Archive for category Classic Car
American Classic Car Insurance
Posted by admin in Classic Car on June 30, 2011
Picking out the best option American classic auto insurance can be a difficult move to make if you don’t understand what exactly you are searching for. There are a few things that you should bear in mind when searching for an insurance plan for your hot rod, muscle car or whatever American classic car you have inside your garage.
To begin with, you have to make sure that you can get insurance policy for precisely the way you use your automobile. If you work with the vehicle just for driving it back and forth from classic / antique car shows, get an insurance that restricts you to just this criteria. The next matter to do is to ask your insurance professional concerning the “stated value” and also the “agreed value” for that classic car you have, the main differences between each of these and which is more suitable for the kind of driving that you simply do. The “agreed value” basis lets the insurance agent and also the who owns the classic cat set a value for that vehicle that is not necessarily the market value.
You need to know that a classic car is defined as an automobile that is a minimum of 15 years old, it’s used like a secondary vehicle, maintains limited miles around 2,500, is within a great condition, it is not used for business purposes and is kept on a private land or in a garage. A few of the insurance providers will only provide services for owners who’re over 21 years of age, while other firms will only insure specific models and makes. Read the rest of this entry »
Computational AI Classic Car CADCAM Designing Software
Posted by admin in Classic Car on June 17, 2011
There are many new car models which remind us of the cars which were popular during our childhood. Many of the baby boomers retiring are buying modern automobiles with all the modern features, which very much resemble their favorite cars back in the day. And why not, obviously some smart auto executives and designers figured out what the baby boomers want, what they’re willing to pay for, and they are producing those cars as fast as they can. And they are selling, some of them like hotcakes.
But I ask you why do we need humane car designers to come up with these new models which resemble the old? All we really need to do is show several different renditions, prototypes, and artists conceptions of future new cars of various models and then ask potential car buyers which ones they like the best. We can then take this information and program it into a special CADCAM designing software system, and let the artificial intelligent computer algorithms design the cars that people are most apt to buy.
Perhaps a 1959 Sting Ray Corvette which has been modified and somewhat streamlined by today’s standards would sell the best. And since those folks are now a bit older, they might not mind various engine sizes; economical, midrange, and “oh my God” power version. Those buying these cars do not need to know that a computer designed it, and they probably don’t care, they want something that looks appropriate, reminds him of the nostalgia, and makes them feel young again in their old age. Read the rest of this entry »