2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo Signature AWD

Looking for a compact crossover? You need look no further than Mazda's near perfect CX-5, and get it in Soul Red Metallic!

Perfect sized CX-5 Turbo continues to excel, remain a bargain … Only a year separated me from my last review of Mazda’s top-seller the CX-5, a snazzy looking compact crossover, but only a week separated me from testing its new stablemate, the CX-50. There’s going to be confusion in the marketplace with such similar names, er numbers, but maybe that’s Mazda’s plan. Confusing the newer CX-50 with…

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Subaru Liberty RS (BF5)

bro i am… bereft

1988 Mercedes 190 D 2.5 Turbo

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Subaru Cosworth Impreza STI CS400, 2010. An edition of 75 3rd edition Impreza hatchbacks with an extensive range of Cosworth-engineered components in the engine, turbo system, exhaust, suspension, brakes and wheels. The 2.5 litre flat-4 was tuned to produce 400hp

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This is for BOTH people who consider themselves artists and those who don't. It doesn't have to be a comic. A ZINE CAN BE ANYTHING :D It can be a tech tutorial, it can be a comic, it can be flash fiction, it can be a local history guide, it can be Street Fighter II Turbo strategies printed out to be left in arcades, it can be anything!

The video below explains the process better than I could probably in text (I suck at conveying thing through text). My video also has a tl;dr that I would appreciate everyone read before submitting.

There's some other stuff below, but if you're more visual, like not the reading type (like me) then feel free to skip and just head to the video description to jump in.

Also, you may know me for my "Raspberry Pis are for paypigs" video where I try to advocate for the upcycling for ewasted Chromebooks.

I've been into the idea of leaving around Zines for a while. Every time I walk into a coffee shop or local business, I think "wow, I really would wish there was something cool to read." So I started making things to put there: 8 small 2.5 inch panels, folded into one 2.5 inch square for those interested to unravel. I put them inside of these origami boxes that a learned how to make, ones with a logo printed on them.

So far I've made: a zine template (I call it a dog ear zine for some reason), a template for the box to put them in, a zine about using yt-dlp, a zine about a reindeer working IT (along with a collaborator) and (coming soon) a zine about a monster in a cave doing stuff. All of the odg LibreOffice Draw template files to make your own zines or print out mine are on my archive.org page (linked at top of my Tumblr). I'd really like other people to try this 8 panel 2.5 inch zine format, and I'm willing to bribe people with sweet, sweet Gabe Newell bucks to do it. You can submit as many zines in this format as you want. Just make sure they're printed out and have pictures of both the front and back (plus other pictures if you want) . In the video I mentioned you can use my submit page, which is probably the easiest for me to keep track of. You can also use the #dogearzine hashtag to enter. Please read the video description before entering, though (which includes Youtube's and Tumblr's terms of service, though this is more of a youtube thing).

Also, and this is completely unrelated, there's a lot more to me than just the faux-clickbait Wojak thumbnails. I like doing tech, wrestling, japanese, vidya and other videos, but I love to throw art in whenever I can shoehorn it in. Like, the video where I go over inchworm, butterfly, colors 3D and flipnote sudomemo - colors 3D on a hacked 3DS was my sister's first experience with digital at (she's moved up to an iPad and Procreate). So, it hold a special place in might heart, as a lot of the things I talk about do. I made a Whomp video because I miss Ronnie. I made a Rockbox video because I wished more people used dedicated MP3 players and knew where and how to download music. I want to help people do interesting things. And I also want to thank anyone who read all of this. You are cool. I hope everyone who's able to can compete in this contest and challenge themselves to get out of their comfort zone, to try something new! Also, also, thanks for liking these posts, people on Tumblr. You all have cool blogs. (^o^)丿

