Sunday, November 08, 2026
the SEMA 2026 schwag haul...
5 decks of cards... well, not that I'm likely to play cards with them, but IF I get the notion to build a house of cards? I'll be able to
more microfiber cloths than usual were up for grabs!
And there at the top of this bottom photo are the two coolest things I was given as schwag! A bucket of "Tub Of Towels" ( I've bought a couple BECAUSE of the free sample packs at SEMA... and now I was given a bucket of them? AWESOME!)
And the coolest thing? That issue of Hella's new magazine, Dusty Times!
just one example of the great articles in it
Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac’s personal Chiron was taken from outside his company’s campus in Croatia, because he left it with the key still inside! Thank you Doug!
He jumped into his Porsche 911 and chased it across Slovenia until police finally stopped it in Austria.
Odd choice of actions to take when your Bugatti is stolen
Someone local came in looking for a job and decided that he would take the Chiron instead. People noticed, they contacted Mate, and he got the police involved. But like nearly every modern car, there's plenty of telemetry that can, among other things, share the car's location. Being the owner of the company, Mate was able to see where the car was (and how much gas was in it) and let Croatian police know.
Instead of letting the police handle things, he saw the car heading to Slovenia, so he jumped into his own Porsche 911 to give chase. He hoped to get the border closed in time, but Slovenia is only about 10 miles from Rimac's campus in Zagreb. From there, it's only about 100 miles to Austria and, since the thief had a one-hour head start (and a Chiron), they were in that third country before police could coordinate.
Mate wasn't able to catch up to the thief, at least until Austrian authorities got the car stopped. The Chiron was recovered, and Mate had to spend the night doing paperwork. Surprisingly, Rimac said he didn't want to press charges.https://carbuzz.com/mate-rimac-chases-stolen-chiron-in-porsche-october-2026
Why don't the "close doors" buttons on elevators work?
it's even a trope in tv shows and movies, that the main characters desperately need the doors to close, but no matter how they smash the button, the doors won't close.
Last week at SEMA I was reminded of the stupid door button. Yup, tested it every day when using the elevator, and the doors close with the same time delay no matter if you wait for them, or hit the door close button.
So... why does Otis build their elevator with those stupid buttons
I forgot to mention that Dodge is returning to Nascar, with one team and two cars, in 2027
The team indicated that it will announce its 2027 driver lineup at this weekend's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 8th, 2026, while the Dodge race car itself will be revealed at the Snowball Derby in Florida on December 4th.
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