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As fuel prices rise, gas is rapidly becoming an extremely valuable commodity. And after sharing the five best ways to steal gas last week, we figure it's prudent to do the right thing by providing six of the best ways to protect your gas investment from the shady characters out there wishing to make it their own.
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Six Ways To Protect Your Tank From Gas Thieves
As fuel prices rise, gas is rapidly becoming an extremely valuable commodity. And after sharing the five best ways to steal gas last week, we figure it's prudent to do the right thing by providing six of the best ways to protect your gas investment from the shady characters out there wishing to make it their own.
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12:30 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Wes Siler
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Latest by n/a: Locking gas caps are great. The best ones are made by Stant, and can be defeated with a straight screwdriver more »
alternative energy
The Great Corn Conspiracy: Ethanol Additives Damaging Certain Boats
Many of us around these parts maintain a bit of skepticism when it comes to the prospect of corn-based ethanol serving as a long-term gasoline substitute, or even a viable short-term patch before our great hydrogen-powered future. Fun though it may be to make ethanol-powered Vettes and Corn gas Koenigsegg's, the idea of corn-based ethanol comes with a few problems including the environmental impact of production on the US Gulf Coast, energy efficiency and the inevitable war between Illinois and Nebraska over Iowa's fertile land. You can add to that list the deleterious effect that gas with a small percentage of ethanol has on fiberglass components in boats. Seriously. More »
novelties
How to Restore a Sherman Tank - A Pictorial
It's apparently forum project day here on Jalopnik. That Audi 4.2 V8 into a 1981 Lotus Esprit apparently wasn't enough, now we've got dueling banjos of hellish but staggeringly awesome projects. Try this World War 2 surplus Sherman tank restoration on for size. This thing was a mess of a wreck when our heroes started work, it didn't even have an engine. If you want to have the scale of your current project put into perspective, look though this masterwork of restoration and feel tiny by comparison. This needs to do battle with the 1/2 scale Tiger tank, wonder who would win? Just a tidbit of info as an aside - that engine in the back is both turbocharged and supercharged and they still turn out a version of it at Detroit Diesel to this very day. Tanks for the tip Schweppes [Rennlist.com]
novelties
Kettering University Student Builds Half-Scale Tiger Tank
One of the students at one of our alma mater, engineering-centric Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, has gone and stepped up to the tank driving plate, building a half-scale diesel-powered Tiger tank. We'd be lying if we didn't admit to more than a little bit of jealousy. Especially when the tank compounds the awesomeness by being created for paintball battles so it's equipped with a live air cannon for firing packs of paint ball rounds. Sure, they're not live fire shells, but it'll do the trick. Will Foster, we salute you for raising the bar higher than we saw it lifted in Flint in quite some time, and we're assuming you no longer worry about the minor issues that troubled us during our time spent in these ivy-covered halls. You know, things like parking during happy hour at Rubes, tuition prices and well, pretty much anything. We can assume life on campus is so much more easy when you're staring at it from up atop a mini-Tiger. (h/t to Adam Leech!) [MLive]
commenter of the day
Commenter Of The Day: Tanks For The Memories Edition
None of us want to ever complain about our jobs as, we're sure, there are tens of thousands of people out there that would take them in a second. So that being said, please allow us a quick moment of professional discontent as we envy Ben and his Dukakis moment. While we're out tooling around in Yukon Denalis, Foresters and STii, The KILLWOJDYLER (thanks elhigh) is reviewing a freaking R/C Tank. There were lots of great comments today, but if you think we're going to give them all play again you're crazy. More »
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Jalopnik Drives Real Live Tank By Remote Control, Can Now Die Happy
Guess who got handed the manual remote control pendant for BAE Systems' Black Knight fully autonomous tank? Yeh, I'm in as much shock as you are but can't stop thinking "Holy shit, I drove a robot tank! ROBOT. TANK." The 12-ton Unmanned Combat Vehicle (UCV) was developed by BAE Systems as an internal test bed for next generation technologies in ground warfare support. The Black Knight (we love the name, so take that Batman) is powered by a 300 HP Cat diesel and although it's quiet as a mouse is capable of up to 48 MPH. It's the largest robot with a safety release from the US military and has undergone field testing at Fort Benning. The tank can operate up to 15 MPH autonomously or by way of pendant in a command vehicle like an A3 Bradley from distances as far as three miles away. By the way, did I mention I DROVE A FREAKIN' ROBOT TANK? And now, since we did drive it, it's only fair to give it the good ol' Jalopnik Review treatment below the jump, star ratings and everything:
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2:59 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by SavannahJack: @sierran: Yeah, and no Hellbore, either. Still, I for one welcome this early model of our future robot overlords and more »
tanks a lot
New England Chrysler LeBaron Sales Skyrocket
Your New England Chrysler Plymouth dealers would like to thank you very much indeed for getting those LeBarons off the lot. We remember singing this same refrain after the shift linkage joining the Volkswagen engine to the Simca-based Dodge Omni we were driving went kerplow onto a snow covered Vermont road. Even with the linkage lost in snow, we managed to get the Omni into first gear. Thank you very much, we all crooned in unison while clomping along next to the Omni in our ski boots.
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