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Play a Game – What Make & Model is this Car?

A reader of ‘Keri on Driving’ emailed me about his new car, referencing a column about de-badging a car from summer 2013. He says, “I wanted to make my car unrecognizable to almost everyone.”

So Darryl W. of London, ON issues this challenge:
can you identify the make and model of his car?

I got the make and model, but was off by 2 years. Then I asked to blog his pictures it was so fun.

So here you go, good luck! I’ve peppered this post with quotes from his email, so we have the same clues, same playing field. Answer is at bottom of post.

“My car was already somewhat rare to begin with, as this model from the manufacturer was only for sale in Canada for a period of 3 years.”

“I am also including a close up of the sticker(s) that I placed over the manufacturer symbol on the (4) centre wheel caps.”

Nice interior shot eh.

Got your answer?

Here’s the original column (and original post.)

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It’s a 2007 Hyundai Azera GLS

(in South Korea, the Azera model is called the Grandeur)

 

 

1st Time Ever – I Smashed my Screen

First time ever, and I’ve had a cell phone for 17 years.

(original post)

Brand new iPhone 6 too… I finally upgraded my phone just 2 weeks ago. Then did this.

I’ve launched my phone across huge rooms, it’s fine. One time it fell off my 47th floor balcony and bounced to the one below, fine again.  This time, it slipped 3″ onto the counter, bounce-pivotted onto a metal USB key and smash.

This was an expensive mistake ugh.

Blog tag = cell phone

 

 

Infrastructure is the Enemy of the Autonomous Car

It’s not that the technology isn’t here, we already drive semi-autonomous cars.

It’s coming, but not as soon as presented.

Why?

– laws and regulations must be established, a precedent set
– roads must be modified
– which means a city will need to establish a new division within their transportation department
– new maps created
– ensure the cell network can handle a massive increase in capacity, since autonomous cars hoover data
– new training courses and licensing, since the psychology of piloting an autonomous car is quite different than a regular vehicle. This is huge… to re-train a mind not to grab at the thing we’ve been trained to keep both hands on at all times…

Read it online at Autonet.

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          Who is going to pay for the the above list?

Automakers? Not likely. Our already-stretched tax dollars? Same answer. Does our Ministry of Transportation have a dedicated department to deal with this yet?

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