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down on the street bonus edition

Cooperstown Flxible-Volvo-Sears Combo Covers All Possible Road-Trip Needs

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than Island That Rust Forgot. Today we're going to upstate New York, where OtsegoNY shot this amazing three-fer-one combo in Cooperstown. We've got a vintage Flxible transit bus, a Volvo 544 painted to match, and a Sears Allstate motorcycle, all in one glorious drivin' unit! Make the jump to read OtsegoNY's description.


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4:00 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,524 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: @morrisseyscoot: You sure that's not a Bridgestone? I thought it was the Bridgestones that were badged as Sears bikes and sold in the catalog. more »

novelties

Russell Simmons Hits SoHo: Maybach Owner, Obama Supporter

One of our New York City tipsters and regular friend of the site, was minding his own business, strolling down Broadway, when he came across a rather imposing Maybach surrounded by rather imposing bodyguards. Our hero was eventually shooed away by one particularly massive fellow, but not before he confirmed it was the carriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Elbowing his way back in momentarily, he managed to take a photo of the rear — seems Mr. Simmons isn't afraid to declare his love of Obama by way of bumper sticker. Is that even legal on a Maybach?

1:40 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,741 views, 84 comments

Latest by Shapeshifter: @EMPM, Esq.: I think if you're reduced to saying "He's still just a politician!" you've found about the best politician you're ever going to find. @bozoerrebbe: I'm not that rich, and i'm not technically a "liberal" (though i've had my hat in that more »

novelties

It's Like A Three Stooges Bit, But With Cars

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novelties

New NYC Taxi System's Still Ironing Out Bugs

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retro

Vintage Trailers Brought Back To Life At Former Air Force Base

Having lived in the notorious Irvine Meadows West trailer park, which was all about Project Trailer Hell vintage tin, I can state that Airstreams pretty much suck for any sort of extended habitation. The cylindrical shape means that the interiors are cramped and storage areas are unusable. However, they sure look cool, and they're great for road trips. UDMan has discovered an operation in New York that restores old Airstreams- and other vintage trailers- on a former Air Force base. Make the jump to see all the photos and read UDMan's description.

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2:00 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,679 views, 37 comments

Latest by CeRuLeaNBLu(oNPoLaЯWaTCH): @UDMan: Positive vibes for you today, cool. I can say it's an improvement from a thread last week that will remain nameless. Thank you for adding quality content to Jalopnik, helping it to become more like your own expectations. more »

news

Bloomberg Creates "No-Car Zone" In Manhattan, Reveals Anti-Auto War Of Aggression

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has announced a plan to create a car-free zone along a 6.9-mile stretch of Manhattan streets on three Saturdays during the month of August. The experimental initiative, which the Mayor has dubbed "Summer Streets," stretches from 72nd street, taking a jog over to Fourth Avenue at 14th St., crossing over to Lafayette and stopping just shy of the Brooklyn Bridge. This anti-American anti-auto experiment is like a grenade signifying Mike's true intentions — an all-out full-frontal car assault. More »

5:20 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,822 views, 58 comments

Latest by n/a: Apparently, from the picture, Bloomberg has also created a "no-chin zone" just south of his face. more »

news

Bank Robber Gets The Disguise Part Right, But Getaway Civic's Rare Color Leads To Arrest

It seems that Honda sprayed half its early CRXs white, but not many regular Civics got that color, especially not by the late 80s. The rarity of white fourth-gen Civics proved to be the undoing of Thomas Kenney, the Lawn Guyland resident known to police as the "Bad Hatter." Mr. Kenney wore some great hats during his robberies, and he even thought to bandage his fingertips to avoid leaving prints... but DNA traces on a dropped bandage and the rarity of white '89 Civics with no hubcaps unraveled his criminal master plan, and now he'll be stamping out license plates for brand-new Civics for the foreseeable future. [Newsday]

8:30 AM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,972 views, 33 comments

Latest by mariospants: 13 banks x 20 years (max) behind bars... this guy was apparently stealing to fund his kid's college education habit. He's not gonna see him graduate, he's not gonna see him get married, he's not gonna see his first grandkid more »