A Night In Tokyo With Mick Schumacher and A Mercedes 190E Evo II

Driving around Tokyo is daunting. With no centre or suburbs, its road network is huge, spiralling, occasionally latticed and sometimes subterranean. At times, even Mr Roboto in the satnav gives up and shrugs directions your way. Which has happened. Meaning I'm lost while leading Mick Schumacher (behind the wheel of a stunning Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II) through Japan's neon-lined labyrinth. It's a hot, humid evening and Mercedes F1's reserve driver (and son of iconic seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher) is cutting the perfect shape of a 90s boyband member. Where I'm perspiring like a burst pipe, he palms back his blonde curls and looks effortlessly cool in his loose-fitting, oversized Tommy Hilfiger contractual clobber. Sartorially, it couldn't be more of a perfect fit for the car he's driving. Born out of German touring cars, the Evo II is a deeply lustworthy, boxy and bewinged sports saloon. With a revvy, induction-tastic 232bhp four-cylinder engine mated to a dog leg close-ratio five-speed manual, rear-wheel drive and aero appendages that get petrolheads salivating, it's a proper tip one's hat 'if you know, you know' car. Mercedes only built 502 of them (as per DTM's homologation rules) out of some 1.9 million W201 models that it's based on, so they're properly rare beasts. The fact we've got a quadruplet of Evos following Mick makes the situation we're in a bit more mind-blowing. But that's the plan. We wanted to give Mick an evening to remember, to take him away from the repetition and rigmarole of modern media junkets. We don't want to know where he keeps his ketchup, or when the last time he thought of the Roman Empire was. We want to indulge his love for cars.

"I went looking for an Evo II to buy but decided against it… for now," Mick says in his soft, geographically hard to place international accent. "It's a beautiful car and has huge sentimental value to me, the main reason being that my dad had one as a company car when he was a Mercedes junior. He spent a lot of time doing lots of laps on the Nordschleife with Heinz-Harald Frentzen. I remember within a month they had to change the brake pads and things with the engine. So it's an emotionally important car to me." Growing up in Gland, Switzerland, Mick struggles to pinpoint exactly when he got bitten by the road car bug. "Honestly, I don't really know where I got into them. Driving them around the property as a child was a big factor. The first time I had a steering wheel in my hand from a road car was maybe four or five years old, on my dad's lap. I got to drive very nice cars, very soon and very early. I guess it just grew naturally. Especially when I turned 18; then it really turned into an obsession." Raised on a healthy diet of racing, the Fast and Furious franchise and gaming, Mick picked up a penchant for JDM cars by proxy. "I just love how raw and simple they are," he says. "I enjoy playing around with them, changing stuff, tuning them and making them more fun to drive." Knowing this, we head out of Tokyo towards Chiba to meet Japan's most inconspicuous bad boy: Kazuhiko 'Smokey' Nagata. Tobacco and turbo enthusiast Smokey is one of Japan's legendary tuners. He and his company Top Secret have modified every generation of Nissan GT-R, including an R33 Skyline GT-R that managed 0–186mph in 17 seconds at Yatabe test track and 204mph in Tokyo's famous Aqualine tunnel. Like Smokey, Mick is also a GT-R fanboy, with some tucked away in a shed at home, including his R34 drift car.

"I've really got into drifting. As an F1 driver, drifting, or oversteer, is the opposite of what you want to do, but if you control it and have the feel for it, it can really help you. So I took the step of saying 'I want to try it' after the 2019 Race of Champions skill race. I was quite good, finishing second against rally drivers and everything, so I thought, 'Okay, maybe I should try this a bit more,' so I got my own car and started enjoying sideways. I love the sensation of connecting turns and being in a difficult situation, because obviously the car is upset, to then be able to control it. I think that's what's so intriguing. It's a good feeling." Mick's curiosity and JDM love resonates as he wanders around Smokey's GT-R littered shop. Not being able to speak Japanese, Mick uses international hand signals for car nuts to explain various car parts, gets out his phone to show Smokey his cars before stumbling upon Smokey's VR32 GT-R (an R32 with all the mechanics and interior of the R35 transplanted) and trying to find a way to import it into Switzerland. But we've got no time for this, as we've got the legendary Bayshore Route to hit and a car meet to get to. For someone so young, 24-year-old Mick is at a rather quiescent point in his career. Having had a triumphant run in his youth coming second in karting in the World, European and German Junior Championships, then switching to Formula 4 in 2015 and finishing second overall in both the German and Italian F4 championships, before becoming European Formula 3 Champion in 2018 and FIA Formula 2 Champion in 2020, Mick made it to the big leagues and bagged himself a seat in F1 with Haas. It wasn't easy. In 2022 Mick lost his seat after a difficult second season that saw him struggle to match teammate Kevin Magnussen for form. He recorded a best finish of sixth in Austria, one of two points finishes during the season, but it was not enough to save his seat. For 2023, Mick dropped his Ferrari junior ties and linked up with Mercedes (the last team his father raced for in F1), picking up the role of reserve driver.

