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#86277 of 91797 Re: Fear the Worst -Linwood Barclay [robr2] by driver100

Dec 11, 2012 (11:04 am)

Replying to: robr2 (Dec 11, 2012 10:20 am)
Tom Clancy fan but his last couple of efforts have been pretty poor IMHO.
 
Authors like Tom Clancy just put their name on the book and the co-author writes the story. Not the same, they really lose something.
 
If you like thrillers, one of the best books I have ever read is Harlan Coben - Tell No One.
 
A guy sees his wife kidnapped and killed. Then he starts getting emails from her....talking about things only she would know about.
 
Very clever trick ending!

#86278 of 91797 Re: I need help! [robr2] by driver100

Dec 11, 2012 (11:06 am)

Replying to: robr2 (Dec 11, 2012 11:03 am)
First - pull out that book in the glove box and read it.
 
I hav e wanted to avoid that - I hate instructions. But, I will do it.
Yes, a Flash Drive sounds right.

#86279 of 91797 Re: Fear the Worst -Linwood Barclay [driver100] by robr2

Dec 11, 2012 (11:58 am)

Replying to: driver100 (Dec 11, 2012 11:04 am)
Authors like Tom Clancy just put their name on the book and the co-author writes the story. Not the same, they really lose something.
 
AFAIK, the books with only Clancy's name on them were written by him. The last one he wrote under his name was The Teeth of the Tiger in which in introduced Jack Ryan Jr as the main character. It was poorly written and so improbable (even for a work of fiction). Since then he has used a co-author on his last 5 books. That seems to have improved them although now his books are on 2 arcs - Jack Ryan Jr/The Campus and Max Moore but they cross at the end of the latest Max Moore. The newest book due out tomorrow has Jack Ryan Sr. back as a main character.
 
I've never read any of his other series' of books. Those are all written by others IIRC with just his name there for marketing purposes.

#86280 of 91797 Re: I need help! [driver100] by tjc78

Dec 11, 2012 (12:26 pm)

Replying to: driver100 (Dec 11, 2012 11:06 am)
Driver, there are tons of ways to do this but I'll try and keep it simple.
 
First we need to know a few things about your Bimmer. Does it have a built in hard drive that you can rip (record) CDs to? If so there is no need for the USB flash drive. You should be able to load up a CD and press a button to have the car save the CD. My Buick is able to do this, so I'm thinking your BMW probably can as well.
 
If it doesn't have that capability but does have the USB input (glove box, console, near the radio control????) you can rip the CDs to your hard drive on your computer and then copy those to the USB drive to play in your car.
 
Windows Media Player can rip the music off any CD in MP3 format. Itunes (free) can do so as well. A quick Google could explain how to do this better than I but it really is only a few mouse clicks.
 
As for using the USB in the car, I leave a 16GB drive full of music in my Buick all the time. To use it, I just select the "USB" option from the touchscreen and it begins to play where it left off. I can shuffle or select an artist, song etc from the menu.
 
I hope this helps a little.

#86281 of 91797 Re: I need help! [tjc78] by mako1a

Dec 11, 2012 (1:06 pm)

Replying to: tjc78 (Dec 11, 2012 12:26 pm)
Driver, a lot of flash drives come from the factory with "so called" security features. They're nothing but an advertising gimmick. Plug it into your computer and FORMAT the flash drive before you put it in your car.

#86282 of 91797 Re: I need help! [tjc78] by driver100

Dec 11, 2012 (1:16 pm)

Replying to: tjc78 (Dec 11, 2012 12:26 pm)
I hope this helps a little.
 
I think it will help alot. I am going to check the manual right now to see what I can find out. If, I need more help I can get more info from our IT guy at work....who is off today though.

#86283 of 91797 Re: I need help! [mako1a] by driver100

Dec 11, 2012 (1:18 pm)

Replying to: mako1a (Dec 11, 2012 1:06 pm)
Plug it into your computer and FORMAT the flash drive before you put it in your car.
 
Thanks Mako....I'll keep that in mind. I can use the computer for basic stuff, but, downloading pictures and stuff doesn't come easy. Kind of like Richard, which reminds me, whatever happened to Richard?

#86284 of 91797 Re: HAVE YOU EVER LOST YOUR CAR? [graphicguy] by tyguy

Dec 11, 2012 (2:12 pm)

Replying to: graphicguy (Dec 11, 2012 9:20 am)
Are you just interested in just Abarth thoughts? I've rented three of the 500s, but they've all been Pop models with auto trannies.
 
Ty

#86285 of 91797 Re: Fear the Worst -Linwood Barclay [robr2] by isellhondas

Dec 11, 2012 (3:16 pm)

Replying to: robr2 (Dec 11, 2012 11:58 am)
Authors like Tom Clancy just put their name on the book and the co-author writes the story. Not the same, they really lose something.
  
 Clive Cussler must have 20 people writing "his" books now and needless to say they are no longer the great books of the past!

#86286 of 91797 Re: Fear the Worst -Linwood Barclay [isellhondas] by stickguy

Dec 11, 2012 (3:36 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Dec 11, 2012 3:16 pm)
James Patterson is the same way. I think it is like a franchise, Pay a fee and you can slap his name on your book.

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