2008 dodge grand caravan

NYT Automobiles Gives Chrysler Minivans A Seemingly Unnecessary Smack-Down

We don't know if New York Times Automobiles writer Christopher Jensen's got kids, but if he had them, he'd know that handling is not really the most important requirement for a minivan. More important is the need — which he admits in his smack-down this weekend on the new minivans from Chryslerberus almost reluctantly — to pacify children to the point of "superstupor" (Yes C.J., we do like that one and may use it as often as is possible). But to levy charges of inadequacy against the new 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan and the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country simply because the handling is merely "average" misses the point. No self-respecting driver's driver would ever be caught dead driving one of these, or any other people hauler down the road. No amount of fine-tuning, mechanics or changes in structural rigidity's going to make a minivan with this level of options (and weight) fun to drive. More »

7:00 AM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Ray Wert
1,137 views, 34 comments

Latest by turbo1168: @russell_s: If it's burning oil, it's a 3.0l (read: Mitsubishi). If it's rattling like an old Detroit, it's a 2.5l (or 2.2l in the older vans). Valve stem seals can cure the 3.0l, providing anyone wants to maintain their vehicle. Personally, more »

movies

Tim Robbins Really Doesn't Like Car Alarms

Let's say you're Tim Robbins for a minute (we know, only in your dreams), and in your latest movie play a guy living in New York City whose wife plays the cello and a car alarm goes off. That would be enough to make you spin out and become a bizarre anti-car alarm vigilante calling himself the "Rectifier," right? Well, maybe not. But that's the premise of a new movie called "Noise" (why not "The Rectifier"). If you're frustrated by the agonies of the occasional car alarm and find yourself fantasizing about vandalizing unattended cars whose alarms are going off, this movie has your name written all over it. Make the jump for a nice little preview. More »

2:00 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,462 views, 32 comments

Latest by MrEvil: Damn, I want to see this movie. I've long wished I could destroy cars with alarms because they DO in fact go off more often by accident than they do when actually being stolen. Ask anyone in Houston whose had more »

novelties

Artists Cover Abandoned Gas Station With Fabric Panels

At 2301 E. Colvin Street in Syracuse, New York, a once defunct gas station has been covered in colorful fabric panels by the International Fiber Collaborative. Why? Um, to draw attention to the problem of 1700 abandoned gas stations. That's a problem? Aren't there something like 150,000 gas stations in the US? Anyway, Jennifer Marsh is the visual artist behind this whole thing and was the collector of the thousands of unique panels made around the world that came together to cover the station. If you're in the Syracuse area over the next couple of months, swing by and, uh, look at it for a second? [International Fiber Collaborative via Treehugger]

1:20 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,156 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: Check out the article about the gas station and its artist here: [www.syracuse.com] It's actually a pretty sweet project. The artist, Jenn Marsh, did this as a part of her World Reclamation Art Project (WRAP) which is her senior project in more »

forecast

Pontiac Asks: What's in a Name?

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question of the day

What Would You Be Driven In If You Were Pope?

Taking a gander at what the Pope was taken for a ride in this morning got us to thinking. Especially knowing what the main man from the Vatican takes out on parade days, we're interested to know what luxe ride you'd like to be taking down 1st Avenue in New York today. If you were the Pope, and rocking the white robes, what car would you prefer to be driven in? Would it be the bubble-top Popemobile of old, something more German military industrial complex, or something else?

12:30 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Ray Wert
2,204 views, 124 comments

Latest by thatguy01: @gregsapphire: Do you mean a Barabbas Maybach? more »

pope in new york

The Pope Travels In Cadillac Style

We'd heard the Pope was riding in Popemobile-style yesterday in Washington, DC so we were pretty excited to see it in person. That's right, we were able to witness his New York vehicle of choice firsthand from the 14th floor of Tudor City, right across from the front door of the United Nations. And although we're unsure the Pope knows he shut down the entire East side of Manhattan including all of 1st Avenue, one thing the Pope apparently does know is that the only way to travel — is Cadillac Style. That's right, Cadillac, Cadillac, Cadillac Style.

