Culture|Garage

By now you have probably heard of the horrendous bus slaughter.  Where a man apparently went ape shit and attacked a sleeping man, stabbing him multiple times and eventually beheading him.  Seriously,  someone did not get beat enough as a kid.  Wow.  What’s also unfortunate, is Greyhound was currently running an advertising campaign that stated, There’s a reason you’ve never heard of “bus rage.”  All of the ads are currently being pulled from publications.  For more read here.

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This is amazing!  So, what you are looking at here is a 1/12th scale Yamaha YZR-M1.  This guy went above and beyond the call of duty on attention to detail.  He replaced the stock plastic gearing with metal gearing, dressed it up in carbon fiber, etc.  Just check out the site.  Crazy.

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Brainerd Raceway, Brainerd, Minn.- The NHRA is coming to Minnie-soda this weekend, and hopefully Chris will be reporting to Brainerd to experience some straight-line racing…or at least some fine funnel cakes. Oh, and according to the website description, there’s plenty of good fishing…so if the racing isn’t exactly enthralling, you can munch on some Pike with your funnel cakes. Anyhow, all of the racing can be seen on ESPN 2, with Qualifying being shown on the 9th from 6-8PM, Eliminations on the 10th, from 10PM to 1AM, and a repeat of Eliminations on the 13th, from 3-5AM. All times EST. Read the rest of this entry »

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Perhaps I am just jaded and bitter as I am coming out of a redeye flight back from X Games, but man, this commercial blows (or maybe I just don’t get it).  I mean, sure, a Jeep is great to have to pull some dude out of a snow bank.  Right, I get that.  But is it needed to take a fox back to the wilderness?  Or to take a dude for a swim at the beach?

Isn’t that kind of overkill?  Let’s sip the gas people.  Now excuse me, I need to go drive two blocks to pick up milk.

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Ever heard of an IHLE Sports Roadster? No? Neither had many others, as only 4 were known to exist. However, one lucky “big ugly” American recently purchased one of the rare cars, much to the chagrin of the hotshots over at BMW. The car, a robin’s-egg blue roadster, was sold in Amsterdam, Holland for an undisclosed amount, and was shipped to O’Hare airport for a “mere” $15,000. “Within 48 hours I had 72 e-mails from people in Europe inquiring about it,” said the car’s owner, Tom Griffith, a Verona, WI resident and car collector. According to Griffith, BMW had no idea his car existed, and tried to buy it from him even before the car had been delivered to him. Apparently, Griffith has no plans to sell- although BMW insists that it is “their” car. “They said, ‘If you are going to restore it, we want it restored correctly. This is our car.’ And they really look at it that way,” he said.

via: FARK.com, The Capital Times

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So it looks as if Rockstar has decided to grace the general public with an updated trailer for the upcoming Midnight Club: Los Angeles game. Looks a lot more polished than the PS2 “Dub” edition game, but if the gameplay is similar, it should be fun! For more, check out the Midnight Club website HERE.

(As an aside, expect fairly regular posts to resume in the next few weeks, currently I am moving- so I’ll do what I can for the moment. Thanks for your patience and ongoing support!)

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Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, Ca.- Robert Hight took his Ford-badged auto-mo-bile into the winner’s circle at the Fram/Autolite NHRA Nationals this weekend, beating Gary Densham in the final round, running a 4.16 ET to Densham’s 4.22- that is, in the 1,000-foot race. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nissan GTR on Top gear test track

Excellent video of the GTR getting romped on. By now you are probably sick of seeing videos and reading about how incredible this car is. However, TopGear always seems to one up everyone. So enjoy Jeremy having his neck broke by a “Datsun.”

I think this car has replaced the 911 C4S as my someday obtainable dream car. Plus, I have an affinity for those “Datsuns” see below.

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