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Hemmings Sunday Cinema – Honda V-12 clears its throat, building the Alaska Highway, '61 Plymouth, Heart Like a Wheel
* The image above, of the 1965 Honda RA272, isn't all that striking – especially after the nice images of it under the bright lights that we recently saw – but the sound of that 1495cc 48-valve transverse mid-mounted V-12, as pointed out this week by MotorsportRetro.com, well, that makes up entirely for such a static image.
* The recent mention of the trucks of the Alaska Highway grabbed the ears of many a reader here, so let's see them in action building the highway.
* Our own Jen Sandquist recently came across this 1961 Plymouth Valiant commercial, which we all found notable for the fact that it was shot in and around our hometown of Bennington, Vermont.
* Finally, the tale of drag racing legend and Hemmings Muscle Machines contributing columnist Shirley Muldowney, as told in the 1983 film "Heart Like a Wheel."
Four-Links – Detroit Auto Show edition
* As it turned out, there was more going on at this week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit than just the introduction of the third go-around for the Ford GT40. Take, for instance, Mac's Motor City Garage's look at the various side displays, including the Ronnie Petersen/Brian Redman 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL above.
* The Oak Ridge National Laboaratory had a display at NAIAS as well, and the Shelby Cobra in its display isn't quite like any other repliCobra out there: It was entirely 3D printed. David Szondy of Gizmag caught up with the lab to find out more about exactly how the car was built.
* Like Magc above, Antony Ingram of Evo Magazine trained his camera away from the spectacles of the NAIAS and toward a slice of automotive history – in this case, the 1965 RA 272 Grand Prix car that Honda had on display.
* Reuters photographer Joshua Lott went a little further for a look at the cars in Detroit this past week – outside the walls of Cobo Hall and into the streets and backyards of the Motor City where he found plenty of abandoned cars and trucks to tell a different tale than the one being trumpeted at NAIAS.
* Finally, while it doesn't have that much to do with NAIAS, it's still about Detroit: The Henry Ford this week posted some photos and information on the backstory behind Diego Rivera's famed Detroit Industry frescoes in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Honda opens Heritage Center museum in Marysville, Ohio
1974 Honda Civic CVCC, on display at the Honda Heritage Center in Marysville, Ohio. Photos courtesy American Honda Motor Co.
In 1977, Honda announced its plans to build a motorcycle manufacturing plant in Marysville, Ohio, and a year later it became among the first Japanese manufacturers to construct a production facility in the United States. In 1980 Honda began production of a one million square foot automobile manufacturing plant alongside its motorcycle plant, and production of the Accord sedan in Ohio began in November 1982. Given Honda's history in Marysville, it's fitting that the city was chosen as the site of the company's new Heritage Center, which will showcase its advances in automobiles, powersports, power equipment, aviation and robotics over the past 55 years.
Honda built its first CR250R motocross bike in Marysville in September of 1979.
Automotive and racing displays will include a 1971 N600; a 1974 Civic CVCC; a 1983 Accord; a 1987 CRX Si; a 1986 Acura Legend; a 1988 Accord Coupe; a 1995 Accord Wagon; a 1997 Acura CL; a 1999 Odyssey; a Civic NGV, or Natural Gas Vehicle; a hydrogen fuel cell powered FCX Clarity; an Acura Sedan Design Study; an NSX Concept 1; a 2014 Accord Hybrid; a 2015 Fit; a 2015 Acura TLX; a 2014 Acura MDX Cut body; a ¼ scale Element; a ¼ scale Ridgeline; a HART NSX; a 2005 Racing Odyssey; and a 2013 ALMS Muscle Milk Race Car. Powersport displays will include a C100 Super Cub; a 1980 Elsinore CR250R; a 1982 GL1100 Gold Wing; a 1966 CT90; a 1969 CB750; a 1980 CBX Super Sport; a 1998 Shadow Ace Tourer; a 2009 GL1800 Gold Wing; a 2009 Aquatrax F-15X; a 2013 Rancher ATV; and a 2014 Pioneer 700-4.
Honda's new 160,000 square-foot facility will also include office space and a purpose-built Technical Development Center, where the company will train engineering, production and service staff on new and emerging technologies. The five classrooms will even include a robotics lab, to train production workers on the use, upkeep and repair of manufacturing robots.
The Heritage Center opened its doors to staffers on December 18, and will be open to the public in January. In addition to exhibits on production cars and motorcycles, the museum will also contain displays relating to ASIMO, Honda's groundbreaking humanoid robot; HondaJet, the company's entry into the compact business jet market; and motorsports, celebrating the company's long-term involvement in racing in North America. While the museum will detail the brand's 55-year history in North America, its primary focus will be on Honda's history in Ohio.
The first product built in Marysville by Honda, a CR250R motorcycle, rolled off the assembly line in September 1979. Three years later, Honda produced its first Accord in the United States, and by 1986 was producing Civics at the plant as well as Accords. In 1988, Marysville broke new ground by building the very first Accord for export back to Japan, while celebrating the construction of its one-millionth automobile in Ohio.
The Heritage Center complex includes offices and a Technical Development Center.
Today, Honda has four manufacturing plants in the United States, and earlier this year crossed the 20-million mark for vehicles assembled in the U.S., just as the Marysville plant finished its 10-millionth Accord. The new Heritage Center and Technology Center are proof that Ohio will continue to have a key role in the brand's global operations that extends far beyond the manufacturing cars, motorcycles and engines.
Progressive International Motorcycle Show coming to New York City this weekend
The Yamaha exhibit at the 2014 New York Motorcycle Show. Photos by author.
