<![CDATA[Jalopnik: out]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: out]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/out http://jalopnik.com/tag/out <![CDATA[GYM Concept Car Powered By Sweat]]> A design student in the UK has decided to revolutionize traffic, fitness and alternative energy by combining sweating and driving in a concept he calls the GYM Car.

Da Feng, a design student at Coventry University, was responsible for designing this clever though somewhat impractical twist on alternative energy. The GYM concept car's carbon fiber frame incorporates a miniature version of Bally's into the single-seat concept car. Equipment includes a step machine, rowing machine, bench press, pull-up simulator and arm weights. And so all this energy used up while the rider is stuck in traffic doesn't go to waste, this concept is a plug-in electric vehicle and when you're running low you can just plug yourself into the rowing machine and make some more juice.

We only see like a dozen problems, but this one sticks out in our minds: most single-seat vehicles like motorcycles qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, meaning the car would never get stuck in traffic and therefore you'd never have a chance to use the fitness aspects of the concept. Still, if they built it everyone in Houston would lose 20 pounds by the end of the week.

[Diseno-Art via Wired]

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<![CDATA[Watch A Police Car Make Love To A Camry, Now With Video!]]> Back in May, we ran a post about how one Illinois officer received his comeuppance for doing his job by having his cruiser get ran over by a Camry. We now bring you the in-car video from the cop's perspective. The jury's still out on whether the 70-year old driver intended to dole out the harshness Killdozer-style or if he simply selected the wrong gear before trying to speed away angrily. We are leaning towards the former, which is evidenced by the screaming engine as the Camry driver keeps the gas planted even after mounting the Crown Vic. Hit the jump for the video.

[Noob]

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