24. May 2008 by admin.

This car, which will cost around $200,000, is a V8-powered Ferrari with a retractable hardtop, that will come out in 2009. It is beautiful, no? For the target audience, paying $7 a gallon to fill up a car that only gets 15 MPG won’t be a problem, I suppose. Feast your eyes on this…

By the way, I get most of my new car news from The Torque Report, a great car blog.

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24. May 2008 by admin.

When the ‘Smart’ micro-compact car comes up in conversation, and it has several times recently—there are always questions raised about how such a small car can be safe enough to drive. Aside from the fact that it’s widely used in Europe where the safety standards are fairly high, it has also done very well in NHTSA safety tests, as shown here: Results of NHTSA ‘Smart’ Car safety testing.

Here’s a picture of the Smart, where you see everywhere in France, at least. It’s so compact, you can park it perpendicular to the street!

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24. May 2008 by admin.

Though I’m not a metrosexual (I spend only $20 a year on grooming products, so am automatically disqualified), I do appreciate well-designed things when I see them. This chaise lounge is pretty cool looking. It’s designed by a guy named Nolen Niu. You can see it here: Nolen Niu chaise lounge .

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24. May 2008 by admin.

One of the many magazines I read each month, TWICE (which stands for This Week In Consumer Electronics),

routinely lists the top consumer electronics "CE" retailers. In looking at the latest list, I was struck by how much

this has changed from the past, e.g. no Compusa, Good Guys, etc..

Here are the top 10 for 2007:

10. Sears

9. RadioShack (not surprising)

8. Apple Stores

7. GameStop (this was a surprise)

6. CostCo

5. Target (!)

4. Dell

3. Circuit City (not surprising)

2. Wal-Mart

1. Best Buy

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24. May 2008 by admin.

If you’re thinking about buying a personal navigation device with GPS, like the one I recommended–

the TomTom Go 920, which I bought before my trip to France–you might also want to check

out the Uniden Maptrax RD 438.  This one comes with an integrated radar detector, so you

not only get told where to go, but also how likely it is you’ll get nailed for speeding if  you’re

getting there too fast.  I have friends (you know who you are) who always drive 75MPH,

so this would be a godsend for them.

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