"Being a reserve driver gives you tremendous insight, especially at Mercedes," Mick says. "I miss driving, I'm not going to lie, but the main thing I've learned since moving from Haas to Mercedes is how the team operates, the tools they have, how they use them and the communication. They're big learning points. It has opened my eyes in a lot of ways and has made it clear why Mercedes is as successful as it is. The worst part is sitting in the garage and seeing everybody drive out and do what you love to do." Part of Mick's remit is to join Mercedes trackside at all F1 race. That's how we're able to blat around Tokyo for a night before he heads to Suzuka to support the team. But time in Merc's state-of-the-art sim back in Brackley is also key. Mick was praised by Mercedes' technical director James Allison for a 2 am shift he did during the British GP weekend, turning the car's "woeful" one-lap pace on Friday into a competitive car and set-up for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to compete with during quali and the race on Sunday. With every mile behind the Evo II's wheel, Mick's smile grows to match the width of its monstrous rear wing, especially when he realizes it shoots flame on the overrun after a 7,600 rpm toll booth roll out. We cross over to Yokohama and swirl down a concrete pillared plughole, arriving in an unsuspecting parking lot that doubles up as the epicentre of cool Japanese car culture in Japan: Daikoku PA. Mick, having never been to a car meet before, has his eyes widened. Even though it's a school night, the place is pumping. Mick walks around curiously, showing his girlfriend, Danish model Laila Hasanovic, Veilside-kitted Mazda RX-7s, how riveted wide arch Liberty Walk bodywork hangs from an R35 GT-R for the ultimate kerbside stance, and the extended provenance from the flood of awesome, rare Mercedes (including the original 190E Evo I, an AMG-clad W124 and a custom Cosworth 2.5 boasting Penta wheels and Brabus brakes) that are all parked honourably in their uniform herringbone bays. As Mick gets under the bonnets and kindly signs carbon airboxes for marginally hysterical owners, I wonder if he's handy with the spanners.

"I wish I was," he says, "but I don't have the time. I'm starting to bring more of my cars over to my place so that I eventually will be able to work on them myself and change things that I want to change. Currently, I am very good at taking things apart… maybe less gifted at putting them back together." But since the meteoric rise of social media and documentaries like Netflix's Drive to Survive, racing drivers' personalities have been mainlined into public consciousness. Nowadays, it appears drivers' human interests need to be put on display like the plastic dishes outside Daikoku's service station restaurant windows. Yet here, tonight, Mick seems completely at home and relaxed. "It's risky because I feel like I'm a very private person. I like my privacy. Sometimes when you get people wanting to know more, they get a bit too snoopy. I feel it should be my choice how much I share, and what I share, not people trying to figure that out for me." In this job you get to sniff out the car nuts from the blaggers, and Mick's passion is palpable. It's refreshing to see, and a welcome break from the headlines and hearsay currently surrounding him given he's caught in a gloopy limbo where F1 politics, money and raw talent are all currently fighting each other to work out where he'll race next.

As I type, Mick's currently linked with an LMDh drive with Alpine in next year's World Endurance Championship, a move Mercedes F1's big boss Toto Wolff is fine with, as Mick is "part of the family" and "will always have a home." Mick's tone becomes more forlorn when talking about the future, obviously having had a tough few years and aching to get back into an F1 car. I wonder if it takes its toll, and how he pushes through in times of uncertainty. "Having the right people around you," he says. "You need to try and be mentally in the right space and try and get the best out of the situation so that you can, whenever it's necessary, be in the position that you can jump in and be ready to go." After an evening with Mick, you can't help but wish him the best of luck. If all else fails, he could always lean into drifting and see where that takes him. Sideways Schuey. Has a good ring to it, doesn't it?

