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Why take it to Touchless down the street for $1.25 USD? It takes 30-40 minutes every time! Welcome to Bob’s Carwash.
If you watch it twice, notice how the water on the ground evaporates because of the time-compressed video at 1600% (just pick a spot on the left, say, and watch the water slowly evaporate.)
| Title |
Bob’s Carwash in under 15 mins |
| Video |
800 kbps, 2-pass VBR |
| Audio |
80 AAC, mono |
| Dimenions |
700×360, preserve aspect ratio (crop) |
| Format |
Flash Video |
| File Size |
5.3mb |
| Length |
0:49 (FCP compression time= 3-4 mins) |
| Sound? |
Yes, light music soundtrack |
| Rated |
G (All audiences / work-friendly) |
| Notes |
Sped up 1600% |
Tags: China Chuxiong Car Movies
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It turns out that the camera at the bottom of the hill is, indeed, turned on and connected to the system. 151 km/h = 91 mph (as seen on the top of the page) the fine was 200 RMB, or roughly $25 and 1 point (of 12) on my record.
The header (from left to right) displays the date, time, how fast and exactly where on the highway I was. Doh.
-BOB-
ps - the only reason I have this is because I kept asking the police officer at the station if he could email me the picture (it looks much more impressive in color with the red car, I must say). He said all he could do is give me a print-out, that’s why 1/2 the picture isn’t there. BTW, the Chinese license plates display a character for the province, followed by the city letter (in this case, E for Chuxiong).
That’s why it’s ?E 36958. ? = Yun, short for Yunnan, or ??
Tags: China Chuxiong Car Photos
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Introducing The Grasshopper 3 - Touring Edition with Zynergee Drive-o-matic.
From the top of Mount Everest to the entrance of your favorite night club, the Grasshopper will get you there.
Standard features:
Three wheels ?
Four doors ?
Five seats ?
150 miles per gallon ?
“Almost” Zero Emision Vehicle ?
“Pop-up” Sun roof ?
Sleek and sexy ?
Designed after the Airbus 380 landing-gear tire configuration ?
Who needs GPS when you can just stop the ladies on the street with this sex machine? Simply ask for directions and we guarantee you will get lucky. Don’t trust us? Look at this chick magnet.
It’s more than a car. It’s the Grasshopper 3. Comes in Grasshopper Green and Animal Heat Red.
30x less than our Japanese rivals vehicles. Nine eight-night ninety five ($989.95 USD) for a limited time only while supplies last.
*Don’t make any sudden turns: better to hit it than try to miss it, not responsible for rollovers. Do not go more that 35 mph as a front tire blow out may be fatal. Remember, potholes will cause the car to nosedive into the asphalt. Do not get rear ended as it will most definitely result in life threatening explosion. For best results, only ride with one passenger at a time, preferably of the same weight as driver and seated in the front passenger side, or the rear middle seat. Always buckle up.
Tags: China Car Photos
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The new video by Bob and accomplice/wife Chun Mei, we proudly present, Chuxiong Entertainment’s, Ford Focus “S”peed Racer!
Video shot on August 27, 2006 at 6:00ish PM, shot on my 3CCD Panasonic (w/ wide angle attachment) in Chuxiong, Yunnan, edited with Final Cut 5.
Final Cut Notes:
- I used a preset, so that’s why it’s in a box format. Next time you’ll get the regular size. You can stretch the Quicktime window for the “Thomas Thompson” effect.
- I used H.264 2-pass, it took 30-40 minutes on this laptop to encode it, but it’s pretty sweet (I love variable compression.) Also, Quicktime allows for AAC audio compression (FLV doesn’t.) It’s a toss up, they both work and look good.
- I sped it up 277%, which I think it faster than Tom’s video. Lower might be more realistic.
- The ‘chirps’ you hear or my horn.
Update:
I re-compressed in FLV and I think I like H.264 better. I just can’t decide, but H.264 2-pass is the bomb. Anyway I also added a Flash Map.
Tags: China Chuxiong Car Movies
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A little background in this video: I decided to “go” and get the hell out of this house for a while. So we just drove for 20-30 minutes to the hills and shot some “doc”. We turned around to go home and two old ladies were walking down the street and waved at us to stop, so we did. We asked them where they were going, and they were prepared to walk 10 miles to town. It was 81° today, no clouds. So we drove them in, then they insisted on paying us what they had (declined, of course.)
Then we walked around the development, which is basically in the “11th hour” phase, preparing for the Torch Festival, which begins tomorrow and lasts 15 days. This year the festivities are being held at our development, Yi Ren Gu Zheng. That explains all the kiosks, Hi-Fi computer man, the wooden chairs and other wares for sale down the main drag.
Thanks for watching,
BOB
Tags: Chuxiong Car General Movies
Just imagine, you’re 15 years old, sitting in Driver’s Ed, you have your #2 pencil ready and your spiral notebook on the desk. You’re day dreaming of all your friends you’re going to give free rides to. In walks the instructor and he says, “It’s a free for all. There are no rules. Good luck. You all pass.”
The funny thing is, you see these “training” cars that are decorated with cautionary red and white stripes ALL over Chu Xiong. People are constantly learning and studying! I took the damn test, I know it wasn’t easy, so, what is happening on the roads of China?
Here are some of the new rules I’ve recently learned:
1. If you want to stop for a red at night, you can, but you don’t have to.
2. You can run a red at anytime, as long as you’re turning right.
3. There are no directions for streets, even if it’s a oneway (watch out for the three-wheeled motor-cart thing coming straight at you, or the people walking in the middle of the street, or the bicycles popping out of no where, or the other cars slowly but surely cutting you off…)
4. Jaywalking? What the hell is that? If you need to get to the other side brother, you just go ahead (especially on the interstate with the baby on your back)
5. There are no speed limits.
6. You only need liability insurance. Why waste all that extra money protecting your car, just the bare minimun on whoever you hit.
7. Cars have the right of way, no matter what. Little girl carrying her little baby on her back? BEEEEEP, get the f*** out of my way I’m first.
8. Always drive in 5th gear. Don’t care how fast you’re going, get it in 5th as soon as possible.
9. Any illegal U in is States is cool here, double yellow, whatever…
10. Park it anywhere, in the middle of a crosswalk, in the bike lane…
11. Turn the lights on as late as humanly possible so to avoid “wasting” any gas.
12. You can beep at the police to get out of your way.
Tags: Chuxiong Car General
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We bought this yesterday in Kunming and drove it back to Chu Xiong. Chun Mei’s favorite whistle is the MP3 aux port, mine is the windows that automatically stop if your hand is in the way. Other than that, it’s a pretty ordinary car. Either the computer is wrong, or we got 45 miles/gallon on the trip home (granted I was driving under the speed limit).
-BOB-
Tags: Car General
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