Test Drive Unlimited 2: Customize People, Not Cars

With the approach of arcade racing game Test Drive Unlmited 2 comes this video hawking the game's "customization" mode, which appears completely focused on turning you into a trend-obsessed wealthy Eurotrash wannabe jagoff. It gets worse. There's clothes shopping...

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Auto Bandage Magnet: Tacky Or Not?

bandaid.jpgDealing with minor body damage is an inevitable part of being a car owner. That mom with the stray shopping cart, or careless car-door-opener can put a ding in our body and your heart, but the car bandage magnet is a cute way to remedy those problems, at least if you're a 14-year-old girl, or an adult woman who thinks…

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BMW iDrive Is Getting More "Updates"

googbmwcd.pngBMW's unholy technological tour-de-force iDrive continues to get additional impressive features. This time around, iDrive is going super-customizable with unique screensavers, backgrounds, sound effects. Of particular interest, via iDrive users will now be able to make performance tweaks like adjusting engine boost…

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The Link Between Cars, Web 2.0: Hood Stickers!

infectious_shot1.pngWe usually save all of the Web 2.0 shenanigans for our brethren at Valleywag, but this was too ridiculous to not include. One of the founders of Twitter has gone off an launched Infectious. Infectious is a company that designs and sells vinyl car stickers. Just what was needed!

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What's Up With The Japanese Scooter Tuner Crowd?

scooter_8-top.jpgJapan rightly sits near the top of the world's strange automotive trend setters. What is cool in the United States now is so two years ago for our pals over in the land of the rising sun, so it pains us to speculate that overly gaudy tuner scooters will be the next big trend over here. Hell, people are already

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Scion Speak, Because Kids These Days Think Graffiti Is Groovy

scion-crest.jpgScion Speak is a new online custom graphics generator from the company that brought you the Hako. Don't think the factory dubs and the chrome skull gear lever are custom accoutrement enough? Now you can create free semi-custom coats of arms from a selection of hundreds of graffiti artist designed templates. Once you're …

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"Spitzer" My Ride Decks Out El Camino With Propane Grill

What is a Maximum El Camino Day without a scene from everyone's favorite car customization show? This episode from season five has the gang from Galpin Auto Sports converting an El Camino into a tailgating machine complete with a propane grill and condiment dispenser. Yes, propane.

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