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Now That's What We Call Going to the Matresses

From loyal reader and Chicago-area superstar Joe, we have the pic above to point and laugh at. We'll let Joe spin the tale:
I was cruising down the highway at 70 mph and spotted this genius display of human ingenuity on how to carry cargo. The best part is the aero cargo box on top of the four mattresses; and all items being held down by a blue tarp and single piece of rope while dangling perilously off the back of the Toyota station wagon —or at least I think it's a Toyota wagon.
Adding to the fun, Joe ran the pic by his buddies at The Chicago Garage, who engaged in a little caption contest. We think you'll appreciate some of the entries in poll form, and feel free to add your own. Remember kids, rope is the loser's way out. Duct tape is the way to restrain beds to car roofs! More »

3:30 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,479 views, 46 comments

Latest by Piloter: I keep telling people 'never underestimate the cargo capacity of a Corolla', but I've never thought of applying that phrase to the exterior. When you consider that the biggest-engined variant had slightly over 100 horsepower while new in sedan trim and more »

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Texas Freeways!

Oh, the joys of the World Wide Web. CTE sent us a link to a photo of guys laying astroturf on a median in Texas somewhere around 1971. From there, we ended up finding TexasFreeway.com, which touts itself as "Your public library for Texas freeway history." Having lived most of our time in California, the freeways in Tejas took some getting used to during our ill-fated Austin Adventure. But many of them do have their own special charm to them. The above photograph of Highway 183 was taken not far from our old residence. In fact, we can distinctly recall stumbling down that particular stretch of median nursing a bad heartache with a bottle of worse MD 20/20. No, we are not proud. – Davey G. Johnson More »

5:30 PM on Wed Jan 3 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
404 views, 14 comments

Latest by YellowDucati: For the record I knew that it was 183. I was asking if it reminded Davey of I-35. I have to say. The weird highways are much better than most others. I-45 from Houston to Dallas could not be more »

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Texas to Raise I-10 Speed Limit?

Interesting things about I-10 in West Texas: Exit 420 is Baker Road. The Super 8 in Ozona — a town in which we were vaguely threatened by inbred, meth-addled freaks while driving the So-Cal Speed Shop's Plymouth Prowler to Houston — has the nicest Super 8 Motel the world may ever see. And well, that's about it. Otherwise, the stretch of interstate between San Antonio and El Paso has little to recommend it. We should know — we've driven it four stultifyingly boring times. But that boredom's about to pass a little more quickly, as it seems as if the Lone Star State (we'll see you in July!) is about to raise the speed limit on that desolate stretch to 80mph. [Note to Texan readers, yes, we know Woman Hollering Creek is on the east side of San Antonio, but we couldn't not post it.] More »

7:00 PM on Wed May 17 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
479 views, 2 comments

Latest by TexansAreHot: Everyone pretty much drives at least 80 on that stretch of road anyway to get it over with as quick as possible. Or at least everyone I know does. more »