Jalopnik: Creepy

Want A Creepy Hand For Your Shifter? Instructables Can Help

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Instructables is a great place to go seeking inspiration for your latest idea or just burning a lot of spare time. But this particular Instructable has that perfect mix of novelty, ease and creepiness. "Surrealist Human Hand Stick Shifter" is an eight-step project which uses simple mold-making and silicone to cast a replica human hand suitable for replacing that tacky old eight-ball shifter. May we be the first to venture a "GAH!" and to also point out that this idea could be perversely repurposed in any number of successively terrible ways.

Ford Succeeds In Giving Us Nightmares With New Ka Spot

Travis Hudson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:40:00 EDT

We understand the Ford Ka is a roomy vehicle. Hell, it's even big enough for James Bond and many Bond girls, but the means this Spanish commercial goes to in order to express that notion is going to cause us to have some serious trouble sleeping tonight. The first one to identify what the hell those creatures are gets a cookie. [Neatorama]

Spiders! Volkswagen Squareback Hosts Legfest

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:06:30 EDT

Think about it. An open sore of rust on a Volkswagen squareback is the perfect home for our tiny, ground-dwelling friends. It's got it all: shelter, warmth, microorganisms to snack on. From there, breeding is a cinch, especially if your egg sacs hold a few hundred offspring. Of course, for the squareback's owner, stumbling upon the extent of such homesteading is a jarring experience. Like having seltzer water injected under your skin, we'd say. Click through for a close-up. – Mike Spinelli

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