all over the place – not just on the fronts of cars. They were first used to throw huge amounts of light over large areas like football stadiums and indoor venues. … [Read more...]
Anti-lock Braking Systems
Like many technologies found in cars, Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) were originally developed for aircraft. It’s not a good idea for a plane to lock its wheels on landing! The first systems were developed in the 1920s by Gabriel Voisin a French car and aircraft engineer specifically for planes. One of the earliest systems was developed by Dunlop, the tyre company. Called … [Read more...]
Motors and Meatballs
Now, I'm not sure if that title describes the cars and their drivers, however it was a great morning! I heard about this from a mate of mine who went to the first meet. It is organised by Ross at Rolling Stock and the venue was at Enzo's Cucina down at Glen Alpine, just south of Campbelltown near Sydney. We arrived just around 9am and the gathering starts a little earlier at … [Read more...]
Tanom Invader
This is one of those times when I enjoy coincidences. I have been listening to the Shift & Steer podcast through iTunes. One of the presenters is Aaron Hagar who has some good genes: Sammy is his dad, a rocker and known car nut. In flipping through some of my old podcast contents I came across one about Tanom Motors - and there was Sammy Hagar providing input to their … [Read more...]
Traction Control – The Basics
Traction Control is as it says – to control traction, as best as it can in the conditions it encounters! It must be said that traction control won’t save you if you run out of talent at higher speeds and it will probably scare some drivers when it kicks in at low speeds that makes them react suddenly that causes an accident anyway! For this article, I'm going to concentrate … [Read more...]