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more about #canada more comments → Novaload: The law is indeed an ass. #tractortrailers more » LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: The truckers took that pretty lightly. I thought they'd blockading the streets and blowing horns (and hookers) as a show of solidarity for their comra... more » B1663R: yep it's all true... Ontario has this retarded smoke free act... in construction i have to routinely remind workers that they cannot smoke in their d... more » Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp: If he owns the truck, and it's his primary form of transportation when he isn't working, he has a pretty good case that it's his personal vehicle, and... more » lilwillie: Wisconsin will soon have a full ban on smoking in the work place. It won't be followed at ours. I don't smoke, friends who stop by during the day do ... more » Elhigh: Well, the good news is that idiotic government officials are not the sole and proprietary demesnes of the United States. #tractortrailers more » bzr: Dodge Nitro owners and onanists were unavailable to comment. #tractortrailers more » danio3834: Welcome to Soviet Canuckistan, where not even you are safe from you. Notably, even people staunchly opposed to smoking are in an uproar over this. R... more » Scandinavian Flick: Did he crash, furiously continue smoking, and then keep smoking while under police interrogation? If not, he needs to take some Dutch lessons in truc... more » mr_dude: Think of all the smoking, indecency, and whatnot that occurs in the workplaces of people who lumberjack from home. I mean work from home. Work from ... more » alexander_the_car_salamander: Speaking of funny signs.. more » Alfisted: Maybe elephant is French for deer. more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: Little-known fact: In the Canadian version of Bambi, Thumper is tragically killed when trying to help the title quadruped learn to walk. more » GreenN_Gold: In Canada, even the deer are Dumbos. more » joshhg5: I live in Vancouver. I've seen this before, it's supposed to be a joke. I believe it's in Stanley park, literally attached to Downtown, the second mos... more » -
#carlaw
Canadian Trucker Fined For Smoking In Truck
Canadian truckers are furious after news of a lone driver being fined $305 by police for smoking in the cab of a truck he owned. The reason? Police considered it a work place, making it illegal to smoke there. More » -
#lolcars
Deer Certainly Look Different In Canada
This deer crossing sign, spotted via Google Street View in Vancouver, BC, Canada, doesn't seem quite right. We can't exactly put our finger on it. Everything is spelled correctly, and there aren't any grammar issues, but something big seems off. -
#adwatch
Audi Canada Offers Garages An R8 V10 For Just $469.99
No, there haven't been any wild currency fluctuations. Audi Canada is offering a garage-sized, printed photo of an open garage with an Audi R8 V10 inside for just $469.99 Canadian. Poseurs wanted. [Audi Canada via Carscoop] -
#roadtrips
Ten Great International Driving Trips
Following yesterday's sojourn across the United States we'd open our minds and borders with ten great international drives chosen from the "Drives of a Lifetime" list from National Geographic: Traveler. More » -
#carpocalypse
Toyota To End Production At NUMMI Plant In March
Japan's Asahi Shimbun reports Toyota will, as expected, end production at California's NUMMI, a ground-breaking joint venture-with-GM assembly plant in March, moving Corolla production to Canadian and Japanese plants. Gov. Schwarzenegger claims they'll be back. We doubt it. [via AutoNews] -
#hoonoftheday
Canadian Redneck Gets Massive Air In Ford Escort
How can you tell when a Canadian is a redneck? By the huge "REDNECK" tatt across his belly, that's how! Let's head north to Dave's Farm and see the latest in hoonage fashions. More » -
#industrynews
Find A Better Car? Ford Canada Will Pay You $100!
Ford Canada is offering $100 to test drivers who end up buying a non-Ford product. It's one way to make $100 if you were already planning to buy a Honda. [AutoNorth via Toronto Star ] -
#blamecanada
Tricky Canadians Win 2009 Nissan Cube
Frenemy "Markie" Mark Stevenson, currently of AutoNorth, has won the Hypercube contest and a 2009 Nissan Cube for six months. He'd like to thank Jalopnik readers who crossed the border to vote for him. [AutoNorth] -
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#planelopnik
Red Bull Air Race Slips Caffeine Into Detroit River This Weekend
Red Bull's caffeine-injected Air Race thrillfest is coming to Detroit/Windsor this weekend for round 3 of the 2009 season. With a course set along the Detroit River, it promises to be a Planelopnik-packed weekend. Here's a preview. More » -
#blamecanada
Canadian Cardboard Cube As Functional As Real Nissan
Nissan and cardboard engineering go hand-in-hand. This, and the desire to win a Nissan Cube, explains why this Neon has been converted into the econo box. Vote for AutoNorth here so they can battle Didorosi. -
#classicadwatch
Insufficiently Festive Festiva Doomed To Crusher By Québécois Quality-Control Team
When you're inspecting cars fresh off the line, what do you look for? Well, if you're working at the Van Nuys plant building third-gen Camaros… well, no need to go there, eh? More » -
#foundoncraiglist
This 4WD Civic Wagon Is A Candian Chick Magnet
We've seen our share of funny Craigslist ads, but we have to give credit to this British Columbian man for this honest and enthusiastic endorsement of his Honda Civic wagon. More » -
#celebrities
J.D. Fortune, Fired INXS Lead Singer, Back To Living In His Truck
J.D. Fortune, who became INXS's lead singer on a reality show, was fired and is living in his truck outside Toronto. It's probably the best way anyone has ever stopped being an INXS lead singer. More » -
#adwatch
Mazda Rewards Canadian College Grads For Royal Canadian Mounting
With the 2010 Mazda3 nearing release and the Carpocalypse in full swing, Mazda Canada has found a "creative" way to market its remaining models to recent graduates More » -
#pranks
Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
Canadian engineering students try to replicate a car-hanging prank previously pulled by U.S. students - but come up horribly short. More » -
#celebrities
Canadian Rocker, Pink Backup Singer Rocks Prius Un-Ironically
Suzie McNeil was the last-female-standing on the reality show Rock Star: INXS and has toured with pop star Pink, making her super famous (for Canada) and earning her enough money to "pimp" her Prius. More » -
#carpocalypsenow
Surplus Dodge Challengers Stored At Old Canadian Military Base
Showing you what some automakers are doing with unsold cars revealed these reader-submitted shots of dozens of unsold Dodge Challengers stockpiled at an old Canadian military base. Apparently Chrysler's taking the Muscle Car Wars seriously. More » -
#foundoncraigslist
"Best Of Craigslist" Rant Classifies Canadian Drivers
Quality wordcraft in Craigslist is nominated for "Best of Craigslist," but rarely is it automotive in nature. Even more rarely is it a quality rant against various jerk-off classes of Canadian drivers.
