Jalopnik: h20

S3 Driver Freaks Out, Goes on Rampage at Audi Gathering

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:11:51 EDT

DATELINE — Ocean City, Maryland. The apparent owner of a rare Audi S3 went batshit at the H20 gathering here, thrashing his Mexican-entry import on a nearby dirt track, before veering off the track, hitting a vendor's trailer and sideswiping a Jetta. He was finally cold-busted by Maryland state troopers after he reportedly blew a tire and hit an embankment. VW Vortex says the guy had come up from Texas and had been trying to sell his S3, which is possibly the only one in the US. No word on the car's registration status, considering it's a non-US model. But we do know this guy's going to regret his antics when he tries to find replacement parts. That is, if the S3 doesn't end up impounded. NOTE: video not safe for work, unless your boss thinks the f-bomb is sexy. [VW Vortex

Contents Under Pressure! Peugeot Water Dragster

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:56:37 EDT

The gang at Winding Road uncovered this clip of a water-pressure dragster in the guise of a Peugeot 206 CC. It's said the thing manages 15,000 lbs. of thrust by way of the same physics as that pump rocket mom said would kill the dog if it fell over when you were trying to launch it. This one would most definitely put out an eye, or keep your suits fresh.

Now That's Some High Quality H20 — Car Runs On Water!

Ray Wert — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:42:18 EDT

Our gadgety friends at Gizmodo tossed us this one — there's a company called Hydrogen Technologies, and they used distilled water in some kind of a chemical process to run a car. Here's the best part — it gets like 25 miles to the ounce! Someone's gotta get some protection over to these guys pronto before they get black helicopter-ed by ExxonMobil and the rest of Big Oil.

Prototype car runs 100 miles on four ounces of water as fuel [MobileMag via Gizmodo]