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New York Times Talks About Burnouts
One would think that a guy with a last name like his would have a slightly tighter grip on automotive reality. But in writing about Tire Tracks a documentary meditation on Stonington, ME's burnout junkies, the NYT's David Carr makes a play for highbrow cred drops a Willem DeKooning ref after asserting that the activity is, "accompanied by enough noise that it can make a Nascar race sound like a chamber concert," leaving us to wonder if he has any idea that NASCAR is in fact an acronym, and that a stock car race is generally louder than a dude tossing burnouts out the back of his Flows-and-Ed-le-brock-equipped Silverado. Unless said dude's Silverado happens to be running a Pro Mod motor. Also, we wonder if Carr's aware of the West Coast work of Guy Overfelt. Further proof that the New York Times is to cars as Dubya is to black people. [Thanks to Pas for the tip.] More »
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Death to the K Car! Woman Saws Aries in Half
Oh, the poor, maligned K Car. Long the butt of jokes, you nevertheless helped save Chrysler's bacon at a time when it was in mortal danger. And what respect are you paid? You're chopped in half in under a minute by a 22-year-old woman wielding a reciprocating saw. Kelly Breton took just 58.76 seconds to separate the vehicle's front from its rear at industrial tool supplier N.H. Bragg's open house in Bangor, ME. We have no idea if she ate cake afterward. [Thanks to prplhaze for the tip] More »
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Time to Heist the Donuts: Maine Man Steals Dunks Truck
Oh to be young, dumb and full of Coors Light again. Brandon Cote of South Portland saw an opportunity while inebriated and took it: an unattended Dunkin' Donuts delivery van with the keys tantalizingly left in the ignition. Roughly three hours later, he was spotted speeding, and the po-po — fiercely protective of donut shop owners everywhere — took off in a 50mph pursuit, nabbing the 18-year-old when he ditched the vehicle and ran. Tipster TexansAreHot is hoping the truck is one of the coffee-and-donut-box-shaped machines pictured above. And well, frankly, we hope so, too. That almost makes the crime worth the time. More »
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