Doesn't Everyone Have a 1969 Harley Davidson Sportster in Their Conference Room?

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Gary Johnson

I don't know why. But my tmobile blackberry would not do this.

SMS blog test. The other one did not include my sig. Gary

Testing mobile posting

Exotic Cars

Yesterday, I was at the nicest body shop that I have ever been inside. The whole shop was air conditioned and had a suspended tile ceiling (even above the lifts!!!). Nothing in there but Porsches, Mercedes and this was in their office:

Don't ask me why, but here is the EXIF data from the GT picture. I keep calling it a Gt-40, technically that is incorrect; it's a Ford GT.

They also had one of these (sorry, stock picture). 2006 MB CL 65 V-12 Biturbo. 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds.

War Eagle! It's Friday

Today's Friday, and I usually wear orange and blue on Friday. But, today we are going to Tuscaloosa to look at a wrecked car and the attorney who is aware of my ritual has told me not to even think about it. So I'll be sporting one of our new Vear logo'ed golf shirts. Here's the "sew out."


Otherwise, I'd be wearing something from here. Gotta go take some Benadryl to suppress my immune system and head that way.

Gary Johnson

Bench downloading modules

We can download electronic control modules (ECMs) from cars and heavy trucks. Pictured is a Detroit Diesel ECM from a Peterbilt that was FedExed to us. Our turnaround time is usually less than one day. This one was received about 3pm, and was back in FedEx's hands by 5pm the same day. This was really important since this belongs to a one truck operation. We charge a fixed rate that includes the express, overnight shipping (which, in this case was $56). Our rate is less than 1/4 of what Mack charges to download Mack ECMs (they won't sell their equipment), and last time I sent one to them for a client, the turnaround was 6 weeks. We also have the equipment for Caterpillar, Mercedes, Cummins, and Volvo engines. The data recovered depends on the manufacturer, but Detroits can record about 2 minutes of data surrounding an event.


Here is a bench download of a passenger car airbag control module (the silver box). In most cars, this is where crash data is recorded. Here is a link to Bosch's site that lists the covered cars.

Gary Johnson