On Thursday, December 11, we trekked to Manhattan's Jacob Javits Convention Center to attend the media day for the New York City stop on the 2014 Progressive Motorcycle Show tour. Just about any new motorcycle manufacturer you can name was represented, as were hundreds of aftermarket motorcycle suppliers in an interactive retail space called The Marketplace. Many of the motorcycle companies unveiled new models for the 2015 riding season, and custom bikes were also displayed at booths throughout the show floor. Representatives of the attending bike manufacturers were on hand to explain the various bike models and their features, as were representatives of gear manufacturers to help attendees find the correct fit helmet, jacket or other riding gear.
Here are just a few of the many bikes that can be seen this weekend:
Honda Grom.
One of the more popular starter bike for young riders is the Honda Grom. Their short stature and 125cc engine are great for indoctrinating youngsters into the riding culture, and it didn't take long before these bikes were also being customized, just like any other street bike. Progressive Insurance teamed up with Autism Speaks to craft a customized Grom that will be shown this weekend (and at several future dates) before being auctioned, with proceeds to benefit Autism Speaks. The custom paint scheme, seat, baby blue powdercoating and other details were accomplished in just 2 weeks by builders Garwood Custom Cycles of Lexington, North Carolina.
Victory Gunner.
Victory featured their 2015 Gunner, a heavyweight cruiser with 106 cubic inch V-twin engine, 24-spoke wheels and a low stature for short-legged riders. The seat height is a mere 25 inches and pullback handle bars make this model a comfortable long distance cruiser or day-tripper that won't break your back.
Triumph Thruxton Ace Café 900.
Triumph featured several classic throwback models at the show, including the Thruxton Ace Café 900 and the T214 Bonneville. The Thruxton was designed as a production café racer with rearset pegs and clip-on style handle bars. It features Thruxton and Ace Café logos on the side covers, rear fender and fuel tank. The Bonneville T214 was made to honor the 214.40 mph land speed record set at Bonneville in Sept. 1956 by the Triumph-powered Johnny Allen Streamliner. A reproduction of the original "world's fastest motorcycle" decal that was produced shortly after the record run is displayed atop the fuel tank of the T214. A white star also adorns the blue front fender as a tribute to the star on the nose of the record-setting streamliner.
Ducati Scrambler Icon.
Ducati was in attendance in full force, with their complete model line of Monsters, Diavels and 899 Panigales, however, they placed their new Scrambler Icons in their own separate display. The Scrambler Icon is powered by a 75 hp, 803 cc, Desmodromic, 2-valve, air cooled engine and the inverted Kayaba 41mm front forks and adjustable, single rear shock provide the needed suspension. The bike's 31 inch seat height will prove tall for some, but the 375 lb. dry weight should make it pretty easy to maneuver.
Other things to see at the International Motorcycle Show include:
- An appearance by Don Emde, who will detail his participation in the retracing of the route covered by Cannonball Baker on his record-setting cross country ride of 100 years ago.
- Stunt shows, featuring legendary stunt rider Jason Britton
- The Eagle Rider Travel and Tour Pavilion
- Vintage bikes displayed by local vintage bike clubs
- J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Competition, with cash prizes awarded to custom builders in several different classes.
- Premier Moto GP rider Nicky Hayden will make an appearance on Sunday.
- 11-time world champion drag bike racer Rickey Gadson will also be on hand to show his new Kawasaki Ninja H2R-G supercharged drag bike.
The show is open to the public from Friday December, 12th through Sunday, December 14th at the Jacob Javits Center on New York City's West side. The immense venue covers six city blocks between W34th and W40th street. The $18.00 discounted admission tickets ($6.00 for children) are available at MotorcycleShows.com/New-York, and 2-day packages are also available for $25.00. You can also follow the event on Facebook and Twitter. We'll post more picture from the show's media day next week.
A carefully preserved, time-capsule… 1979 Honda Civic CVCC Wagon?
1979 Honda Civic Wagon. Images courtesy Specialty Cars Limited.
By the late 1970s, Japanese automaker Honda had hit its stride in the United States, earning a reputation for affordable, dependable and fuel-efficient cars. As with many other imports, Hondas were prone to tinworm in states where road salt was a winter fact of life; thanks to this, and to the inexpensive car's perceived "disposable" nature, few well-preserved, low-mileage examples of first generation Honda Civics exist today. When one cropped up as a Hemmings Find of the Day (since sold), it was time to take a closer look.
The Honda Civic in question was a station wagon variant, built for the 1979 model year and equipped with the fuel-efficient, 63-horsepower, 1.5-liter Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion (CVCC) engine, which Honda had debuted in the U.S. in 1975. Fuel efficient, it was also particularly clean burning, thanks in part to its stratified-charge design, which utilized a second (smaller) combustion chamber, fed by a second (smaller) intake valve, that burned a slightly richer mix than that supplied to the cylinder itself through a conventional intake valve. It was the flame from the precombustion chamber that ignited the air and fuel mixture in the main cylinder, resulting in more complete combustion (and hence, lower emissions) than conventional engine designs. Ensuring the correct distribution of air and fuel to each precombustion chamber and cylinder was the job of a three-barrel carburetor, specially developed for the Honda CVCC engine by Keihin.
Initially, Honda claimed fuel economy of 49 miles per gallon highway, based upon home market testing of the Civic hatchback. By 1979, the EPA rated a five-speed manual transmission-equipped Civic hatchback at 31 MPG city and 44 MPG highway (33 MPG combined), which was significantly better than the fuel economy from American cars like the Ford Pinto (22 MPG combined) and Chevrolet Chevette (29 MPG combined). The survivor example pictured here, recently sold by Specialty Cars Limited, was equipped with the optional Hondamatic two-speed semi-automatic transmission, which lowered the fuel economy to a combined 28 MPG per EPA estimates, and surely didn't aid the Honda's acceleration.
