I’m in Newfoundland this Week

Good plane seat eh, A.

Never been here, and now this is the furthest East I’ve ever been in Canada. Been looking forward to this, it seems like the best versions of Canadians are here, with their giant hearts.

Landed, and on the bus to the hotel I uploaded the news – This car runs on air. Really! Then 20 minutes later I was here, at dinner.

It’s a museum, “The Doors”.

Where I took the exhibits very seriously.

Nope that’s a lie.

I do like history though, because it helps me to predict the future. But not this seriously.

Downtown view. About 110,000 people here, the largest city in the province. I’m 1.5 hours behind EST.

And now I’m going to do something I never do: go downstairs, find the group, and have a drink.

TTYT

It’s Subaru’s all-new 2015 Outback.

 

 

It’s a Car-Car

Car-car: zero features or options, not even a dash-screen, no fancy radar-reliant driving aids, big analog buttons, wind-up windows, opposite of today’s computers-on-wheels, a car-car.

See also my column, ‘The Keri-Eco Car‘ – improve fuel economy by removing all the features and superfluousness.   

The Micra is a car-car – blog tag / newspaper review / video

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Claiming ownership of this expression, it now belongs to me, forever, throughout the universe, into perpetuity.

© KeriBlog 2014

Tagged a Keri Owned Phrase

 

 

How Ford Tests its F150 (& uses Men from Craigslist)

From inside the factory – how Ford tests its F150 pickup truck before putting it into final production.

From the robots to the dynos, actually Ford’s toughest test involves men it hired off Craigslist – the ‘Big Man Test’.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

One of the toughest tests Ford has created doesn’t involve robots, or any tech at all. Instead they used 6’7″ 300 lbs men they hired from Craigslist, and called it the “Big Man Test”.

Fun fact: Ford’s PR team said this is the first time the ‘Big Man Test’ story has ever been published in Canada.

YES to my story finding skills.

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From when I travelled with Ford to their proving grounds and factory last week.

Torque test.

Seat test for rattles.

That’s Mark, a 165 lb fake-human.

The tests run 24/7 for days.

There are robots everywhere.

This robot tests the fabric wear on the seats.

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