Archive for May 21st, 2008

We’ve all been champing at the bit to get another good look at the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro, which has been mostly uncovered already. But no one has real production shots like these, which are purported to be shots of them producing the 2009 Camaro from someone who got access to the production facility. Those look… »

We’ve all been chomping at the bit to get another good look at the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro, which has been mostly uncovered already. But no one has real production shots like these, which are purported to be shots of them producing the 2009 Camaro from someone who got access to the production facility. Those look… »

It’s a good thing Photoshop didn’t exist when I was a kid, because if it had, these images would have blown my fragile five-year old mind. Cedric Delsaux adds Star Wars characters to otherwise mundane cityscapes, highlighting their alien nature and in the process combining my two biggest adult childhood obsessions: cars and Stormtroopers. [Cedric… »

Since we’re in a Canadian Citröen mood today, let’s take a look at this unusual machine that our Canadian friend Maymar photographed at a junkyard in Ontario. As far as we know, Citröen never made a DS coupe, but Maymar seems to have sleuthed out the likely ancestry of this machine. Make the jump to… »

Courtesy of Wonkette we have a list of things you might not know about our personal congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel:

He was offered a scholarship to the Joffrey School of Ballet
Raised in the Chicago school of politics, he’s sent dead fish to people who have crossed him
The character Josh Lyman from The West… »

Was it fair to pit a stock Mercury Lynx against a Chevette diesel-powered RX-7 in yesterday’s Diesel Dilemma Edition Choose Your Eternity poll? Probably not, as the diesel Mazda pounded the daylights out of the badge-engineered Escort. Today we’re going to move away from cars that you might consider using as everyday transportation and head… »

Just when you thought the cruise control and media buttons on your current steering wheel were too overwhelming, take a look at some of the wheel configurations for Formula 1 cars. These steering wheels are loaded to the gills with dials, switches, buttons, screens, toggles and more to confuse, baffle and distract those of us… »

Remember when Kitt photographed an early 70s Alfa Romeo GT in her Denver neighborhood? What are the chances that another Alfa of similar vintage would be found across town by EJacobs? Welcome to Denver, where old Italian iron seems to survive just fine! This one is a bit more battered than the other, and the… »

Google Earth does a mighty fine job showing the essence of crazy interchanges, but if you really want to know how ridiculous interchanges can be, check out the underneath view. These interchanges don’t come from China, but rather the neighbor of Japan. Ken Ohyama is the man that has captured some of Japan’s most efficient… »

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It’s not too much of a surprise to hear that this car dealership in Missouri is offering a free gun with the purchase of a car. It’s also fairly common these days for dealers to lure customers in with gimmicky offers of free stuff or cheap gas. But there’s just something about the… »