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Google Street View Captures Automotive Improvisation
If we've learned anything from Google Street View, it's that something is always going on in this crazy country of ours. Whether it's flashers, crashes or shootings, the roving cameras tell us that not everything interesting happens indoors. This is especially true for the automotive enthusiast that lacks a garage, like this fellow here.More »
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Jerrari, When A Ferrari And A Jeep Make A Baby
When Enzo Ferrari turned down Bill Harrah's request for a 4x4 Ferrari, Harrah did what any wealthy car collector would, thumbed his nose at Maranello and built his own. Taking a 1969 Jeep Wagoneer and mating it with a Ferrari 365 GT, the Jerrari was born. While its original 4.4L V12 is long gone in favor of a far more reliable 350 V8, the weirdly attractive bodywork and handsome interior are still all there. Not only is it in impeccable shape, it's up for auction on eBay.More »
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Thief Fingered By Canadian Car Forum Still Needs One More
Take note: You do not mess with the motorheads at Beyond.ca unless you want 46,000 righteously angry, resourceful, and tech-savvy Canadians on the lookout for you. This is especially true if you're an easily recognizable eight-fingered stoner who's too stupid to stash one of the more visible and distinctive cars in Calgary. Before long you'll have an unflattering new nickname and a target on your back that — thanks to Google Maps — is almost literally visible from orbit. More »
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Unidentifiable Rolling Horror Show Has Us Questioning Balinese Sense Of Automotive Judgement
Here's another one from the "Ow, ow, ow, it burns make it stop" files. Pulled from a site possibly with origins in the former Soviet Socialist Republic, with absolutely no context or information, these pictures have us questioning the sanity of its maker. Talk all you want about "art cars", this is not art, it's evil. What kind of crazy person has six mufflers on their car? Sicko's have them, that's who. Last time we saw six mufflers on a car it was a malaise era Ford with more mufflers than pipe. What makes this even more ridiculous is the pictures appear to be taken in a tropical paradise of some sort. Where do you even get six exhaust pipes in a tropical paradise? UPDATE: It's in Bali. Sorry, we must have been hai. Gratuitous South Pacific reference added at no additional charge.[Snegopad - Maybe?]
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Clarkson Grows Elephant Nose In Net's Craziest Video Ever
We received an email from a friend in which they claimed to have just seen the "craziest video ever on the Internet." Now, forgive us for being skeptical, but that's an extraordinarily bold statement. The Internet is a big place and almost designed from the get-go as an outlet for the wacky and bizarre, once it graduated from being a means to communicate in the aftermath of nuclear Armageddon to a place to display funny pictures of cats and homebrewed celebrity pr0n. And yet, after a half-hour visit to the link, we were rocking back and forth in the corner contemplating what had just been witnessed. More »
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Geneva Motor Show: You Don't Have to Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here
Oh no, the Swiss are kicking us out of the beloved and espresso machine-equipped press room! Oh, you know, giant autoshow here, no news to report, no press outlets open anywhere in the world right now. How will we go on!?
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