That negative aside, the car was said to wear its original paint and carry its original tires, which had gone well beyond their useful service life. Per John Kuhns of Specialty Cars Limited, only the car's battery and a slave cylinder had been changed, although the AM/FM/8-track and rear speakers looked to be in-period add-ons. Originally sold through a Honda dealership in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, the car was recently inherited by the granddaughter of the car's original (and sole) owner; aside from that, not much is known about the car's history. How it remained so well preserved, or why it racked up less than 254 miles per year over its three-and-a-half decade life, will likely remain a mystery.
It was advertised for $11,900 or best offer. John advised that the car sold for $11,000 to a Canadian dealer who had acquired it for a specific client. That's more than double the car's original price of $4,909, including the Hondamatic transmission; whether it will be driven regularly or added to an existing collection is unknown, but the market for clean, original (and, preferably, low-mileage) Japanese cars is growing. Though this Civic Wagon surely won't appeal to all collectors, those with a passion for Japanese cars from the 1970s will appreciate it as a piece of automotive history, and a window to the not-too-distant past.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1979 Honda Civic CVCC station wagon
While it looks as clean as a fresh restoration, this 1979 Honda Civic CVCC station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com has apparently been kept untouched and in pristine shape for 35 years. The car's single owner obviously cherished it – after all, he or she loaded it up when it was new – even though they put less than 9,000 miles on it. Hard to imagine there being a cleaner, lower-mileage example out there; also hard to imagine that any buyer will be pressing this car into daily driver service. From the seller's description:
Silver blue with blue interior, 4 door hatchback wagon, One owner from brand new, Only 8,900 actual miles from new, Original paint, Original tires, The only parts of the car that are not from 1979 are the battery and a new slave cylinder (I have the originals of both), Hondamatic transmission (automatic), Rear defroster, Heater, Chrome luggage rack, Deluxe hood with air scoops, AM/FM radio with 8 track player, An absolute survivor, Runs and drives excellent, All of the lights and guages work properly, Still has the factory installed paper on the driver's sun visor, Original owner's manual.
Location: Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Status: No Longer Available
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1979 Honda Prelude
Introduced in 1979, the Honda Prelude coupe added a bit of sport to Honda's practical-but-conservative lineup. Sized between the Civic and the Accord, the Prelude received the same 72hp 1,751cc four-cylinder found in the Accord, mated to a standard five-speed manual transmission. That made acceleration reasonable, if not brisk, particularly by the standards of the day. Preludes came well-equipped, sporting standard features such as four-wheel independent suspension, a power moonroof, an AM/FM stereo radio, a maintenance reminder light and an instrument cluster that included a tachometer integrated with the speedometer. The Prelude would prove to be a popular model for Honda, but few owners of early examples gave any thought to preservation. That makes this 1979 Honda Prelude for sale on Hemmings.com something of a rare find; though it has surface rust on the rocker panels and has been repaired from a hit in the right front, the car appears to be well-preserved for its age. It also boasts a single-owner history, and has racked up a claimed 67,000 miles since leaving the factory, meaning that (with proper rust abatement) it still has years of life left in it. From the seller's description:
Year one, one owner 1979 Honda Prelude garaged. It is original except for repaired minor front right fender damage. The car has a five speed syncromesh transmission, 4 wheel independent suspension, tachometer integrated with speedometer. Power operated moon roof with sunshade is standard. Safety inidicator and maintenance indicator also standard. Fuel reserve warning light, intermittent wipers, side window and rear window defroster.The radio is the standard AM/FM rotary dial stereo. The carburetor was recently rebuilt. Original sticker and owners manual are included. There is some minor surface rust on rocker panels and had a minor fender bender on the front driver side which has been repaired.The car was the "sports car for adults" when it was introduced. The five speed transmission is fun to drive and makes it an ideal first car.
Status: No Longer Available
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Racing Heroes – Ayrton Senna
Senna on the podium in Canada with Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen, 1988. Photo courtesy Instituto Ayrton Senna.
From 1984 until his untimely death at San Marino, Italy, on May 1, 1994, no single driver in the world of Formula 1 was as polarizing or as controversial as Brazil's Ayrton Senna. A master at squeezing every bit of performance from a race car, especially in the wet, Senna was driven by a perpetual need to be the fastest that quite often bordered on recklessness. His three world championships, 41 F1 victories and 65 pole positions are a testament to his skill behind the wheel; but to those whose lives he touched outside of racing, Senna was far more than just a star of motorsport.
Born to a wealthy Brazilian family in March 1960, Ayrton Senna da Silva grew up on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. From an early age, Senna (who would go on to favor his mother's maiden name, as "da Silva" was too common in Brazil and "Senna da Silva" didn't fit on a pit board) had a passion for all things automotive, reportedly learning to drive a Jeep on the family's property at age seven. At 13, as soon as he met the age requirements, Senna began to race karts and very quickly proved competitive on the track. In 1977, Senna finished high school and captured his first South American Karting Championship; though business college loomed in his future, Senna's career path had already been set.
Kart racing, year unknown. Photo courtesy Instituto Ayrton Senna.
Senna lasted just three months in college, his attention perpetually attuned to racing. His victories in karting convinced him that the next step up racing's ladder would require a move to Europe, and in late 1980 Senna moved to the U.K. to race Formula Fords for the Van Diemen team. Championships in the Townsend Thorensen and RAC Formula Ford 1,600-cc series came in his first season of racing, but Senna's parents remained unconvinced that racing was a viable career for their son. In late 1981, Senna returned to Brazil, agreeing to enter into the family business, but this relocation was only temporary. With a new contract (including a salary) to race Formula Fords in Europe, Senna was back in England for the start of the 1982 racing season.
Senna earned championships in the British and European Formula Ford series in 1982, followed by a championship in the British Formula Three Series in 1983. By this time, he'd come to the attention of numerous F1 teams, and test drives with Williams, McLaren, Brabham and Toleman followed. Though each team was impressed with Senna's skill and passion, only backmarker Toleman had a vacancy for the 1984 season, so Senna signed the contract necessary to get his foot in the door at racing's highest level.