Saab 900 Sport Convertible Concept

What if... Saab brought back this convertible with the old name while staying true to it's roots but as a coupe and convertible. With a range of engines and transmission that are from 2.0 Liter 4 cylinder turbo hybrid,  2.3 Liter 4 cylinder hybrid, 2.5 Liter V6 hybrid. And transmission ranger that are 6-speed manual, return of a modified 6-speed Sensonic semi-automatic, and 8-speed automatic transmission. The front grill here is for sportier car models with an adaptive cruise sensor behind the emblem. With this being a performance oriented convertible it has a retractable hard top versus the conventional cloth top.

The most powerful gasoline engine vehicle: Koenigsegg Jesko Attack

Its twin-turbo V8 engine delivers a staggering 1,600 horsepower, making it one of the most powerful production cars in the world! This monster can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 531 km/h (329 mp/h). Koenigsegg Jesko Attack is not just a car, it is a work of art.

the elves are fucking seething because in half the time it took them to construct a prose on the idea of "Inter-Course withe the verey aspect of space itselfe" the gnomes have invented the spacefucker turbo and its already on iteration 2.5

Part of an article from a J's Tipo on homologation specials. This section specifically on the TA64 GrpB rally special. I had to go over the translation a few times but think pretty accurate now.

CELICA GT-TS

Run hard on the dirt with a twin cam turbo!

Celica was introduced in 1982 as Japan's first specialty car equipped with a twin-cam turbo engine.

The Celica 1800GT/T made its commercial debut. The installed engine, the 3T-GTE re-engine, is based on its model name.

As you can see, it is a power unit based on the 2T/G engine, which is highly regarded as a masterpiece of the 1.6L. Specifically, the total displacement was increased to 1770cc by extending the stroke by 8mm, and a turbocharger made in-house by Toyota was installed. As a result, the 1.8L class at that time

Unprecedented maximum output of 160PS/6000rpm、21.08kgm/4800rpm.

The bore of this high-performance engine has been enlarged by 0.5 mm, and the total displacement has been increased to 1791cc to create a special unit 4T-GTEU.

The limited production car equipped with 4T-GTEU engine is the Celica GT-TS (hereinafter referred to as GT-TS).

GT-TS is a special machine for WRC participation, and the engine installed on it, 4T-GTEU, is completely exhaustive.

Volume is 21cc more than 3T-GTEU

at 1791cc. This is because of the turbo coefficient due to regulation!

When multiplied by 1.4, the total displacement is 2507cc.

This is a measure to set it in the 2.5 to 3.0L class.

3T-GTEU・If you multiply it by 1.4, you get 2478cc, which becomes the next level lower class 2.0~2.50L Therefore, 0.

The total displacement was increased by enlarging the bore by 5mm. The result is 2507cc when multiplied by the turbo factor, and if physically possible, the displacement could be up to 3L in terms of regulation.

Expansion was allowed.

GT-TS was the WRC standard at the time.

This is a machine built to meet Group B regulations. As a result, only 200 units were produced, most of which were sold in Japan. GT-TS is just a base machine,

Displacement, rear suspension

(changed to 4 Link Rigid), and other than the vehicle weight, it is no different from GT-T.

Nothing will change.

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Unlike the 240RS, this one was also sold in Japan, so the seats are firm and the cockpit looks like a production car.

2023 Mazda CX-50 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus

Mazda ups its game for the compact crossover market with its new CX-50, slightly bigger than CX-5 and with a suspension tuned for off-road.

