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What's a gearhead pet to do on Halloween? There are plenty of choices for people (our favorite being Human Tire Barrier), but it's a little harder for our pets. That is unless you're extremely clever and can turn some cardboard boxes into a TANK DOG. More »
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Every Halloween the streets fill with tiny Supermen, Batmen, Green Lanterns (not many Aquamen). There are some superheroes you must avoid. Can they fight bad guys? They can't even drive to where the bad guys are. More »
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With Halloween upon us, DriverSide.com dug through America's most frightening horror movies for the eight best vehicles for scares from zombies, ghosts and Kurt Russell. —Ed. More »
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What good is a 1,200-lb. pumpkin for, anyway? These Utah folk decided the best use of their engorged gourd was a roof strength test on a Pontiac 6000. Ignominy, thy name is covered in airborne pumpkin chunks. More »
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18-year-old James Miller, of Cincinnati was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving. Convenient for the officer as Miller had brought his own breathalyzer in the form of his Halloween costume. "Blow here" indeed. Oh, the irony. [NBC4] More »
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As you know, I like building dumb projects using junkyard parts, particularly when they're all about safety! This tale of building your very own Skull Brake Lights has more than the usual twists and turns, so buckle up! More »
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You do know that this is probably the coolest four-wheeled Halloween costume ever. We'd totally give this dude one of those extra-large Snickers bars. More »
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You could be forgiven for thinking New Year's Eve is the most dangerous driving holiday, but you're wrong. Based on NHTSA data, New Year's Eve is actually the fifth most dangerous holiday for driving. The deadliest? Thanksgiving Day. The reason? More »
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What comes to mind when you think of the color orange? No, besides pumpkins. That's right, the Dodge Challenger! Now, you can combine the two and make a Challenger-o-lantern, just in time for Halloween. We know, the example provided by Dodge doesn't exactly show off their pumpkin chopping skills, but they've at least included a stencil for you to try it yourself. For you truck guys, there's even a 2009 Dodge Ram stencil.
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We're headed to San Diego to attend the mighty Rocket From the Crypt's farewell show on Halloween, but if say, the ghost of Eazy as he appeared in that Bone Thugs N Harmony video invited us to his All Hallow's Eve shindig, we'd for sure bring this pumpkin along with us. Rollin' on roughly 28" wheels if we're goin' by scale, this Whip O' Lantern features candy copper over black 'flake, a limo-style boomerang antenna, some sort of Yukon Denali-style grille and hydraulics so sick that the thing doesn't just lay frame, it actually lifts the dubs right off the damn ground. We think somebody just gave Funkmaster Flex a new idea. More »
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