Photo courtesy Instituto Ayrton Senna.
His first F1 season began with a DNF in Brazil, followed by a pair of sixth-place finishes in South Africa and Belgium. After failing to make the grid at all in San Marino, Italy, the first defining moment of Senna's F1 career came at Monaco, the season's next race. In a torrential rain, on a partially flooded street circuit, Senna moved from 13th place on the grid to challenge Alain Prost for the lead. Turning lap times seconds faster than the other drivers, Senna patiently reeled in Prost and was about to challenge for the lead when the race was red-flagged at Prost's urging. Some believed this was to spare Prost the indignity of being passed by a then-unknown rookie at the series's most prestigious event, while others pointed to the fact that Porsche sponsored both Prost and Jacky Ickx, it was the FIA's clerk of the course who actually halted the race for conditions.
Regardless of reason, the move remained controversial, though it had little impact on the remainder of Senna's rookie season. The Toleman-Hart was not a competitive platform, but Senna managed to capture two more podium finishes for the team in his freshman year. It might have even been three more podiums, but in hearing that Senna would be buying out his contract at the end of the 1984 season, in order to race for Lotus, the Toleman team suspended the Brazilian driver for the Italian Grand Prix.
From 1985 through 1987, Senna raced for Lotus, turning in consistent performances and an impressive 16 pole positions in three years. Lotus was not a team in contention for the championship, but Senna managed to finish a respectable fourth in points during his first two seasons, climbing to third during his last year with the squad. In every season, Senna out-performed his Lotus teammate, but the Renault engine (used for 1985 and 1986, before the team's move to Honda in 1987) proved too fragile to deliver consistent results.
For 1988, Senna signed with McLaren, where he was paired with Alain Prost. That McLaren would capture the 1988 title was a given, as both team drivers seem to trade off victories and second-place finishes at nearly every race, but at the season's end, it was Senna who'd taken the championship by three points over his rival and teammate. The following season, their roles reversed, but the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix would prove to be another defining moment in Senna's career.
Photo courtesy Instituto Ayrton Senna.
With neither driver willing to concede star status, a feud that had been festering all season boiled over in Japan. Prost passed polesitter Senna at the start, but by lap 46, Senna had put himself in a position to take the lead back from Prost. The pair tangled in a corner, sending both sliding off the track and onto an access road. Prost unbuckled his harness and climbed from the car, fuming, while Senna was able to get a push from the marshals and return to the race.
Despite his off-track excursion, Senna went on to claim victory, at least until FIA president Jean Marie Balestre disqualified the Brazilian for "failing to complete a lap" by returning to the track via the access road. McLaren protested on behalf of Senna, pointing out that other drivers who'd slid off track and used the access road to return were not penalized, and that Senna had not gained a position due to his actions. The protest was overruled, and for the remainder of his career Senna insisted that Balestre, and with him the FIA, had conspired against him.
Following the events of 1989, it was clear that Senna and Prost could no longer co-exist as teammates. With Prost off to Ferrari, Senna was the uncontested star of the McLaren team, but the rivalry between the two was far from over. Once again, this came to a climax in Japan, with neither Senna nor Prost willing to yield the line into the first corner off the start. Some saw this as a potentially suicidal move by Senna, as the contact triggered a potentially devastating high-speed accident that both drivers miraculously survived unscathed.
Once again, Jean Marie Balestre was behind the incident, overruling an already granted request to allow polesitter Senna to start from the cleaner side of the track. Instead, Balestre had given the second-position car, driven by Prost, the cleaner starting spot on the grid. Humiliated once by Balestre, Senna made it clear in the driver's meeting that he would not yield the corner to Prost at the start of the race.
The outcome was a foregone conclusion, as by taking Prost out of contention in Japan, Senna had already amassed enough points to capture the 1990 championship. He'd repeat this role in 1991, but by 1992 the Williams team (ironically with Renault power, which had proven troublesome for Senna at Lotus) was the sport's dominant force. Despite Senna's three victories and four additional podiums in 1992, the three-time world champion finished a disappointing fourth in the championship.
For 1993, Alain Prost returned to the sport after a one-year semi-retirement, signing with Williams. A change in engines from Honda to Ford made Senna reluctant to sign a full-season contract with McLaren, so the Brazilian campaigned the season on a race-by-race basis for the team. Prost ultimately took the championship, but Senna finished as runner-up, capturing victories in five of the season's 16 races. Though no one knew it at the time, his win at the season-ending Australian Grand Prix would be his last.
The 1994 season was to be a year of change for Senna, who departed McLaren for Williams following the announcement that Alain Prost was retiring from the sport for good. It started on something of a high note, with Senna delivering pole positions for Williams at the season-opening Brazilian Grand Prix and at the Pacific Grand Prix in Japan. Both would fail to produce points: In Brazil, Senna spun off while chasing down race leader Michael Schumacher; in Japan, an incident with Mika Häkkinen and Nicola Larini ended his day early, delivering a frustrated Senna back-to-back DNFs.
And then came San Marino. Senna qualified on pole during Friday's session, which was marred by Rubens Barrichello's 140 MPH crash in qualifying. Extracted from his overturned car, Barichello was taken to a nearby regional hospital for treatment and observation. He returned in time for the Saturday driver's meeting, complete with a cast on his broken arm and a bruised face from a broken nose. The incident foreshadowed what was to come next, but the drivers in the room shrugged off Barichello's incident as the cost of doing business in Formula 1.
Ayrton Senna at home in Brazil. Photo courtesy Senna.org.br.
Then, during Saturday's final qualifying session, Austrian rookie Roland Ratzenberger crashed hard in the Villeneuve curve, his Simtek-Ford hitting a concrete barrier virtually head-on, the result of a front wing failure. Airlifted to a local trauma center, Ratzenberger was pronounced dead of a basal skull fracture on arrival, becoming the first F1 driver to die during a Grand Prix event in 12 years.
