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I was with my 15-month old son, Otto, at the playground in Griffith Park the other day and saw something that reaffirmed my faith that maybe, just maybe, some of this current generation of kids will grow up appreciating cars the way I do. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5882822&view=rss&microfeed=true If your little brother loses a tooth, what's in it for you? The little dope gets sweet Tooth Fairy scratch and you're left holding the bag. Unless you decide to play dentist with a long string and a mini-motorcycle. More »
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A man in possession of the world's greatest license plate has lost his battle with the Virginia DMV, who ridiculously claim it encourages oral sex with kids instead of just cannibalism. Here's their predictably unfunny response to the funny plate. More »
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Take one minivan mom, one slightly evil kid, add in a police officer and shake well. More »
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Through the magic of technology, the 1986 Chrysler New Yorker could to talk to its driver. Similarly, the Speak & Spell children's learning toy could school you with a mechanized voice. This is what happens when you put them together. More »
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"Daddy, what's that?" "That's an airplane, son. You want to tell it what to do?" "Yay!" That's it. We're never getting on a plane again. [MSNBC] More »
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Wait — "may?" You mean... they can do this... now? More »
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British driver and terrible person Kerry Callard is facing prosecution after this video surfaced on YouTube, showing her purposely driving through a huge puddle and drenching kids waiting at a bus stop while her passenger provides excited commentary. More »
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The reveal for the Volkswagen Bluesport included the vehicle surrounded by back-flipping breakdancers. And then, like a scene from The Wall, came the kids. More »
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With the drive to push children to define their life goals while still infants, we think the direction this kid is being pushed by his helicopter parents is at least as awesome as the future mapped out for the Powerwheels kid. This little tyke looks to be a bit younger, but possessing parking skills any urbanite would envy. Give him a couple years and he'll be doing donuts into parking spaces and pulling stoppies with Bobcats. [Metacafe] More »
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Our experience with the ad-hoc Adventures in Branding series have been so positive that we've decided to rebrand the whole idea. Henceforth, "Auto Branding Adventures." Look for it, and away we go. Unless you're a kid whose father is a pretentious Ferrari owner, there's no reason to own a toy like this one. Ferrari has decided to go really, really green with this Ferrari pedal car by ditching gasoline and the motor entirely for good old fashion human power. Obviously, Ferrari cut no corners during production. More »
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Remember when you first started forming opinions about cars? When you were just worldly enough to be dangerous? We remember thinking we were absolute geniuses when we decided attaching generators to all the turning shafts of a car would create a self sustaining electric car. Or when we thought more spoilers meant higher speeds (some never get over that one). Well Cracked has amusingly recaptured that moment in time with a piece titled "Automobile Facts, By Kevin D. (Age 7)" and we admire their ability to adopt that imagination which made being a child car dork fun. More »
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Today's moms don't subscribe to the same, tired prestige products to which their moms did. They go for crossovers over minivans, Dexedrine over cocaine and custom made over off-the-rack. For their kids' strollers, a snooty Peg-Perego or McLaren simply will not do. For these moms, there's the Roddler. It combines traditional hot-rodding tropes like over-the-hub fenders and pearlescent paint with a monocoque chassis and up-class materials like ostritch, stingray, alligator and alcantara, which despite its latinate appearance, is not a member of the animal kingdom. Buyers can customize their Roddlers with pinstripes and AV gear like a DVD player and iPod dock. The Roddler starts at $2,500 [Kid Kustoms via Serious Wheels] More »
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Not content to let the Australians beat us in the category of "worst parents," an Oregon man was arrested yesterday for locking two of his kids in his car's trunk for the family vacation. The small car he was driving didn't have room for himself, his fiancee and his four kids so he did the reasonable thing and stowed two away in the back. We say reasonable because taking two cars would be horrible for the environment and letting them ride in their siblings' laps would be uncomfortable. Of course, if dad had just rented a Family Truckster he could have avoided being charged with two counts of reckless endangerment. "Spring Break 2007, WHOOO!" – Matt Hardigree More »
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The radio was touting it all week in the ads. You knew it had to happen, but wow there were munchkins everywhere around the full-sized versions of Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen. I think one of them may have tried to chew through my leg to get around me. Sadly, I wasn't able to catch the flash mob that almost cost me an appendage (would you be taking pics or fighting them off?), so you'll have to settle for these relatively tame specimens. When reached for comment on the day, McQueen only managed to belch a whiskey tainted "I USED TO BE A STAR!" through his grill before passing out in a puddle of his own oil. The plight of the one-hit wonder strikes again. One more picture after the jump. – Ben Wojdyla More »
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Since today is Friday, and folks are looking to hit the road on a gorgeous summer day, here's something for all of your vacationers. So no, that's not the formula for determination of FoMoCo's sales or how much money DaimlerChrysler's spent on the "Dr Z" ad campaign. Rather, it's a formula created by the folks at Leapfrog, the interactive kiddie porn education software/hardware company. Devised by one of the company's well travelled management consultants, who's raising two sets of twins, the formula combines key travel factors, personal experience and expertise to equate the following: More »
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BMW launched a new version of its 6-Series convertible that's, er, a bit smaller than the current model. The new version offers a reductive take on the 2006 6-Series, including a single forward gear plus reverse, a hand brake and foot brake, and "real" electric horn. Two powerplants are offered, including an electric motor — with indicator light and 90-minute range — with a top speed of two to five miles per hour (faster downhill), or a more economical leg-powered pedal-drive version. An assortment of signs and cones are available, with which which drivers can make and enforce their own traffic laws. The new model carries an MSRP of $425 for the electric-powered version and $250 for pedal-drive. No word on the release of an M version. (Purchase details at www.bmw-online.com.) More »
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