Automobile Headlights : Beautiful Eyes

Today what I will present to you is a visual treat for the automobile fans as here I present to you few random pics of headlights of some of the best looking cars. Headlights are the most distinguishable part of an automobile, the headlights are so unique that we can understand the car just by looking at the car's or bike's headlights.

The headlight below is of BMW's Flagship series...the BMW 7 series..Beautiful eyes..these headlights resemble the eyes of birds... 

BMW 7 Series Headlight 

Below is the "Evoque" the latest Range Rover

Range Rover Evoque Headlamp

Fastest Automobile on Land, Water, Air: Everywhere

Speed is thrilling..speed is amazing..speed is beloved..speed is respected..and most importantly speed is recorded...Today I am giving you guys a brief list of Fastest Automobiles on every medium..be it sky..or land or water or railway tracks :) Get ready and fasten up your seat belts cause speed is risky.. :)

Fastest Car on Land:

Amazing Thrust SSC

ThrustSSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of
1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier. It surely looks like a plane but since it is not I put it in Fastest on Land category.

Fastest Production Car on Land:

Bugatti Veyron-Super Sport

As you can see a normal person can't drive the Thrust SSC that's why there should be a car which is fastest in real means..And it is none other than Bugatti Veyron-Super Sport. Being the fastest it also holds the title for being the Costliest Production Car in the world. It has the top speed of 258 mph.

Fastest Bike on Land:

Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner

Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner:On 25 September 2010, Rocky Robinson (USA) achieved an average speed of 605.697 km/h (376.363 mi/h) in his Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner over a measured kilometre (0.6 miles) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.

Fastest Production Bike on Land:

Suzuki Hayabusa

The actual winner can't be decided because of Gentlemen's Agreement. According to this agreement the bikes can't cross the limit of 188mph. But I chose Suzuki Hayabusa as the company claims it to have top speed of 194mph with holding the previous speed records.

Fastest Boat on Water:

XSR48 Boat

XSR48: It's a 48-feet, 800 bhp boat with carbon fiber hull, which can achieve speeds in excess of 161 km/h(100 mph) with its race-tuned engine option.

Fastest Passenger Airplane on Air:

GULFSTREAM G650: In August 2010, as part of its 1,800 hour flight test programme, a Gulfstream G650 passenger jet serial number 6001, flown by test pilots Tom Horne and Gary Freeman, reached a flight speed of Mach 0.995 in a 16-18 degree dive in Savannah, Georgia, USA

GulfStream G650

Fastest Aircraft on Air:

Tupolev TU-144 

TUPOLEV TU-144: The Tupolev Tu-144, first flown on 31 December 1968 in the former USSR, was reported to have reached Mach 2.4 (2,587 km/h; 1,600 mph), but normal cruising speed was Mach 2.2. After two crashes the aircraft was taken out of service in 1978.

Fastest Train on Tracks:

Shangai's Maglev Train

MagLev Train:The magnetically levitated (maglev) train linking China's Shanghai International Airport and the city's financial district, reaches a top speed of 431 km/h (267.8 mph) on each 30 km (18 mile) run.

Rear Windshield Defogger

Topic for today is rear windshield defogger which can be easily recognized in the rear windshield of a car as a pattern of multiple thin lines. As the name suggests this system works to remove the fog from the rear windshield of your vehicle when the outside atmosphere is very cold. I will tell you why this system is used and how it is used..So lets, start with why it is used...

Rear Windshield Defogger Button

Why Rear Windshield Defogger :

How do you feel if someone closes your eyes and ask you to walk?? Same feeling comes when a driver has to reverse a car with fog blocking the view. To prevent this from happening the cars are coming equipped with defogger in rear windshield, So that in case there's  fog on the windshield you can remove it just by turning on the defogger. 

Although there's a valid point that fog on the windows and front windshield gets removed just by turning on the Air Conditioner. This process is good but for rear windshield the thing either work too slow or in some cases doesn't work.  For this reason a rear defogger is a must and it works quickly.

Rear Windshield Defogger in Toyota Innova

How does it works:

The mechanism used inside this system is just similar to the mechanism used in Heated Seats. A very basic mechanism in which there is a circuit with few wires and a resistance. The logic behind is that when the current is passed through the circuit the resistance opposes the flow of current through it and thus resistance generates heat. This heat is generated in the resistance which is present on the windshield in the form of wired pattern. As son as heat comes up the fog present near the pattern gets evaporated and we are left with a clear windshield for our ultimate driving experience.

Grid lines present in the rear defogger

Pros:

• Quick
• Very much needed in winters
• Easy mechanism
• Current flowing is very low so no chances of shock in case of touching. 

Cons:

• The wired pattern is very thin and can easily be chipped off if not taken care of.
• Since it is electrical system problems can occur without notice.