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G'day I read an interesting interview with product planners for a couple of major motor manufacturers. We are just seeing the switch on of digital radio in Australia, covering the major population centres. The radios out now are pretty straightforward but will have ability to store and playback and will get fancier over time. They can display album covers, frame ads and similar. There is also an increasing demand for remote audio inputs and USB connections, so drivers can select their own music. The product planners talked of a shift as definite as the demise of tape players or cartridges (never big in Australia). They forecast that 6 stack CD players will disappear very rapidly and in a year or so, there will not even be a single CD player in cars. Reliance will, instead, be on flash memory, USB or similar. That is quite a shift. A couple of years ago, I queried a retailer as to how to play MP3s assuming that there was connection for mass storage device. He was as mystified as me, assuring me that they would only ever play off burnt CD's and there was no way to connect through USB on any players. Given that USB at 64GB is now easily available and lower capacity devices are cheaper than a pre recorded CD, we must have moved along a bit! I am old enough to recall 78 records still being around. LP records played at 33rpm seemed pretty nifty At that time, owning a car radio seemed incredibly exotic. . I wonder where we go next? Cheers Graham
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Replying to: grahampeters (Jun 05, 2009 2:51 pm) In my house - an antique player piano a Victrola which plays those 78's just fine thanks (the kids used to play with these 2 things when they were young and the power would go out in the house!) still have a turntable from the old "Realistic" components bought at Radio Shack in the 70's (difficult but not impossible to get a new stylus for) numerous CD/cassette players but you guys know I'm not a Luddite we also have various MP3 players (I hate to think of how many my husband has bought on Ebay, but he DOES give them away and I think every one of our 5 kids plus all the grandchildren have had at least one!) I have an iPhone, he has an iTouch (and a Zune, and .....) and then there are all the computers! We were counting up the other night ... there are 3 desktops, 3 laptops, 2 netbooks, and, of course, the iPhone and iTouch have online capabilities also! Do you think we're "connected" enough? Particularly since neither of us has any job connection in any way to any sort of tech business !!!
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Replying to: ladywclass (Jun 06, 2009 4:46 am)
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Replying to: volkov (Jun 06, 2009 9:59 pm) 
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Replying to: lucien2 (Jun 05, 2009 12:02 pm) Ford has Sync and Chrysler has that MyGig by Infinity, and even the upcoming 2010 Legacy lacks the ability to accept voice commands and store Gigabytes of music internally, years later. And this is their state-of-art, top-of-the-line system. Bob and I went to check out a Cube after lunch yesterday but the dealer was closed so we were only able to inspect the outside. Got a pic of one here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=coachjuiceman&target=ALBUM&id=534495- 4374152051985&authkey=Gv1sRgCL-H0YqW2NHCYw&authkey=Gv1sRgCL-H0YqW2NHCYw&invite=C- LKfrpsP&feat=email Very space efficient design, lots of cool styling cues. Prices ranged wildly from $16k to $24k with the $2000 ADM they had on some stickers, crazy. The rims on the high end models look great, it'll definitely be the type of car that sees a lot of customization. Nit picks: drum brakes on the rear axle, plus the driver's side D-pillar has this ugly matte black plastic peice covering what probably ought to be a window. Didn't get to drive it. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 08, 2009 6:26 am)  Gen Z may luv cube though. Interior shag rug for dash is wierd, but I can see practicality. Sat in one - comfort was so so.
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Jun 08, 2009 3:35 pm) But the Deux Cheveaux had its ass up in the air like no car ever before. At the time I thought it was like a snail part way out of its shell. I haven't driven one for more than fifty years, but that was a memory of things French that I'll never forget. The name which means two horses is appropriate. It had a very soft ride and the ability to go over large curbs and bumps with aplomb
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Replying to: saedave (Jun 08, 2009 5:23 pm) I had entirely forgotten about the pleasures of the 2CV. The gear change looked like an umbrella handle poking out of the dashboard. You wiggled it vaguely and hoped to find a gear. The tiny engine revved freely and it was real fun. Suspension incredibly compliant over rough ground and the roof folded back to make the car wide open. I seem to remember that you could take the seats out somehow so as to have seating for a picnic. They kept making them until 1991. Car magazine in the UK turbocharged one and it was apparently very fast until it self ignited, terminating the experiment. Cheers Graham |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 08, 2009 6:26 am) The 2CV was arguably better post-war European engineering than Beetle. But it was the look of the Beetle that won hearts, so.....the rest is history. The 2CV is actually easier to repair in the field, and has a suspension designed to handle comfortably what would have been bombed out country roads ripped to shreds by half tracks, Panzers, and who-knows-what. Then there is the sardine can roof and the ability to remove the rear seats. Picnics? Perhaps. Hauling the goat to the vet? More likely. A friend of mine is angling to have a pretty clean '74 Truckette brought over. He already had a 2Cv and and Ami 8. The guy helping him has a Pallas and a DS, both from the 60's
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