Daily Archives: October 22, 2014


Here's a good video explaining why its important to replace your tires when the tread is too worn

Here's a good video explaining why its important to replace your tires when the tread is too worn

It seems like a lifetime ago now, but I actually got a patent back in my engineering days for an algorithm to detect aquaplaning as part of ABS systems.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=abuelsamid&OS=abuelsamid&RS=abuelsamid?


2015 Chrysler 200C V6, Finally a Real Midsize Competitor

2015 Chrysler 200C 01

When Chrysler unveiled the new 2015 200 midsize sedan at the Detroit Auto Show last January, the team from Auburn Hills was clearly trying to expunge the final remnants of the company’s lost decade under first Daimler and then private equity ownership. Chrysler’s new mainstream family sedan was certainly a huge leap forward from its disappointing predecessor in the aesthetic department, but could it compete with the class leaders from Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai and Ford? The only way to find out was to drive one.

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A surge in big truck sales triggered a drop in average fuel economy in September, but even these behemoths are getting a lot more efficient

A surge in big truck sales triggered a drop in average fuel economy in September, but even these behemoths are getting a lot more efficient?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just published its 2014 fuel economy trends report, and though the news is generally positive, some potential storm clouds remain on the horizon f…