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Detroit, 1:28 AM
Tue Nov 10
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#10 (Russia)- @ 1: 00; in soviet russia, space-time rifts you!
1:22; is it a comical backfire as punctuation, or a taillight suicide?
#2 (Romania): Cocaine is a hell of a drug. It convinces you to pass a whacko even though you could see his reflection in the sideview mirror @1: 40
09/21/09
The other side of #10 is no more illuminating.
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i'm going out on a limb, but I'm thinking that E-class in #7 is a lease.
Photo #10 is almost a photo commentary, but I'm not sure what it's saying.
Gotta say, #5 is the most confusing of the bunch.
09/15/09
/she'd still have the same disinterested stare...
09/16/09
09/09/09
Thusly, my critique:
#1: It looks like Watson has at last found his niche in life. Amusing as hell, but a little shy of meme tie in.
#2: Such a shot of Heidi Montag is always a win, but otherwise, not much car-related.
#3: Just....no. I never wanted to see Ferrari guy again.
#4: Major kudos for the amount of effort that went into thinking that up and creating it. That is far and away one of the best.
#5: I suppose it really had to happen, didn't it? Not much directly car- or Jalopnik-related, but Obama is now indirectly related to the automotive world, whether we like it or not. Superb use of subtlety to make a point.
#6: That was a lot of Jalopnik memes crammed into one picture. I am reminded of looking at a "Where's Waldo" book as a child, only in this case trying to spot the most relevant meme.
#7: No. I don't know what the background context on that is, and I don't really want to.
#8: Clever parallel, but I would have gone with a shot of Pearl Harbor instead.
#9: He does look like a Harvard kid, doesn't he?
#10: Quite possibly the closest competition for #4. This one was great. It combines a new internet meme with a one of the most revered movie classics in all of Jalopland, and does so on several levels. I liked this one. A lot.
Let's face it, regardless of what our opinions of Heidi Montag actually are, she is hot. #10 really was great, and I love Back to the Future. But in the end, as much as it kills me to deny any BTF reference, I have to give my nod to #4. It was just so much effort and so many memes that were so perfectly choreographed that I can't help but give it a standing applause.
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The simple truth is that of the three, Ferrari Guy is simply the king. He's just full of so much fail that he actually wins. He also scares the hell out of me.
08/27/09
Also, at 1:48 Paolo Pininfarina describes the rear "that is containing two exhaust pipes and a central pipe"... which can only be FOR DRAGON USAGE!
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08/23/09
They still sell most of these fucking things.
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07/31/09
#2. Slide the seat in position, leave it the fuck alone. Done.
#3. Is there water? If yes-turn the wipers on, if no-leave it the fuck alone. (same for darkness)
#4. I would like to stab the person who thought of this, reach to the seat belt and bring it to the buckle. EASY
#5. This is stupid, roll the fucking windows down.
#6. Push-button ignition is cooler, stop making the keyfob bigger.
#7. I want to see the little red needle zoom past the numbers, leave it alone.
#8. Get rid of your stupid SUV, buy a sedan, and turn the fuck around.
#9. Power on and power off, learn your car and stop being lazy.
#10. Gas/Electric hybrid is just a band-aid. Make better use with technology.
#11. Take the time and learn to parallel park, its easy. Stop being lazy.
#12. Learn how to use your cruise control (you know, the buttons that say accelerate and decelerate). Stop hitting your brakes.
#13. Your auto-slushbox still won't get it spot on as you could if you know how to drive your car.
#14. This isn't WRC, stop being silly.
#15. Never fucking works right, Cool/Hot - Fan Control - Floor/Face/defrost mix works.
#16. Driving is feeling the car. It becomes an extension of yourself. There is a reason why you can't stay on the road in Forza 3 like you can in the real world.
#17. Map your route, learn your area, stop being a dick.
#18. Active noise canceling is annoying, sound dampening material can help quiet things easy.
#19. Making things overly complicated makes more things that can go wrong.
#20. Is it really that hard? really? The stupid button is two feet from you. I can hit buttons on my dash without looking at them, can you?
#21. Motorcycles are everywhere, look twice and don't be lazy.
#22. If your bazillion candlewatt xenons are still not enough, stop blinding the fuck out of everyone else and see a doctor.
#23. Having a handle that is wired to a brake makes me feel good. Keep it simple.
#24. Pull the fuck over and sleep at the rest stop. Its your fault that you have been at Mohegan Sun all night playing hold'em. Take this time to come up with a story to tell your wife.
#25. Eyes...white lines...simple. If you can't do this, you are going to run some poor kid down in the crosswalk. I don't care if your mom needs this, tell her to get her old ass off the road.
#26. READ A BOOK, READ A BOOK, READ A MOTHERFUCKING BOOK.
END.
(ps- your replay means nothing to me, don't bother.
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1. I drove from Boston to New Orleans with a quick google map and a couple state maps EASY. Although, my advantage is that I grew up in a big city.
2. Driving courses should be more in-depth, like learning how to brake in an emergency. Training for a racing license helped me with this.
3. I do agree about memory settings making it easier for multiple drivers, but it is no problem switching between me (6'2") and my wife (5'7") without power seats.
07/30/09