Archive for April, 2008

Things you may not have known about MC Hammer. He used to work for the Oakland A’s as a batboy. He was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was born Stanley Kirk Burrell. When he was at his peak he purchased the the following items: $75K worth of mirrors for his bathroom, recording studio, $2… »

For Mustang-loving fan boys, we’re thinking the above first glimpse of the headlight design on the 2010 Ford Mustang is the equivalent of a celeb crotch-shot. So what can we tell from this new spy photo from KGP? Well, it looks like — well — like nothing Giugiaro made. Full report from the sneaky spies… »

After the fur filled car, we thought we’d seen the worst of automotive personalization. A car covered with animal bits is not only a PETA nightmare, every version we’d seen involved slapdash construction. And then we saw this Citroen Saxo. Ignore the body kit and the two-door suicide doors. Ignore the rims, paint, hydraulics. Ignore,… »

Our friends at Japanese Nostalgic Car recently went to the Z-Car West Coast Nationals in Silverado, California. As you’d imagine, there was quite a selection of tasty vintage Datsuns and some newer Nissans too. We just love the timeless proportions of a long hood and sloping back on the older Datsuns, so we’ve included a… »

It pains us to hear it, but everyone is up in arms lately over the racing wins by Danica Patrick and Ashely Force. One of the lingering stances on the matter (and one we heard on that bastion of common sense: talk radio) is that the women have every right to compete and win because… »

Al Navarro is a co-founder of Mint Advertising, an independent advertising agency in New Jersey. On occasion we ask him to talk about certain topics in advertising. Today’s not one of those days. Today he’s talking about something even more near and dear to his heart — Jalopnik. He also drives a Caterham Superlight R… »

Floating around the policy wonk-o-sphere and on the front page of most of the news dailies today is this idea of a temporary holiday on Federal gas taxes for the summer driving season. Presidential candidates Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-copycat) have hopped on the “good idea” bandwagon, while Sen. Barack Obama… »

If the world needed any more proof that Americans are some fattie mcfatties, we present the French-Fry Holder. This $10 device fits in cup holders and holds a standard cardboard container of french fries. It even has a small holder for ketchup, for those fattersons that need to add a little more flavor (and sodium)… »

A lot of people think VW’s upcoming Scirocco could use a little more oomph under the hood. The stock engines are rated from 122 HP to 200 HP, but this new version has a 300 HP version of the 2.0-liter TFSI inline-four. That’s because the car has been race-prepped specifically for next month’s 24-hour endurance… »

Many of you have been sending in great DOTSBE photos (and I’ll get to all of them, sooner or later), but today I just had to share this daily-driven big Olds that I often see parked near my office in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. Parking is a swirling, sanity-eradicating nightmare in this part… »