Video: Richard Petty Signature Series Dodge Challenger In Jay Leno’s Garage
November 30, 2010 by Malcolm Hogan
Filed under Automotive, Dodge, Featured, Video
The Mopar guys are going to love this! The Richard Petty guys have taken the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and supercharged it to the tune of 610 horsepower. They didn’t stop there with the upgrades in this ‘Signature Series’ package. It gets upgraded adjustable suspension, new wheels, Brembo brakes and other visual customization addons including a Nascar spoiler. This package will be offered to some lucky buyers in limited quantities.
Jay Leno invites Richard Petty to his garage to look over ‘his’ Challenger and then take it for a spin. I guess The King knows how to tune a car… Find out by watching the video below!
Audi Quattro Concept Video: A Look Back To Its Origins
November 30, 2010 by Malcolm Hogan
Filed under Audi, Automotive, Featured, Video
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Audi is good at characterizing its classic roots into the new Audi vehicles that we see on the road today. The new Audi Quattro Concept is a new continuation of that typical Audi tradition having many characteristics of its past, the 1984 Audi Sport Quattro. The video below highlights the design aspects of the Quattro up against its ancestry. What was old is new again. Enjoy!
2011 BMW 335i M Sport Review & Test Drive
November 29, 2010 by Harvey Schwartz
Filed under Automotive, BMW, Featured, Test Drives
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‘FURTHER REFINING THE ULTIMATE SMALL SEDAN’
It is always great to test drive the BMW 3 Series sedan because it is still technically at the top rung of all small luxury performance sedans, and for that reason it is also the best-selling premium vehicle in the world. For 2011 the 335i is fundamentally unchanged except for the new turbocharged inline 6-cylinder engine, enabling even faster throttle response and an even small emissions signature.
EPA Rates Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt With MPG Equivalent Estimates
November 29, 2010 by Malcolm Hogan
Filed under Automotive, Chevrolet, Electric, Hybrid, News, Nissan
Many critics have been awaiting the EPA fuel-economy estimates for the Chevrolet Volt. Many enthusiasts believed it would be some type of chart fuel-economy sticker that the Volt would receive due to its complex nature of allowing fully-electric driving under 35 miles but over that it would start utilizing the gas engine as generator for the battery. They were partly correct, the new EPA fuel-economy sticker for the Chevy Volt is nothing short of a spreadsheet of data explaining the ‘equivalent’ consumption to expect under electric range and then under a miles-per-gallon equivalent. The key figure under the expected 35 miles of electric range is a 93 miles per-gallon equivalent and a 60 miles per-gallon under gas-electric power.
‘Win HDD’ Proves To Be a Fake Disk Defragmenter Application (How To Remove Win HDD)
November 27, 2010 by Steven
Filed under Computer Help
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Numerous computer users have encountered an application called ‘Win HDD‘ which has been discovered to be a program that touts the ability to defragment your PC hard drive(s). Some computer users have intentionally downloaded and installed Win HDD only to find out that it does not defragment their hard drive and proves to be a worthless application. Aside from being worthless, Win HDD has been known to run scan reports and return exaggerated results about a PC’s system registry and hard drive.
Win HDD, or what some refer to as WinHDD, is actually a program created by hackers and cyberthieves with the intent to extort money from computer users. After Win HDD is installed, it starts to play tricks on the computer user and block other applications from running. Win HDD makes a computer user believe that they must purchase a full version of Win HDD to alleviate these issues but it is only a misleading ploy that leads to a quick pay day for these cybercrooks. Win HDD is a misleading product and should never be utilized as a system tool for your Windows based computer for any reason.
How do you know if you have installed Win HDD?
Win HDD usually will display a variation the following popup alert messages and initiate system scans without your permission.
Critical Error
RAM memory usage is critically high. RAM memory failure.
Critical Error
Windows can’t find hard disk space. Hard drive error
Windows detected a hard drive problem.
A hard drive error occurred while starting the application.
How Can You Remove Win HDD?
Win HDD can be very difficult to manually remove if you are an inexperienced computer user. Not to mention, Win HDD has been known to populate the Windows Registry with many different entries and removing the wrong entries could render a PC damaged or useless. The use of a reputable antispyware or antivirus tool is recommended to safely remove Win HDD from your Windows computer.
To easily remove Win HDD, find the following process and end them in the task manager. After that is done, delete each related Win HDD file from your hard drive. In additional to locating the following processes, it is recommended that you delete the System Tool 2011 registry entries listed below as well. It is also a good idea to uninstall the Win HDD application via your add/remove programs function found in the Windows Control Panel if your system recognizes Win HDD has an installed program.
Win HDD files (and folders) to remove:
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win HDD\Uninstall Win HDD.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win HDD\Win HDD.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win HDD\
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\HDD Control.lnk
Win HDD registry entries to remove:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM CHARACTERS]“
Sir-Mix-A-Lot ‘Carz’ Music Video
November 23, 2010 by Malcolm Hogan
Filed under Automotive, Video
Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s video ‘Carz’ is potentially the best modern-day music video featuring exotic cars. In the past many of us have criticized music artists for having flashy exotic vehicles in a music video just to draw attention with the 26-inch+ wheels and enough chrome to sell and repay the U.S. federal deficit. Sir-Mix-A-Lot takes it to a new level basing the whole song on the vehicles in his ‘Carz’ music video. The time and effort put into the lyrics and car terminology that only true enthusiasts would understand is just unbelievable. I can’t even go on to list the number of exotic and luxury vehicles featured in the video. You have to watch it for yourself. ‘We love these cars!’ Some NSFW language in the video. Enjoy!!!
2011 Lexus GX460 AWD Review & Test Drive
November 23, 2010 by Harvey Schwartz
Filed under Automotive, Featured, Lexus, SUV, Test Drives
‘RIDING ON A CLOUD IN LUXURY’
I originally wanted to test drive the all-new 2011 Lexus GX460 when it became available shortly after it premiered and had it scheduled with Lexus but when Consumer Reports magazine came out with their review of the dangers of rollover when they took it through their obstacle course, all of the 2010 GX460 fleet vehicles were canceled and brought back to the Lexus Test Center to resolve the problem, which they did successfully.
In Jay Leno’s Garage: 2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 V10 FSI Quattro
November 23, 2010 by Malcolm Hogan
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We are always anxious to see what new vehicle our pal Jay Leno has in his garage. This week it is the 2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 V10 FSI Quattro. Jay had one of the first R8’s in the country. At that time it was the V8 and now Jay gets to play with the manual transmission V10 Spyder version of the R8. Justin Bell takes us for a ride in the V10 R8 Spyder in the Jay Leno Garage video below.