The illusion that the sport of Formula 1 had become safe had vanished, and Ratzenberger's death had a profound impact on Senna. Some said that the Brazilian even considered walking away from the sport, but his faith in his ability to drive a Formula 1 car kept him in the cockpit. To honor Ratzenberger, Senna carried an Austrian flag in his Nomex on race day, with the intent of unfurling it to honor his fallen colleague on the podium at the conclusion of the race.
Senna never got the chance. Following a restart early in the race, his Williams bottomed out on the approach to Tamburello corner, likely from the effect of a full fuel load and cold tires. Senna briefly lost steering control of the car, which struck the concrete retaining wall at a shallow angle, traveling at a recorded speed of 135 MPH prior to impact.
Though the accident occurred at high speed, it did not look particularly severe, and there was little reason to assume that Senna had suffered more than minor injuries. Had components of the right front suspension not intruded into the cockpit, penetrating Senna's helmet, the accident would have been survivable, but as soon as Formula 1 medical team head Sid Watkins arrived on scene, it was clear that Senna's head injuries were irreversible. Despite the best efforts of first responders and hospital staff, Senna was pronounced dead that evening.
The death of Senna and Ratzenberger in a single weekend led to sweeping changes in Formula 1, all in an effort to improve safety. In the years since, there has been only a single F1 fatality in a modern car, the result of a testing accident and not a competition incident.
Senna was given a hero's funeral in Brazil, and he continues to be remembered both for his exploits on track and his tireless efforts to improve the lives of those less fortunate. Was Senna the best Formula 1 driver of the modern era? That's an impossible question to answer, but to his legions of fans the world over, no driver will ever measure up to Senna.
First new car, forever: The story behind the Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Honda CRX Si Buyer's Guide car
1987 Honda CRX Si. Photo by Jeff Koch.
Back in the 1980s, Honda automobiles were some of the most clever, innovative and fun-to-drive mainstream cars on the road, and the company built a huge fan base with enthusiast models like the Prelude and CRX. While their vehicles are still well-built and economical today, some would contend that the company has lost the magic that made even the most pedestrian Civic or Accord transcend mere transportation. Many car enthusiasts remember Honda's glory days, but few continue to enjoy them.
We highlighted one of the most beloved 1980s Honda models – the first-generation CRX Si – in a Buyer's Guide story in Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car back in 2007; the car we used to illustrate this story was a beautifully preserved 1987 model belonging to our friend and noted car collector, Christopher Hoffman. Chris bought his CRX brand new – it was his first-ever new car – and he still enjoys driving it. His car is now the star of a great video on Petrolicious. We hope you'll enjoy this story as much as we have, and maybe it will inspire you to find the magic in a car you've always wanted, one that you'll keep for a lifetime.
Lost Cars of the 1980s – 1988 Honda Prelude 4WS
1990 Honda Prelude Si. Images courtesy of Honda Worldwide.
Honda's second-generation Prelude coupe, launched in 1983, continued the automaker's tradition of racking up praise for its performance-oriented products among the automotive press. Road & Track called it "a benchmark car that will send competitors back to the drawing boards," then added the Prelude to its 1984 list of "12 Best Enthusiast Cars." When it came time for the third generation of Prelude, Honda pulled out all the stops and debuted a car with an innovative feature that was soon to be all the rage among Japanese automakers: four-wheel steering.
The 1988 Honda Prelude Si 4WS was the first mass-production automobile from a major automaker to feature four-wheel steering. Furthermore, while rival automakers like Mazda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi were working on four-wheel steering systems of their own, each relied on solenoids and computers to change the angle of the rear wheels, based on sensors which read the steering angle of the front wheels. Honda's system was strictly mechanical, which made it both elegant and complex at the same time, yet gave drivers precise control under a wide variety of driving conditions. To accomplish this, the Prelude 4WS utilized both front and rear steering boxes with a steering shaft running beneath the car and linking the two. The rear steering box used hypocycloid gear to accomplish the complex, steering wheel-driven positioning of the rear wheels, which were ultimately moved with conventional linkages.
Honda 4WS rear steering box.
Changing lanes at speed on the highway requires very little steering input, and in circumstances such as this Honda's 4WS system turned the car's rear wheels in the same direction as the front, but at a shallower angle. Dial in 140 degrees of steering input and the front wheels turn eight degrees while the rears turn 1.5 degrees. The net result was a quicker lane change, particularly helpful in avoidance maneuvers; in fact, that's one of the ways that Honda engineers first pitched the system to management. Pushing the system's handling benefits was likely to be a losing battle, but stressing its improvement in safety was sure to get the buy-in of senior Honda officials.
At greater steering angles, such as tight cornering, Honda found it beneficial to have the rear wheels assume a more neutral position. Honda's 4WS system returned the rear wheels to zero degrees of steering input when the steering wheel was rotated 240 degrees (turning the front wheels by 15.6 degrees), giving maximum grip and delivering a traditional, balanced feel in tight corners.
The final scenario occurs at maximum steering angle, typically encountered only in low-speed turning or parking maneuvers. When the steering wheel was turned to lock (450 degrees), the rear wheels turned in the opposite direction of the fronts, up to 5.3 degrees, allowing the rear to swing out (or swing in, when reversing). This feature enabled a turning radius of just 33 feet, and gave the Prelude Si 4WS the ability to parallel park in very tight spaces unavailable to comparably sized cars.
Under certain circumstances, the 4WS did yield improvements to handling. Road & Track reported a slalom speed of 65.5 MPH from the 1988 Prelude Si 4WS, besting even the Chevrolet Corvette, which ran through the cones in 64.9 MPH. On paper, the 4WS system sounded as if it would take handling to a whole new level, but as owners soon found out, daily driving rarely involves a high-speed slalom course. Though handling was improved, it was not a night and day difference, and the increase in low-speed maneuverability proved to be of little benefit to the average American buyer, who rarely practiced the art of parallel parking.
