Yes it was quite funny! He always has something up his sleve! He did win an award though, for what an awesome job he has done in 2009. And all the revenue he has made from last year to this year! Top purchases for the Mid west out of about 75 companies! I was so proud, he so deserved it, he works soooo hard!!
) My custom title on another forum reads "The only good Gremlin" Now everyone gives me crap about the three rule of the Mogwai.
too funny. Smart move, Kathi.
because the couple of times she has tried to take it, she had "issues" (ie: key fob batt went dead, didn't know how to turn OFF the car, etc....). So she stays away from it... which is perfectly fine with me. This is soooo kool how did you do all of this?Time to resurrect an old thread. My forum name has a strange history. In pilot training, you get christened (thrown in a pool) after your first solo and the instructors usually get together and give you your first call sign. I had a pretty good idea what mine was going to be - Rejoin; because I slammed a wingtip rejoin so hard and so close the pilots in the other A/C got scared. Fortunately, three years later while working on the F-22 electronics suite, my future mentor changed it after riding in my car to a meeting. The conversation went something like this:
"What's this do? What's this for? What's that there? Is that a HUD? You display all that on the HUD? You have a checklist for your car? ... (predicated pause) You just got a new call sign - GIZMO! ... and if you make my jet (he was the F-22 Program Director) this complicated, I'll kill you."
To give you a hint of what he saw, my latest creation is an ESC-V (not quite done yet - the supercharger install is currently being reworked):
Back on topic, the Q was added later by my fraternity. My mascot and traveling companion is the Mogwai Gizmo.
(I know he's no traveling knome but he's been around the world 4 times and seen well over 300,000 driving miles with only one incident - a bad alternator - wonder why
I have never seen anything quite like it. Hollywood should put this in a movie. I like it thanks for sharing the pictures.
This is soooo kool how did you do all of this?
WOW is all I can say looks better than great.Been a CarPC hobbyist for 15+ years. Started out with just music and nav and then just kept adding stuff. My newest incarnation has 11 USB devices tucked away under the center console: 1.2G CPU, daylight readable 10.4 in screen, front cam with face tracking, rear cam with night vision, full-time internet, internal cellphone with private number, 16 USB ports (3 open for cameras/phones/accessories),BluSoleil Bluetooth, 54G WiFi, internal 80G HD, external 1TB HD, DVD-RW, FM HD Radio, WinTV USB, XM Commander, Delorme GPS, Saitek X-52 joystick, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), Valentine 1 interface, a "Fusion Brain" for computer control of electrical system,i.e., windows/ sunroof/ lights/ HVAC and monitoring voltages/temps/currents/pressures with PC automation of if-then operations, Elm327 OBD II interface for monitoring engine and transmission systems. And that's just the electronics.
The car itself has big brakes with drilled/slotted rotors, a beefed-up suspension, E-36 BMW Angel-Eye 55W 8000K projector HID, 55W 8000K HID driving lights, stealth bulb turn signals, CAI, reprogrammed ECU, custom shift kit, custom 3" Cat-back exhaust with Corsa mufflers, lowered front and back, a supercharger is being re-engineered for it as we speak, and I'm still designing the air dam/ground effects and rear spoiler. Did I forget to mention it also has a 200PSI train horn with 8 trumpets
In case you haven't figured it out, I've had a passion for aviation for a very long time. Named my XLR after a fictitious movie aircraft cause my learning curve in it reminds me of what Clint Eastwood did in the movie.
Been a CarPC hobbyist for 15+ years. Started out with just music and nav and then just kept adding stuff. My newest incarnation has 11 USB devices tucked away under the center console: 1.2G CPU, daylight readable 10.4 in screen, front cam with face tracking, rear cam with night vision, full-time internet, internal cellphone with private number, 16 USB ports (3 open for cameras/phones/accessories),BluSoleil Bluetooth, 54G WiFi, internal 80G HD, external 1TB HD, DVD-RW, FM HD Radio, WinTV USB, XM Commander, Delorme GPS, Saitek X-52 joystick, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), Valentine 1 interface, a "Fusion Brain" for computer control of electrical system,i.e., windows/ sunroof/ lights/ HVAC and monitoring voltages/temps/currents/pressures with PC automation of if-then operations, Elm327 OBD II interface for monitoring engine and transmission systems. And that's just the electronics.
The car itself has big brakes with drilled/slotted rotors, a beefed-up suspension, E-36 BMW Angel-Eye 55W 8000K projector HID, 55W 8000K HID driving lights, stealth bulb turn signals, CAI, reprogrammed ECU, custom shift kit, custom 3" Cat-back exhaust with Corsa mufflers, lowered front and back, a supercharger is being re-engineered for it as we speak, and I'm still designing the air dam/ground effects and rear spoiler. Did I forget to mention it also has a 200PSI train horn with 8 trumpets
In case you haven't figured it out, I've had a passion for aviation for a very long time. Named my XLR after a fictitious movie aircraft cause my learning curve in it reminds me of what Clint Eastwood did in the movie.
