Best. Movie. Credits. Ever. I like how they roll their cars over the Citroen DS. I bet you could do the same thing on a Mercedes CLS.
via things magazine
Madcap 70’s car chase
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Category Archives: Brick-a-Brack
Corvette Z06 vs Volvo 240
Truth About Cars finds a space in his heart for older cars that new cars just don’t make.
An old car that is well kept through the years shows a level of loyalty and priority that is rare in this day and age. I always enjoy meeting these folks in my travels and should I pick up their car at a sale, I make sure they end up in a good home.
OK Go and their 240
One of the benefits of working at MTV was the free music. Every few months someone in the music department would throw a bunch of promotional CDs in a box and leave it in the hallway for us to pickover. I managed to pick up music from The Used
Rolling Rocks
According to commenters on the news site where this footage was posted, this particular stretch of road on route 129 in Tennessee is very curvy. But I don’t think that’s any excuse for this FAIL. If you’re coming around a sharp curve and “wondering what the heck the police and news crews are doing at that moment” your best bet would be to proceed with caution and slow down. Instead our driver notices the massive rock slide blocking the road only at the last minute, when it’s too late.
Or maybe he thought he was Luke Duke and could just jump the rocks with a good “Yee Haw!”
The Brick Podcast
Ah, ain’t the internets grand? Before now the world was lacking an audio version of the endless discussions that scroll on-and-on within the various brick message boards. No more! The Volvo Ninjas have been pumping out their audiotory observations for the past year to anyone with a pair of earbuds. Check ’em out!
No Lights, No Lanes
Fascinating video shot from a proto-dash cam in 1905 on Market Street, San Francisco. The chaotic mix of pedestrians, horses, trolleys and cars is pretty cool.
Traffic Cops in Pyongyang
I imagine that Drivers Ed in North Korea includes a section on interpreting the odd signals of the counter-clockwise turning traffic cops at some intersections in Pyongyamg. See the Flickr set.
BONUS: Nothing explains the moves of this dork in Rhode Island. At least Officer Johnson’s moves somewhat resemble traffic direction for a pedestrian intersection at University of Pennsylvania.
The Dodge Charger War of the Sexes
Hot off the heels of the ridiculous Dodge Charger Super Bowl ad, which depicts heterosexual relationships as a torturous, emasculating hell that can only be relieved by the loud burning of massive quantities of gasoline, comes this parody, depicting the oppressed women who have to deal with their poor Moparians:
“I will listen to Rush and tell you, yes, if there were a gold metal for air-drumming, you would win it.” Nice.
Via The Sexist
ZOMG! My Gas Pedal’s Stuck!
The aftermarket, one-size-fits-all floormats I got from the local Pep Boys last year didn’t quite work as planned. After a few weeks the driver side developed a fold that occasionally grabbed and held the gas pedal until I kicked it out of the way. I trimmed and re-shaped the rubber and everything has been fine since.
Not so for Toyota. What supposedly started as a problem with insecure floor mats on 3.6 million American cars has metastasized into a global recall of 6.5 million vehicles and has halted production of almost their entire line of cars.
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While there’s some humor in the “Toyotathon… of Death” title and segment on the Daily Show, the 2,100 reported accidents and 16 deaths isn’t funny.
I’ll be sure to use lots of lube
After waiting an excruciating 18 hours for my FCP Groton order, it finally arrived via UPS. Did I really just order these front wheel bearings yesterday afternoon?
Wait a sec… is the name on the box really the name of the company? FAG? WTF? Do they offer t-shirts with their logo?