Recent content by altman

The Blue NSX in the Evo article was bought along by Honda UK to the UK Beaulieu NSX meet (9 cars, pretty good turn out considering how few cars are in the UK). It's a truly incredible blue... just amazing to look at stationary or on the move. Got a lot of attention Hugo

On a semi-related note, I managed to scratch the rear wheelarch of my NSX against the door of my '02 Civic Type R (yes, I was kicking myself... noone to blame but me!) Any suggestions for making the scratches less noticable? The NSX appears to have come off better, in that they're less...

I think the generic "p-extension" cars are those with huge long hoods - we're talking Viper and Z3 here. The NSX has a rather pert front end, and a gorgeous swoopy back end - doesn't really fit the stereotype. Then again, my ex had a black Z3 and an ego to match the size of her hood... I guess...

Apart from MP3 being better than you probably think it is (especially at high bitrates through actual audio grade circuitry and not through a crap PC soundcard), the Riocar will also play uncompressed WAV files. Hugo (who co-designed the empeg/riocar hardware)

My ex named my '98 3.2 "Growler". Seems rather apt Of course, she also said it was a penis extension, but that didn't stop her driving it and getting great looks from men she pulled up alongside! Hugo

Hi Jonathan There are pics of *some* of the install (got to wait for nice weather until I take some more, it's too cold to get the camera out atm!) on www.riocar.org in the installs gallery. Not happy with the sound yet, need a decent sub; the Dali one is no good for RHD cars SoS were...

Will this work? My lighter socket isn't powered unless the ignition is on (at least to "I"). If it's not active, then you can't charge via that connection point. Hugo

I've driven one of the new civics (not a Type R though ) as a loaner when my NSX was being serviced - they're actually made in the UK in Honda's Swindon plant. The shifter looks strange but the position and feel is great - it's pretty short throw and it's *much* closer to the steering wheel...

Pop-up headlights, at least in europe, are being outlawed for pedestrian safety reasons - they make more of a mess of a pedestrian's legs. The sharp edges really don't help here. Actually, there's a huge amount of pedestrian safety features that look like they will become EU law - I've even...

...and the wing mirrors of the esprit and a lot of TVRs are from the Citroen CX... Hugo

bill: My point was not that the USA funds terrorism - just that the people it supported at one time have since turned and dangerous people can bite. The UK is guilty of this too - our arms companies have supplied many dictatorships which have since fallen out of favour (iraq, for example). The...

bill: I'm not painting the UK as some unblemished power; a lot of what happened in the past (colonialism) wasn't exactly justifiable - even if the rest of europe was at it too, to some degree. Kings & Mistresses are completely irrelevant. Yes, Kings, as people in power, did dodgy things - as...

It should be noted that Osama Bin Laden was funded by the USA, and according to reports, trained by the CIA. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/south_asia/newsid_155000/155236.stm Back a while when the US wanted someone to stop the russians in Afghanistan, they funded Osama Bin...

I've got a Rio-car mounted in my NSX dash; I'll try and post a picture or two in the next week or so. As the co-founder of empeg I really needed to have one in my car, but the dash surgery worked well. All I need now is a decent sub - unfortunately, the Dali one is for the right-hand footwell...

I had an attempt on my nokia, this still looks quite close to the original but with no greyscales. If anyone wants it, email me ([email protected]) with your full phone number and I'll SMS it. SMS does definitely work to the USA (Pacbell, Voicestream, etc I know work as I roam on them when in...