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We now know where the Clubman got its nasty genes… the Mini XXL stretch limo.  This debuted last week in Athens, the 18 footer was built by a coach company out of LA.  It features the standard limo luxo-bits, tv/dvd, twinkiling ceiling, etc.  It is also has the John Cooper Works tuning kit on it… but wait, it gets better, the rear roof can be removed to expose a two seater whirlpool for all your post prom shennanigans.

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via Lafayette Journal & Courier

Like pay for a truck with $25,000 worth of change. That’s right, Paul Brant, a 70 year old Chrysler employee, saved up coins over the past 13 years with the intention of buying a truck. He purchased the 1/2 ton Dodge Ram with 1/2 a ton of coins. He said that he used the vending machines frequently (union workers get too many breaks) at the Chrysler plant and that is how he accumulated all of the change. Apparently, he also just saved them up at home, he didn’t put them into a savings account or a CD, etc. To hell with compounding interest! It also took him over half a day to load up all of the coins to take them to the dealership. Paul then backed the Dodge into seven vehicles trying to do a three point turn.

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Someone on Nasioc just threw 17×8 and 17×9 BBS on his WRX. He took the VW (read poseur) route and made sure they had a bit of poke (wheels extending past the fenders) and a dash of stretch (putting narrow tires on a wide wheel). The end result is a very confused WRX. If this car were a person, it would be a Japanese teen with a man bag, a faux hawk and tight jeans. Rumor has it the owner will be putting his name, in gothic font typeface, across his windshield soon. In all actuality, I give him credit for doing something different…

EDIT: the owner just sent a few more pictures (shown after the jump) Read the rest of this entry »

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Luckily Avani is here to help control all the needless losses you have had to your valve stem caps.  They make these lockable chrome tire pressure valve stem caps.  Imagine this situation (lifted directly from their website, “You Smiled, As You Walked Towards Your Car And Watched This Bright Blue, Spiky Hair Kid Still Trying To Frantically Figure Out Why The Avani Tire Pressure Valve Caps Simply Refuse To Come Off...”

This would make a great stocking stuffer at only 25 bucks.

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Wheels24 is a South African automotive publication.  They recently had a reader poll (and I am sure it returned 95% reliability at confidence intervals of +/- .5%), that asked readers to cite the gayest, the straightest and what a corrupt politician would drive.  While I am surprised the the gayest list isn’t comprised entirely of VW products, I am even more surprised that people thought, oh yeah, Corolla, most certainly a straight car.

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I thought my neighbor sucked, you know for calling the police anytime I had people over to the house. Or if I have a small bonfire in my backyard that goes until the wee hours of 10pm. Yet, he has a tacky ass motorhome/rv/date-rape van in his front lawn (go to the jump for pictures). I digress. But I guess I really don’t have it THIS bad! These Christmas lights are like watching Fantasia on acid. I can’t imagine the amount of seizures induced due to this. But I guess when you live in Ottawa and the only thing you really have to look forward to is Boxing Day, then this is damn near a feat of imaginable proportions. Hell, I didn’t even know they had electricity there yet. If you feel the need to torture yourself, visit their site.

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Have you ever waken up and gone, “man I really, really wish I had some mystical characters airbrushed on the side of my car.”  Never you worry, you are not alone!  Harry Potter Someone else was thinking the exact same thing, this Lexus has dragons, wizards, a unicorn, some castles, etc.  Likely spotted outside of a Magic The Gathering convention.  The Daily Buzzer has 20 more pictures, of this car and various others.  Personal favorites, Tsunami X5 and Fire Leaping Cheetah Stealth.

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The person who placed this video on YouTube calls these guys rednecks, but it’s obvious they are well beyond the intelligence level required to consider Skoal one of the main food groups. They spent 15 grand and untold man hours to create this mechanical beast. However, unless each unit comes with a free dental plan, I don’t think they will be hitting the streets until they work out a better any suspension system.

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