And yes, that white blotch is in fact, Pope Benedict XVI.

11:30 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Ray Wert
4,060 views, 83 comments

Latest by rovingardener: @SpeedWagon: So Al Jourgensen is a commenter here? Ministry fits! more »

news

NYC Congestion Charge Sputters And Dies, Your Cab Still Stuck In Traffic

We've told you before about New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg's proposal to charge New York drivers eight bucks to enter Manhattan during the day, a proposal that was carefully researched, drafted, approved of by Bloomberg, and then buck-passed to Albany, which people are always surprised to hear is the official capital of New York. Well, it seems the folks in Albany handled the controversial proposal with the courage and vision you might expect: they allowed the voting deadline to pass without touching it — Now, the city's out $354 million in federal funds intended to help get the plan rolling. More »

6:57 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By John Krewson
1,326 views, 33 comments

Latest by wheels OF satan!: @FreeMan: yea freeman, i already took your advice! i lived in amerika for 40 years... then moved to sydney... they got trains! they got bikeways! gas is $6 a gallon! so fat dum-ass SUV drivers are paying for their gluttony! and they are talking about more »

novelties

NY Times Profiles Vagina-Equipped DeLorean Owner

Cue the sirens! This just in! There are female DeLorean owners out there and now there is officially proof because The New York Times decided to profile one Lauren J. Reilly, the owner of a completely stock 1981 DeLorean DMC-12. The 31-year-old advertising firm producer lives in Midtown Manhattan and milks the car for all the attention she can get from tourists and jaded onlookers. Reilly described owning a DeLorean as "5 percent being a rock star," which is debatably accurate. The design enthusiast decided on the DeLorean as a birthday present for herself after doing lots of research prior to buying a hers on eBay. Unfortunately the near legendary French V6 is performing exactly as the stereotype would suggest More »

4:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Travis Hudson
5,481 views, 79 comments

Latest by dominetta_vitali: *real* women pose in the driver's seat. sprawling out on the hood just screams "look at me, i'm a slutty attention whore who has no appreciation for rare automobiles!" not impressed. more »

news

NYC Congestion Charge Moves Forward, Your Cab Still Standing Still

The New York City council has just approved the plan to charge up to an $8 fee to enter sections of Manhattan south of 60th Avenue. The plan was passed as a "home rules message" — sort of a plan to have a plan system which tells the state Senate Legislature to pass a bill a certain way. Whatever, that's just New Yorkers making things overly complicated. Let's just say the possibility has been raised that sometime in the near future, driving in Midtown will feel more like traffic and less like a seething hell of cabs and anger. [NYTimes via WorldCarFans]

12:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
931 views, 35 comments

Latest by nygenxer: Um...60th Avenue? more »

news

New Yorkers Looking To Tech To Cut Down On Cabbie Honking

If you've ever been to New York you likely know that cabbies can be pretty big d-bags when it comes to using the horn, honking at damn near anything, now people are finally taking a stand. A new proposal is looking to modify taxi cabs so the vehicle will be visually identified when honking. It's illegal to honk a horn in New York except in cases of imminent danger, but an officer has to physically see a horn being honked to issue a ticket. This new proposal would make seeing a horn honking a lot easier. More »

5:30 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Travis Hudson
987 views, 25 comments

Latest by skyln95: my trips to new york that it really is like you see on tv with the horns. every time me and my sis walked by a jam w/ cars honking their horns we'd always wonder what the point is. it more »

new york auto show

Garage419 Walks The Floor Of The NY Auto Show, Makes Copious Phallus References

Here's some video of the folks at Garage419 doing, basically, what we all do at an auto show (i.e. walking around and talking about what we like/don't like). This time they're at the New York Auto Show dishing about the 2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe, Mini Cooper JCW Challenge and bamboo booth accents. [Garage419]

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2:15 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Matt Hardigree
356 views, 6 comments

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