The cost of the 4WS system was a deterrent, as well. Prelude Si models without the rear steering box sold for $16,645, while those with 4WS sold for an additional $1,300, pushing the sticker close to (or in some cases, above) the $18,000 mark. For a car with a younger buyer demographic, such sticker price increases need to come with more tangible benefits, like those offered by anti-lock brakes (oddly unavailable on Prelude Si 4WS models until the 1990 model year). Though the 4WS system proved to be reliable in normal operation, crash repairs and wheel alignments proved to be both more complex and more expensive than on front-steering-only counterparts, further putting off potential buyers.
In other areas, the 1988 Prelude Si was a clear improvement over its second-generation counterpart. The shape, though similar in appearance to the 1987 Prelude, was more aerodynamic, thanks in part to a lower hoodline (which also helped to increase frontal visibility). Narrower C-pillars helped with side visibility, yet Honda still managed to make the roof of the third generation Prelude stronger.
Up front, the Si's engine was stronger as well. Though still just 2.0 liters in displacement, output grew from 110 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque on 1987 models to 135 horsepower and 127 pound-feet of torque on 1988 models. The gains came from a switch to a double overhead camshaft, 16-valve head, as well as a change from port to sequential fuel injection and the addition of a variable-length intake tract. Performance was inline with other imports of the day, with the run from 0-60 MPH taking somewhere around nine seconds, and the quarter-mile passing by in 17 seconds at a speed of 81 MPH.
While the third-generation Prelude models did much to advance Honda's reputation for building economical, reliable and sporty cars, they proved less popular with buyers than earlier models. Given the car's additional cost, it's likely that Prelude Si 4WS models made up a mere fraction of Prelude sales, but an exact number isn't known because Honda didn't break out U.S. sales by individual model in the 1980s. Still, enough 4WS models were sold for Honda to continue the experiment, and a variation of four-wheel steering was available on Prelude models through the 1995 model year.
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Phillips' strategy should be a welcome addition in Denver. Former defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio was often criticized for the team's lack of aggression on defense. Phillips already has the support of Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware.
"This defense has the players to do it, we need just to get in the lab and figure out how to be better," Miller said. "Because we had moments where we showed what we can do, but we didn't do it enough, myself included, I know that."
Ware added, "we feel like there's more we can do. We want every play to be hard on the quarterback."
"We can win a championship with Peyton," Miller told The Denver Post. "I think that's the only thing that matters," Miller said. "What else can I say? I think he's coming back. He said a long time ago that he would stop playing football when he felt like he was hurting a team more than helping a team. There's still so much he can do, so many wonderful things he can do for the Denver Broncos."
Manning, 38, has been contemplating his future this since Denver's season ended in the divisional round of the playoffs against the Colts. On Monday, the NFL Network's Gil Brandt reported that Manning would "almost certainly" be back with the Broncos for another season.
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SCRANTON — No Abington Heights player scored more than 12 points during the team's Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class AAAA opening round game on Feb. 7 at the Lackawanna College Student Union.
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IÂm looking for some help. IÂve been asked to come up with several plans for our community gardenÂs "living fence". A fence has been constructed around the gardens, and now weÂre planting various vines and brambles to grow up/around the fence. Grapes are already being put in along some sections, so thatÂs a non-issue. ThereÂs a strong interest in raspberries and currants, and IÂm looking into hardy kiwis.
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-this is zone 5a Madison, Wisconsin.
-maintenance must be easy, not much more than an annual pruning and a shot of fertilizer once or twice a year.
-the fence is only around 5 feet tall, with "rabbit fencing" on the bottom 2 feet, and just a couple of wires between posts on the top few feet.
Your help is much appreciated!
I planted two kinds of pole beans, purple and kentucky, by our chain link fence. Many people have said how much nicer it looks. The purple flowers and leaves are quite striking. I must say though that I'm not looking forward to cleaning it up after frost!
There is a spinach vine you could grow, but not sure of the proper name. There is also an italian bean vine you could plant which is edible. You could plant passionflower vine. They have "Maypop" fruit on them after they flower that can be harvested and made into jelly but the vine is VERY INVASIVE, so you might want to plant it in a good ceramic pot. I had one planted in a whiskey barrel but it tore out of it and it's all over my neighbor's yards now. It is absolutely beautiful though and very fragrant. Hope this helps.
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Levi Johnston Still Talkin' Smack About Sarah Palin On "The Early Show"
Attention Levi Johnston: show us your wang in Playgirl or go back to your kid in Wasilla. We're tired of you complaining publicly about Sarah Palin, especially since you don't have any new dirt!
Jessica Wakeman
October 28, 2009
Quote Of The Day: Levi Johnston Contemplates The Worth Of His Wang
Thank God someone is here to ask the really important questions in life. [Twitter]…
Susannah Breslin
October 28, 2009
Levi Doesn't Know Whether He'll Show His Johnston
I know you're all sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to see whether Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin's grandbaby-daddy, is gonna go full frontal in his upcoming Playgirl spread, but I have some bad news: you're going to have to wait a little longer. Levi tells Star magazine he hasn't yet decided whether…
Wendy Atterberry
October 26, 2009
Sarah Palin Reads Playgirl!
Well, at least according to this imaginative artistic rendering created by illustrator Drew Friedman. But, really, why not? We here at The Frisky are waiting with bated breath for Sarah Palin's grandbaby-daddy Levi Johnston to take it all off for Playgirl. Why wouldn't his mother-in-law-never-to-be be a little curious about…
Susannah Breslin
October 19, 2009
Levi Johnston Getting Nakey For Playgirl
I see London, I see France, I'm gonna see what's in Levi Johnston's underpants. He's going to be taking it all off for Playgirl! Levi's lawyer said yesterday it's a "foregone conclusion" that he'll pose for the mag and that the images will be online by the end of the year. He also revealed…
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October 8, 2009
Levi Johnston Is Hawking … Pistachio Nuts?
