Jalopnik: 08 woodward dream cruise

Even Chihuahuas Join In On The Woodward Dream Cruise Fun

Ben Wojdyla — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

This is blindingly idiotic. It's a little hat-wearing chihuahua "driving" a Volkswagen Buggy RC car alongside the Woodward Dream Cruise. This fella could be the mascot for the Cruise — an event where you see the best of the best, the worst of the worst and everything in between in car culture. By the way, the dog's name is Peanut and he's actually moving faster than the mess of traffic that's currently Woodward Avenue.

Follow the fun at our Woodward Dream Cruise tag for all of our coverage of the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, the largest one-day automotive event in the world!

Corvette ZR1 Police Car Will Kick The Corvette Z06 Police Car's Ass

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

We thought the Corvette Z06 cop car the Royal Oak PD is sporting for the Woodward Dream Cruise was impressive. But now they're rolling out the bigger guns with a Corvette ZR1 police car. The cop driving this 'Vette is exactly 26.3% more bad-ass than the Johnny Law in that weak-sauce Z06. Now you hooligans have to roll out some real hardware to even think about keeping up with the boys in blue, much less escaping in the blistering 3 MPH speeds seen at the Dream Cruise. And yes, we were getting the shakes: There were no fresh ZR1 stories for like, 37 seconds.

The Woodward Dream Cruise Song: So Bad, It's Good

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:45:00 EDT

We're going to go ahead and apologize in advance for this one. We're really sorry, but we are driven by a perverse, schadenfreude-like desire to share what we have seen and heard — the Woodward Dream Cruise song. How about a game? Hit play and see how long you last, then make the jump to share in the misery.

Let's see, it's got hipsters, awesome writing, hipsters, brilliant composing, and hipsters — what could go wrong with this? Nothing, that's what. And by nothing we mean everything. If we catch this tune floating through the air while strolling down Woodward on August 16th, we may go into spasms. What are your thoughts? [Youtube]