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Honda has put its 4,255-acre Mojave Desert proving grounds up for sale, complete with 7.5-mile oval, 4.5-mile road course and support buildings. Buy it and you can show off your motorcycle hooning skills to the desert rabbits. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5733721&view=rss&microfeed=true If you ever wondered how Volkswagen tested its vehicles for durability, here's a list of activities: Speed bumps, parking abutments, shrubbery, angry women, sledgehammers and an Austro-Cajun two-beat with a accordion chaser. But do not stop watching before the jump test (vans away!) and barrel slam. This gives us so many good ideas for the Jalopnik obstacle course. [Thanks to eltonito for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli More »
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