New crossover bigger than CX-5, aimed more for off-road use … What do you do when you’re a smaller auto manufacturer, but you have one big hit in the hot crossover market? Make another slightly larger version of it, right? Welcome to Mazda’s world. The Japanese car maker has constantly been putting stylish and superb handling vehicles on the road, but other than the MX-5 Miata sports cars, the…

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Mazda3 2.5 Turbo

Preliminary Design for Battleship 1917, No. 168

One of the proposals for Battleship 1917, the Colorado class, but with 10 guns instead of 8. This plan was completed on March 20, 1916 and provided:

Main battery: ten 16-inch/45-caliber guns in five twin turrets

Secondary battery: twenty-two 5-inch/51-caliber guns

AA battery: eight 3 inch guns (four high powered & four light auto)

Torpedo tubes: four 21 inch tubes (submerged)

Main belt: 13.5 inch

Machinery: turbo-electric drive

Top speed: 21 knots

Waterline length: 656 feet

Beam: 97 feet 6 inches

Normal displacement: 36,900 tons

Draft: 30 feet 2.5 inches

"A preliminary design for a battleship to be funded in Fiscal Year 1917, sent on March 28, 1916 to the Navy Department as one of six alternatives. This design followed the earlier Tennessee (Battleship No.43) in speed and layout, differing in replacing triple 14-inch gun turrets with twin 16-inch turrets of similar weight while adding a fifth twin 16-inch gun turret amidships. The extra turret was placed abaft the bridge but forward of the machinery spaces, avoiding any impact on machinery arrangements. The ship remained considerably larger than several others, however, and it was passed over. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."

Profile views of the probable active service ship

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-100

Profile from Wolf's Shipyard: link

Austro Daimler Bergmeister  ADR 630 

The name Austro Daimler is probably only known by few motorists. What may sound a bit like an Austrian import company for vehicles of Daimler-Benz was once an independent manufacturer of sporty luxury automobiles and also very successful in motorsports. After an interruption of the production caused by the war, Austro-Daimler began manufacturing cars again in 1920. At that time, a certain Ferdinand Porsche worked in the development department, who was also responsible for the brand’s first racing car, the ADS-R, which won a total of 43 races.  In 1931 their last cars were built and in 1935 the company was deleted from the commercial register. It wasn’t until 84 years later that the company was revived with a new automobile to bear the traditional name.

The result is a sports car with classic proportions. A long bonnet is followed by a sporty, short interior and and equally tightly cut rear. The front view is characterised by a dominant radiator grille and narrow headlight units extending into the fenders. What is striking is the considerable width of 2.08 meters, which makes the new Austro Daimler appear very massive. As with the Jaguar E-Type, the complete front opens forward as one bonnet piece. Gullwing doors in the style of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL give access to the interior, while the very round rear has a large tailgate with narrow lights below, drawn around the corners as continuous strip with integrated ‘Bergmeister’ lettering. This might be the reason for the name suffix ‘Shooting’, but the new Austrian car is not a classic Shooting Brake. If you enter the Bergmeister through the hinged doors, you will notice a modern interior with clear lines, which contrasts in its design with the classic quotes from the body. Driver and front passenger sit on comfortable sports seats, but are separated by a dominant strut above the center console, which grows quite high out of the dashboard. Those who would have expected just as classic round instruments when reviving a classic brand will be disappointed. In front of the driver appears a screen, which is probably unavoidable nowadays. It is operated via a controller mounted on the center console.

While the exterior design deliberately shows more classic features and overall looks harmonious, the technical side of the Bergmeister ADR 630 Shooting Grand is rather progressive and modern. The body is based on an aluminium spaceframe and thus provides a relatively moderate empty weight of 1,650 kilograms. In addition to the weight, the hybrid drivetrain  consists of an inline six-cylinder turbo engine supplied by Mercedes-AMG, which works in cooperation with a total of three electric motors, provides very impressive driving performance. The developers claim a system output of 1,214 hp and a maximum torque of 1,660 newtonmeters. This is expected to result in an acceleration time of 2.5 seconds to 100 kph and a topspeed of 330 kph. A 55 kWh lithium-ion battery installed in front of the rear axle provides 250 kilometers of purely electric range, while the total range should be just under 1,000 kilometers.

What a difference 67 years makes juxtaposition of Toyopet Crown, 1955 and Toyota Crown, 2022. The Crown is one of the longest running models in automotive history and the 16th generation version has been revealed. In addition to the sedan type the range includes a high-riding crossover saloon, a sport saloon and an estate. They are powered by a newly developed 4-cylinder 2.4-litre Turbo Hybrid or a 2.5-litre Series Parallel Hybrid System