Alvin Brinson

Member since: Jul 4th, 2006

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Report: Ford unveils gas-fueled F-650 (Autoblog)

Mar 8th 2011 5:19PM Now that it drinks gasoline, expect it to be the latest thing with Soccer Moms. "But... I need the space!"..

Video: The definition of catastrophic failure (Autoblog)

Jan 25th 2011 10:50PM vtec kicked in yo!

eBay Find of the Day: The 'Nunrunner' V10-powered eight-door Dodge Dart Limowagon [w/VIDEO] (Autoblog)

Jul 10th 2009 11:38PM My god, why?

Be a star in Top Gear's reasonably priced car (Autoblog)

Jun 23rd 2008 9:31PM Same issue here - I can drive in real life just fine, but on games like this, suddenly I can't drive. They always make the cars oversteer way too easily at any speed in these games. It may increase the fun/challenge factor, but the realism -- and therefore any fun for ME -- is out the window.

Worst... Flash .... Game.... Evar.

Well, not really.... but not what I'd have expected from TG folks.

iRex launches new iLiad Book Edition e-book reader (Engadget)

May 15th 2008 5:20AM Gotta say - it DOES look like fewer features for more money as compared to almost everything else on the market. That is to say, as compared to the Kindle. It may be slightly more ergonomic, and slightly more a few other things, but not worth the extra cash. Particularly without wifi or the persistent data connection.

Motorized Madness is, in fact, just that (Engadget)

Feb 18th 2008 12:10AM Probably an Athlon XP. Barton, by my guess.

It's like compensation. The guys with the real hardware keep it in a plain wrapper. The guys with yesterday's news go hogwild.

Forbes lists the best and worst states to own a car (Autoblog)

Feb 15th 2008 3:00AM Agreed on the 10 year old car bit. I have to laugh when they say it costs $50,000+ to own a car for 4 or 5 years. That's NOT the "True Cost" to own a car - it may be the true cost to BUY A NEW CAR, but not to own one.

Show me what it costs to own/operate a 1990 Toyota Corolla, and not "du-hur, everyone is rich" type reporting. Of course, this IS Forbes that did the report, so maybe they honestly believe everyone sends cars to the junkyard after 50,000 miles?

AT&T's Palm Centro en route for launch next week? (Engadget)

Feb 13th 2008 3:58AM Unfortunately, based on looking at the Sprint Centro, this too is too little too late. In 2006, it would've been nice. But there is little upgrade here - and a smaller screen - over older Palm devices. Internal memory is woefully inadequate. The screen size has been reduced over previous Palm handhelds, and it offers few new features.

I have a Palm Tungsten E, and have been wanting for years to replace it with a proper phone, but nothing has come out yet that can really beat my Palm. I am using a Sanyo Katana phone for now, because I haven't seen any reason to buy a Treo, and once I put my hands on a Centro at the Sprint store, I was very disappointed.

Air purifiers under fire for ozone emission (Engadget)

Jan 29th 2008 9:19AM Seriously, I have one of these, and the collector plates are covered with dust every time I clean them - it doesn't exactly "do nothing". It is also much quieter (totally silent) compared to most air filters I've seen. It is especially useful when I have company over who smoke, afterward, the collector plates are covered in sticky tar that otherwise would have been in the air.

Rumormill: Chrysler lineup to shrink by five (Autoblog)

Oct 18th 2007 3:24AM Honestly, the Dakota is the one vehicle on this list that seriously shouldn't be axed. What it needs is to CONTINUE, but be taken back to its roots.

The Dakota became popular because it practically reinvented the small truck category. Before the Dakota - you had the Ford Ranger, Chevy Luv, and similar little trashboxes with tinfoil body panels that rusted through and payload capacities that were so small you really couldn't use the truck for anything but grocery-getting.

The Dakota's introduction changed that by offerring a serious truck that was simply SMALLER than a full size truck, but no less a truck. You could even get a V8 in it not long after its introduction.

Unfortunately, it lost its way when it did the same thing every other car seems wont to do: it got bigger. All of a sudden, it's no longer the tough little truck - it's a wimpy big truck. That's a HUGE difference, and that's why it both "overlaps" other products (the base Ram) and isn't selling as hot as they would like.

Clue-Train for Chrysler: Offer people choice, not one truck, one car and one SUV. Take the Dakota back to roots - make it leaner, more fuel efficient, cost less. In other words - a SMALL TRUCK - not a gas guzzler with a slightly smaller payload than the next model truck in the lineup. People will buy it.

Hell.... this is going out on a limb here - if you REALLY want to kill the Dakota, reintroduce the nameplate on as a Ute on the Magnum/300/Charger platform.