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more about #woodwarddreamcruise more comments → Mobius: This article has the most insightful, passionate, elaborate, articulate, charismatic, soul-stirring commenting anywhere on the internet. more » GV_Goat: Exactly. American car culture will evolve, not die. This is evidenced by the many non-American, economically disadvantaged countries around the world ... more » ThreeLitre: Bottom line about car culture is this: people are ingenious. They will find a way. Tuning a drivetrain will require certainly more knowledge of elect... more » GasGuzzler: I very much doubt the spirit of motoring will die, at least anytime soon. I know I'll be collecting, modifying, and wrenching until the day I die or ... more » DLBlast: I'm 17 and my friends and I are the weird ones who change our own oil. Mavericks. /facepalm more » Tanshanomi: "One must be of one's time" - HonorĂ© Daumier Are hobbyist cars of the future going to look like a fastback mustang with chrome Cragar SS's? Nope. Th... more » WilliamG.: American motoring will survive the way it was birthed, not as a scene with representative trade shows and corporate interests trying to make a lifesty... more » Jeb_Hoge: Car culture in the US will never die. Hell, a guy rolled up to our neighborhood pool in a 1931 Chevrolet coupe last night. I know a guy in town rebuil... more » Franzouse: What made American motoring so awesome were: its mass appeal, the freedom it gave people to innovate, go retro or just go crazy, and the fact that any... more » wojo: I doubt very much that that the spirit of motoring is dying, consider the hotrods made from Model T's and Model A's, and the chop top cars from the fo... more » Mobius: Dodges and Peeps. Match made in heaven. /apologies to Dodge owners more » Mobius: Why does the anti-abortion van look so much like the "Free Candy Inside" van? more » Mobius: When I was still tiny, I was enchanted and excited by the pictures of (IIRC) a Testarossa on my wall, and spent hours upon hours with my little toy ca... more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: This is 1973, part 2, that's all. Just like how grunge 'music' totally fubar'd radio, it'll go away, eventually, much like malaise bumpers and 120 HP... more » Mad_Science: Classic Cars are like Classic Rock. The inertia of the definition of "Classic" meaning the 60s and early 70s is only just starting to corrode. But w... more » -
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Is There A Future For American Motoring?
The Dream Cruise was astounding-not merely the cars, but because cars were celebrated during a time of economic instability, environmental worries, and changing definitions of personal mobility. So what's the future of the Dream Cruise-and auto enthusiasts in general? More » -
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Badvertising Of The Woodward Dream Cruise
The Woodward Dream Cruise attracted over one million cruisers and car-obsessed nuts. That's a lot of eyes for advertisers to drool over. While some pitches were good, many were not. Here's some of the worst. We call it "Badvertising." More » -
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Cops Cruise Woodward Avenue On Nerd Chariots
The Segway was the high-water mark of nerd-tastic transportation until the T3 Motion three-wheeled chariot came along. The local police had 'em to patrol this weekend's Woodward Dream Cruise. And believe us, nobody respected their authority. Gallery below. More » -
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Circuit-Covered Cruiser Looks Like A Computer Vomited
Easily one of the oddest and most time-consuming art cars we've seen at the Woodward Dream Cruise is "THIS IS CARPUTER," a Ford Escort with thousands of square inches of silicon circuit boards glued to it. More » -
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Crazy Euro Car Boy Meets DeLorean for First Time
Despite being as European as an American car can get, our Euro car boy has never seen a DeLorean before. His first impressions follow. More » -
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The Right Way to Drive a Smart Car at the Woodward Dream Cruise
While the Smart is a road car, the Woodward Dream Cruise is definitely not where it was designed to travel. There is, however, a way to pull off the most unlikely trick of cruising in one here. More » -
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How Big Is The Woodward Dream Cruise?
Despite 1.1 million attendees and 250,000 classic cars along 14 miles of metro Detroit roadway, the Woodward Dream Cruise rarely makes top lists of major world-wide auto events. A helicopter's necessary to reveal the massiveness. Luckily, we've got one. More » -
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Woodward Dream Cruise Tragically Misinterprets Ozone Action Day
Hundreds of thousands of metro Detroiters came out today with their muscle cars to the Woodward Dream Cruise, misinterpreting today's "ozone action day" declaration by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), believing ozone must be destroyed. [DetroitNews] -
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Challenger Smokes Tires For America
We’ve already shown you the general pace of the cruise, it's comparable to a person walking. Click through for a video of what happens when a gap opens up on Woodward Avenue. More » -
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Army Invades Dream Cruise, Fills Tank At Speedway
It's both massively cool and somewhat disconcerting to see a seemingly military-spec truck filling up at a public gas station in a region that’s not occupied by an army... yet. More »
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World's Largest Cupcake Revealed At Woodward Dream Cruise
The Guinness Book of World Records just delivered the award for the world's largest baked cupcake here at the Woodward Dream Cruise. The confection tipped the scales at 1500lb and had to be carried by forklift. More » -
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Hipsters On Bicycles Seek To Screw With Woodward Dream Cruise
Apparently hippies-on-bikes in Ferndale are looking to screw with the Woodward Dream Cruise by massing at 9 Mile and Woodward. As you can see, all eight of them will likely be easily dispatched of by one Mustang's open-ended burnout.
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Riding Down Woodward In Bumblebee
“Phyllis,” our Transformers Camaro, is equipped with a sunroof. Here’s what the view is like cruising down Woodward. Click through for video. More » -
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Woodward Dream Cruise: This Maserati GranTurismo's A Long Way From Italy
It’s always good to see a Maserati GranTurismo and this gray one we found on Woodward was no exception. More » -
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A Different Kind of Horse Trailer
Sometimes, a single Mustang just won’t cut it—but driving two is far beyond the reach of human anatomy. Click through to see a gallery for a solution to this maddening problem: a Mustang and a half. More »
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How To Tart Up Your Mustang GT500 In Just 15 Easy Steps
Ford's Woodward Dream Cruise presence each year is called "Mustang Alley" and it's found in downtown Ferndale. This year they're showing different ways to aftermarket accessorize your FoMoCo Mustang. They've labeled 15 of them on two new GT500s. Gallery below. More » -
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Woodward Dream Cruise: A Plague Upon All Your Movie Houses
Awesome as the Woodward Dream Cruise is, many businesses on Woodward Avenue harbor a Biblical hate for it in their hearts. The marquee of the Magic Bag theater in fabulous Ferndale is going all Old Testament on us. [DetroitNews]
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Show Us Your Pics!
We've shown you what we're cruising in at this year's Woodward Dream Cruise, but now it's time for you to show us yours. Add a shot of your cruiser in the comments below or alternately, use Twitter!
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Good Morning From Woodward!
Jalopnik’s Euro-flavored team is already here on Woodward. Keeping with our theme of driving a movie car at the Woodward Dream Cruise, we’ll be cruising in a Transformers logo-emblazoned Camaro after driving Knight Rider's KITT last year. More » -
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Woodward Dream Cruise: What You May Have Missed Last Night
If you're here in Metro Detroit and weren't on Woodward, then you, our friend, missed out. We were there and so was Detroit's ABC affiliate. Here's their video of what Woodward looked like. My god, it's full of cars! [WXYZ]
