I was asked if these graffiti LEDs would stay on the car while driving.  Yes they do, even at time conserving freeway speeds.  

LEDs on Saturn

More LED pictures coming later, next year, possibly.

The temperature drops to zero degrees Celsius.  The snow falls in large flakes.  At home, someone stole my snow!  They scooped it off my car.  

More pictures.

Wired reports that fast cars really are chick magnets. It includes sound samples at the end of the article. Almost enough to persuade me to reinstall Adobe Flash. And the photo credit links to the Flickr collection with more pictures of the girl and cars. This give reason to the revving engine for attention.

I’m happy to note that my Saturn sedan at least has a subtle pur, rather than the dangerous void of silent of the Prius in stealth.

• Boy hit by quiet Prius hybrid
• Group Says Hybrid Cars Are Too Quiet, Threaten Pedestrian Safety

EU is wants to regulate tire noise.

• Europe’s Plan to Curb Tire Noise…
• Planned EU Requirements for Tires Would Reduce Road Traffic Safety
• EF-T&E: …traffic noise causing more deaths than car accidents
• US DoT FHWA: Tire-Pavement Noise Home Page

See pics of the Corvette factory.

Unrelated, pics of:

• the ancient Mac Classic
• Square root clock
• 10 Years of iMacs

After 120,000 miles the bushings deteriorated and seized.

bushings and CV boot

bushings and CV boot