So, Mr. Kathmandu, have you ever printed up anything actually useful? Until now, the answer has been no but that has changed. What we have here is a combination clock and cell phone / GPS holder for my Buick. Since I replaced the doofus stereo these cars come with, I have a superwhamadyne stereo head unit that does everything except have a useful clock. It has one but it is too small for me to see without taking my eyes off the road and fiddling with buttons. So, in my search for a way not to die I bought this little clock and made a little stand for it. While I was at it I also made the stand able to hold my huge cell phone so I can see the GPS/maps functions, again without dying. :p
There is a curved tab on the back side that slips between the gauge panel and steering column to hold it in place without any screws, two sided tape or anything. I made it so it will hold my phone with it still in it's cover which works really well. It also doesn't obscure the gauges behind it even though it looks like it. The textured surface is thin sheet of cork to hold the phone from slipping off.
There is a curved tab on the back side that slips between the gauge panel and steering column to hold it in place without any screws, two sided tape or anything. I made it so it will hold my phone with it still in it's cover which works really well. It also doesn't obscure the gauges behind it even though it looks like it. The textured surface is thin sheet of cork to hold the phone from slipping off.
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Yes indeed, I thought I told you. Back about November last year I had all three cars that I own die major deaths within 2 weeks of each other. The Cadillac had the engine seize, the Mustang blew a head gasket and the Mercedes had the transmission go out. I had no choice but to find another car as fixing anyone of these cost more than just buying another one and I was walking. I bought a 1998 Buick Rivera with 54,000 miles on it really cheap. This is a picture of the exact car same color and everything. The car was showroom new and has a supercharged v6 which is really fast. Best car I've ever owned to be honest.
Whoops, forgot the link. http://automobilesdeluxe.tv/wp-cont.....%20Riviera.jpg
With the supercharger, the power to weight ratio is pretty good from the factory. With a little exhaust work and an undersized pulley on the 'charger and you can get 300+ hp and with a cam, headers and intercooler you can reach over 400hp which is stoopid on a front wheel drive car. It took me a long time to get used to the power the Riviera has even stock, I was peeling out at every light since I was so used to flooring the Mercedes and Mustang just to take off from a light.
True and when it does go bad I'll print another, better one. Once the file is made, printing it out is simple and cheap. There was a story by Greg Howel that described the future quite well. He wrote long before 3D printers were around that the future will have an economy based not on things like today but because every household will have small fabrication machines, the economy would be based on the software files needed to make stuff. This 3D printer drives that point home real quick. The object I print out has almost no value beyond the inexpensive plastic it is printed out of but the original file is precious in comparison. It has probably 6-8 hours of specialized labor to produce it and I'd be really pissed off if it was lost where the actual item is basically disposable.
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