I thought Sarah Palin was the nutty one, but Bristol's baby daddy, Levi Johnston, is now hawking nuts—yes, nuts—in a groan-inducing sexually provocative commercial for Wonderful Pistachios. Clever, Levi, but I am still holding out for Alaska's finest to pose for nudie pics!
Jessica Wakeman
October 5, 2009
Ben Folds And Nick Hornby Write An Ode To Levi Johnston
I have mixed feelings about Levi Johnston. On the one hand, he's hot. But on the other, he's one of those people who just won't go away. So I'm laughing pretty hard at this hilarious song "Levi Johnston's Blues" by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby. In the tune, the musician and novelist rip into…
Nikki Dowling
September 17, 2009
Levi Johnston's Vanity Fair Smear Piece Calls Sarah Palin A Crappy Mom & Wife
The Vanity Fair "Me and Mrs. Palin" article by Levi Johnston—which he appears to not have "written" so much as dictated to the editors—is the juiciest, gooeyiest, gossipiest smear I've ever sunk my teeth into. Did you know Sarah Palin wanted her and the First Dude to secretly adopt…
Jessica Wakeman
September 2, 2009
Quick Pic: Levi Johnston Gives Sarah Palin The Stink Eye
And he also spills the beans. In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, Levi Johnston says that there wasn't much parenting in the Palin household, that Sarah wanted to keep Bristol's pregnancy a secret and then adopt the child when it was born, and that she quit her job as governor so she…
Amelia McDonell-Parry
September 2, 2009
Pity The Fool Who Edited Levi Johnston's Piece For Vanity Fair
Sure, Levi Johnston is easy on the eyes, but can the hockey hunk write? We're guessing probably not. Why, then, is Vanity Fair publishing a piece by Levi titled "Me And Sarah Palin" when there are real journalists who would die for a byline in the national magazine? Clearly, Levi is dumb a…
Jessica Wakeman
September 1, 2009
Bidding Wars: Who Wants To See Levi Johnston Masturbate?
I am not the only one with a raging crush on stupid-hot Levi Johnston. After Levi told a reporter that he would consider going nude for the right price, StraightCollegeMen.com -- a gay porn site which features straight men, uh, nekkid and stuff -- wrote an open letter to the Alaskan stud, offering…
Amelia McDonell-Parry
August 20, 2009
Shocker: Levi Johnston Will Pose Naked For The Right Price
I bet no one saw this coming: Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin's grandbaby-daddy, admits that he'd totally pose naked for the right price. "It depends on the money, man," he says from his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska in a Skype interview with Bravo's Andy Cohen. Any chance the "right price" could come from a…
Wendy Atterberry
August 17, 2009
Kathy Griffin and Levi Johnston Do "Larry King Live"
As we told you yesterday, Kathy Griffin and Sarah Palin's grandbaby-daddy, Levi Johnston, are, like, totally Demi and Ashton 2.0. Well, they escorted each other to the Teen Choice Awards Sunday evening anyway, and last night they appeared together on "Larry King Live" to dish about their date, and you know…
Wendy Atterberry
August 11, 2009
The Best Of The 2009 "Teen Choice" Awards
Stop the presses! "Twilight" won 11 awards at the Teen Choice Awards last night, and Robert Pattinson was voted "Choice Male Hottie." Personally, I'm so tired of hearing about R-Patz and this vampy flick that I'm about to drive a stake through my heart. But, lucky for you, we've got the highlights of what…
Nikki Dowling
August 10, 2009
Kathy Griffin And Levi Johnston Are Together … Say Wha'?!
Kathy Griffin, 48, found a new partner in crime prime time, Levi Johnston, 19. Bristol Palin's baby-daddy, who has been doing the talk-show circuit, escorted the D-lister to the Teen Choice Awards last night. Despite the terrified baby-animal-caught-in-a-cougar-trap look on his face, Levi talked some serious game. "She's beautiful and funny.
August 10, 2009
In Bed With … Levi Johnston
VITAL STATS Born: May 3, 1990 in Wasilla, Alaska Sun Sign: Taurus Ascendant: Unknown Moon: Virgo Mercury: Taurus Venus: Pisces Mars: Pisce…
Kiki T
July 24, 2009
Levi Johnston Tears Down Sarah Palin On "Today"
Ann Curry interviewed Levi Johnston on "The Today Show" this morning, giving his take on the current Sarah Palin situation. Why? Because he's an expert, of course!
