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[growler_south]

I love having a phone that's also 1/3 computer and 1/3 electric brain. It means that when I come across something I'm curious about, I can either look it up then and there or, if it's not exactly critical, make a note and look it up later.

Why, just today I learned:

-A VW Golf R32 monitors tyre pressures by comparing the rotational speeds of all 4 wheels via the ABS sensors. An underinflated tyre rotates faster due to its reduced operational radius, and the Golf's ABS computer looks for that.

-Fabio, the model, writer and ladies' fantasy novel pinup, was born in 1959, which makes him about 49 this year.

See! The interwotsit *is* useful. Unless you have a real job, in which case it's a timewaster. I consider my life enriched by the above revelations.

Comments

[smellykaka.livejournal.com]

So when you're doing burnouts the thing goes "DING DING DING!" and tells you your driving wheels are completely flat?

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

No, because it looks at all 4 wheels at once. And since all 4 wheels would be doing the burnout....

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

Oooo, AWD + LSD? Teh hawtness.