The Car Show ditches desk after Jalopnik readers complain [UPDATE: The …

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The first promo video of The Car Show revealed a set clearly borrowed from Merv Griffin. Jalopnik readers made fun of it and now, as this exclusive photo shows, they've dropped the desk and replaced it with a bowling alley and, wait, wait, is that a sponsor's logo on the wall? I can't quite make it out.…

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King Me! A $35,000 Chess Set

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Mike Spinelli 7/20/06 11:24am 7/20/06 11:24am g 611 L 1

How sweet would it be for a Formula One—loving chess master to rock a Hamppe-Allgaier gambit on a set made from parts of F1 cars? We have no freaking clue. But there it is — a board fashioned from carbon fiber and chess pieces made out of parts of wings, cockpit and suspension. Renault will pack and ship for $36,500.…