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		<title>Common Sense Saves Carrier Big Bucks!</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2010/07/09/common-sense-saves-carrier-big-bucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post, on how stupid we can all be, focused on not doing the obvious and the risks that come with some short term decisions. This post highlights one companies efforts to do something smart.
In an article in Refrigerated Transporter (who knew there was a magazine focusing on just that?), Carriers efforts in service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we stupid or what?</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2010/06/18/are-we-stupid-or-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was reading in a green newsletter on automotive stuff, and found some more evidence that we in the US are stupid (not that this evidence is hard to find).
Stupid #1: Gas prices are down, due to falling demand, mostly because of the recession. But recessions only last a couple of years, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nitrogen in tires, what&#8217;s really driving the trend.</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2010/06/07/nitrogen-in-tires-whats-really-driving-the-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve noticed it, but more and more places are offering pure (or more pure) nitrogen for filling your tires. When I dug into the whys of this, I found a bunch of BS, one good reason, and a lot of money&#8230;This subject has been popping up on a lot of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving the Nissan Leaf</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/12/06/driving-the-nissan-leaf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive Stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nissan Leaf is an all electric car for the masses. On paper, the car seems to be a much more realistic proposition than cars like the Tesla or the Fisker. It&#8217;s a small 5 seat car, with a range of 100 miles and a target price somewhere a bit above $25k. For many, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automotive Gas Turbines &#8211; Then &amp; Now</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/24/automotive-gas-turbines-then-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading about a new serial hybrid that uses a micro-turbine, and that got me looking at automotive turbines of the past. We&#8217;ve come a long way, baby! One of the more interesting automotive turbine efforts was done by Chrysler. Turns out they started working on the issue in the 50s! In the mid 60s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BMW 760i &#8211; A Car No One Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/18/the-bmw-760i-a-car-no-one-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/18/the-bmw-760i-a-car-no-one-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, let me say I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s really a sweet ride. Even the 760 iL and iX variants are sure to be every thing that the buyers want and more. But the more I read about the 760i and all it&#8217;s variants, all I can think of is a car no one needs.  What got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Isn&#8217;t The Problem at the Car Makers</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/16/labor-isnt-the-problem-at-the-car-makers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/16/labor-isnt-the-problem-at-the-car-makers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned something new today. All the squawking about labor costs in car manufacturing is a red herring. And I also learned that pretty much every North American car company blew chow in FY 2008. All the big US car companies (the big three and the New Domestics) but one lost money per car in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reeves Callaway &#8211; Motivated by Excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/08/reeves-callaway-motivated-by-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/10/08/reeves-callaway-motivated-by-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Western Automotive Journalists hosted Reeves Callaway last night (10/7/2009) and I must say that it was an interesting evening. I mostly know Callaway from the Sledgehammer and Twin Turbo Corvettes of the 90s, but it turns out that there is lots more to the Callaway story. Oddly enough, he started by getting a degree in Fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Motoring Alliance, a new Mini Forum, Grow</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/09/28/helping-motoring-alliance-a-new-mini-forum-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/09/28/helping-motoring-alliance-a-new-mini-forum-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a new Mini Cooper owner since October 2002. For those in the US, this makes me an &#8220;old timer&#8221; of the New Mini experience. I bought the car at the urging of my wife (I&#8217;d been researching the car because of the reports of great handling out of the box&#8230; She said &#8220;Just get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford Ecoboost 3.5 &#8211; A Really Modern Engine</title>
		<link>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/09/26/ford-ecoboost-3-5-a-really-modern-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drobnxs.com/2009/09/26/ford-ecoboost-3-5-a-really-modern-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Obnxs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US car companies often get dinged for being behind the technology curve when it comes to engine technology. Fords Ecoboost program really closes that gap. Ecoboost is &#8220;Ford-Speak&#8221; for turbo-charged direct injection engine technology. The 3.5 liter (in the Ford Taurus SHO, Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT) also has variable intake valve technology. The end result [...]]]></description>
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