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You Missed The Chance To Own A 1993 Ford Pirate Ship
If you live in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and have a 1993 Ford Explorer with 249,911 miles on it, the only reasonable thing to do is convert it into a pirate ship. That solid logic coupled with the lure of cash-money from a Halloween costume contest led its creators to build this masterpiece. We were heartbroken to see this swashbuckling creation went for only $499, it would have made a wonderful Jalopnik staff car for our New York division. The only problem would have been the inevitable Ninja attacks. The very capitalized eBay advert we copied below is a study in surrealist writing.
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When Black Friday Comes...
Rather than throw elbows in a deal-frenzied crowd of Christmas shoppers on Black Friday last week, I accompanied Black Metal V8olvo crew chief Hellhammer on a parts-car-obtainment mission down to Santa Cruz. Highway 17 was full of shoppers, however, and I spotted this Buick Skylark convertible hauling a huge LCD television and maintaining a pretty decent clip. Note the added safety provided by the dual bungee cords, hooked into the highway-speed-rated cardboard handles. What could possibly go wrong?
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Thirty Vehicular "You're Doing It Wrong" Moments
Now that everyone is familiar with the glorious art of automotive FAIL, it's time to introduce FAIL's kissing cousin to the automotive world: The "You're doing it wrong" internet meme. Let the good times roll below the jump.
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12:00 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
By Andrew Didorosi
14,105 views, 94 commentsMost discussed Lestat: I love the 2 cars in the toll booth in NY... go figure that one. Then there is the wonderful woman more »
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Amazing Tilt-Shift Video From Monster Truck Rally
Tilt-shift photography can be used for many things, but one of the more interesting is a technique used to trick the mind into thinking very large things are very small. Tilt-shift takes advantage of our familiarity with very close up images of small things, where the object of interest is in focus, but everything else is progressively blurred. Keith Loutit has applied this technique in video form to an indoor monster truck rally and demolition derby event with stunning and awesome results. The full video below in huge format for your viewing pleasure.
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Nissan GT-R Toolbox, Just In Time For Godzillamas
What do you get for the Nissan GT-R owner that has everything except a Snap-On toolbox customized with an image of their car printed on the side of it? A Snap-On toolbox customized with an image of their car printed on the side of it. We just got the flyer from Nissan advertising this toolbox, which proclaims the ten-drawer, double-bank drawers are being offered exclusively to GT-R owners, much to the disappointment of Nissan Rogue and Titan owners. There's no word on the cost for this accessory, but we'd guess it'll come in somewhere around the price of the Nissan Versa 1.6S. Oh, and using it will probably void your warranty. Features list and flyers below the jump.
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Being An Engineer At Honda Must Be Nice
Speaking as someone who has done it, being an engineer for any of the not-so-Big Three is something of a soul-crushing endeavor. Deadlines are always too aggressive, budgets are always too small, management never grasps the true complexities of a system, and you inevitably have to deal with totally incompetent suppliers who over promise and under perform. It's a delightful job. That kind of experience makes the open letter from a Honda employee that arrived at the offices of BoingBoing seem like working there is some kind of magical fantasy-land of happy rainbows and pony rides. More » -
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Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
The brilliance of Wikipedia is vigorous peer review on even the most minute detail and completely humorless administrators. That genius produces a fairly reliable and constantly evolving public encyclopedia. Unfortunately, it also manages to kill some absolutely brilliant fiction in favor of maintaining the "truth" about past events. Take for instance the origins of the Michelin Man, an advertising icon almost as old as the tire company it represents. In the real world Bibendum, the actual name of the character, was created by an artist specifically for advertising purposes. In Wikipedia's revisionist record, the origins of the Michelin Man show the murderous past of an out of control robot on a rampage. More » -
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Twenty-Nine Automotive Fails
Hey Diggers! Welcome to Jalopnik, the blog with a silly name obsessed with the cult of cars. We've got more fun stuff here other than this here bunch of FAIL-shots. Check it out if you've got a moment. Here's a good place to start.
This internet thing can be a damn silly place sometimes. A Hawaiian blogger adds the words "I can haz cheezburger" to a picture of a crazy looking cat and the place filled up with poor grammar cat images faster than a Fiero gets dressed in Lamborghini bodywork these days. The latest massive internet meme is even more simple. Take a funny picture of unfortunate happenstance, add the word "Fail" and bask in the schadenfreude. More so than any other site, Failblog.org has become the purveyor of all things fail and that extends deeply into the automotive world. No surprise really, we've all seen the way people drive on a daily basis. So now, let us present to you this, the 29 fails of an automotive nature. Hit the jump. More »
4:00 PM on Mon Nov 17 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
122,634 views, 89 commentsMost discussed the artist formerly known as dolo54: ahhh here it is: more »