Catherine Strawn
July 13, 2009
Levi Johnston Says Sarah Palin Quit For The Money
God, Sarah Palin hates Levi Johnston so much right now: the father of the Alaska (soon-to-be-former) governor's only grandchild gabbed to reporters last night that she stepped down as Alaska's governor before her term is up so she could make more money. The sexy-dumb hockey player, who has kept busy since…
Jessica Wakeman
July 10, 2009
Levi Johnston Is Determined To Extend His 15 Minutes
My imaginary redneck boyfriend, Levi Johnston, is still runnin' that tobacco spittin' mouth of his. (Actually, I don't know if he actually chews/spits tobacco, I'm just being admittedly stereotypical about rednecks.) This time he's chatting with New York, a city, by the way, he tells the mag he doesn't like. Levi tells the mag,…
Amelia McDonell-Parry
July 6, 2009
What Levi Johnston Should Really Do With His Life
Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin's baby daddy, is leaving Alaska to become the family breadwinner. Well, at least, the teen father is using the excuse that he needs money to support his son, Tripp, as his reason for trying to extend his 15 minutes of fame by becoming an actor. He's got an agent and i…
Justine Fields
June 19, 2009
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The 20 Hottest Sex Scenes From "Game Of Thrones"
When you play the game of thrones, you either win or you die. But you get to f*ck a lot first. So . . . it's kinda worth it. The show is known for its gratuitous amounts of nudity and raunchy sex, so what better way to celebrate the impending Game of Thrones Spring premiere…
Tres Sugar
March 29, 2015
The 10 Definitive Cult Films You Absolutely Must See
What makes a movie a "cult classic"? Film history is littered with hundreds of films that never made it big, but developed small, passionate followings that allowed them to build up a reputation over time. Sometimes a good film is poorly marketed by a studio more concerned with their bottom line; other times genuinely bad…
Ask Men
March 28, 2015
Dave Grohl Helps Out A Dying Fan
A big Foo Fighters fan with terminal cancer will get to scratch off one item from his wish list: meeting Dave Grohl and the band. The band was flying home from Australia when a flight attendant told Grohl about the wish of her friend, Australian Ken Powell, 56, who has late-stage melanoma, report…
March 28, 2015
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March 27, 2015
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We will have another two-night premiere, like last year.
As usual, nothing concrete about the season will be announced until much closer to the premiere date.Big Brother Returns for 17th Season with a Special Two-Night Premiere June 24 & June 25 at 8/7c
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CBS announces its Summer 2015 Slate, including Season 17 of Big Brother! Fans who know and love the show can get ready for more epic challenges, heads of households, juicy showmances, surprising eliminations and have-nots.
Big Brother will debut with a special two-night premiere on Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25, both at 8/7c. The Thursday edition, featuring the live eviction show hosted by Julie Chen, moves to its regular time period on July 2 at 9/8c. The Sunday broadcast premieres June 28 at 8/7c. Last summer, all three editions of Big Brother regularly won their time periods in key young demographics and ranked among the summers top 10 programs in both adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.
Which houseguest will walk away with the grand prize of $500,000 at the end of the summer? You must tune in to find out!


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A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number
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We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering
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that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten.
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Imagine you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights. How many of each weight would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg? What other averages could you have?
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Can all unit fractions be written as the sum of two unit fractions?
Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?
Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with
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layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd
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Explore the effect of reflecting in two parallel mirror lines.
An AP rectangle is one whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter. If you are given the length of a side can you always find an AP rectangle with one side the given length?
Can you find sets of sloping lines that enclose a square?
Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
Charlie has moved between countries and the average income of both
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Can you tangle yourself up and reach any fraction?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
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In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a
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Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Pick any ten
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Explore the effect of combining enlargements.
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sequence. What will happen if you carry on for ever?
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a
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paint on their faces?
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on
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It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen
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With one cut a piece of card 16 cm by 9 cm can be made into two pieces which can be rearranged to form a square 12 cm by 12 cm. Explain how this can be done.
A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?
Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter
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One block is needed to make an up-and-down staircase, with one step up and one step down. How many blocks would be needed to build an up-and-down staircase with 5 steps up and 5 steps down?
If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable.
Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.
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When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
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DEFINITION of 'Form 8396: Mortgage Interest Credit'
A tax form distributed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and used by filers seeking to claim mortgage interest credit on their tax return. In order to claim a mortgage credit, the taxpayer must first have obtained a Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC), which are typically issued by state or local governments and agencies. The home that the Certificate is issued for must be in the same jurisdiction as the issuing agency, and must also be the tax filer's main residence.
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Some mortgage credit certificates, mostly those issued by the federal government or federal agencies, may not qualify for the Mortgage Interest Credit. If a mortgage is refinanced then the MCC must be reissued, and homeowners who sell their residence within nine years may have to repay some of the credit issued.
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Home Remote Control
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The major part of the app is the Linux remote control. It lets you control your mouse via single and multi touch, control the sound volume, send keyboard keys, list/manage/download/upload files to the system filesystem, write custom commands, use a terminal, execute tasks in the future, control media and do live monitoring of the system. You can export any remote control profile as a json file, share it with friends/colleagues or import it to another app instance. For the Linux remote control no third party software is required except an SSH server which is most likely available via your package manager. Login via user and password or via SSH key.
Live Monitoring
The live monitoring shows information about the current CPU usage, used and max ram, network interface information, Bluetooth Mac address and connection name, left battery life in percentage, used and max swap, disk partitions and general information about the system architecture. You can also customize the monitoring request commands and display any kind of information you want.
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Wake up a system via network with a so called "Magic Packet". You will find instructions on how to enable the wol feature inside the app.
The app has 3 types of widgets for your home screen: one to send commands, another one to show live monitor information and one to wake up systems.
Additional features
Browse through ~2.500 Linux commands and man pages. It also provides you with a bunch of useful Linux "one-line-scripts".
You can also live monitor your Android device.
Browse your movie library and control the sound volume.
Login via scanning the QR code of the Server App(http://schubert-simon.de/remotecontrolserver/RemoteControlServer.zip).
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You can do basic actions like shutdown/reboot the system, navigate the system, play text to speech and control media. But also can take a screenshot of screen/webcam and send it to the phone.
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Awsome application 10min setup, sftp access and WOL , thanks dude!
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Worked ok up until a week ago with one problem - for some reason there was no space bar on the keyboard layout. Since last update keyboard layout is completely broken. Otherwise awesome... please fix!
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It works fine on all my Ubuntu machines. A lot of scripts, tricks and all so simple.
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This app kicks 4ss!!
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Using with Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 works great after you install the xdotool package. I'm using it with a Samsung Galaxy S4. It would be nice if there were some installation instructions in the description or a help file. I'll be mainly using this to control slideshows with my Linux PC connected to my TV. Works great. I also love that it has a terminal window and that the keyboard has sticky CTRL ke
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