For better or for worse, the United States’ new Cars for Clunkers program has drawn widespread attention the world over. Since opening its doors to having Americans the option to trade in their ‘clunkers’ for newer models, the Cars for Clunkers program has become quite the topic of conversation.
For better or for worse, the program has been the talk of the automotive industry, with some manufacturers even taking the liberty to take pot shots at the CFC program. Recently, a number of license plate surrounds have come with the message “My other car is an Enterprise Rent-a-car."
Even Mini – the compact car makers – has joined the fray with a bumper sticker that reads: “My other car was demolished by the government”.
We can all appreciate a little humor here and there and this Mini bumper sticker is something that we’d gladly put on our bumpers – all in the name of fun, of course.
In one of the most exhausting road tests that Top Gear’s leading man Jeremy Clarkson has ever overseen, the BBC film crew take the little green Ford Fiesta econobox and put it through every kind of test imaginable. Starting off on the open road Mr. Clarkson remarks on how comfortable the Fiesta is, then on the Top Gear test track the GTI inside shines through. So what other tests are left for the English television host, how about being chased by a Corvette inside of a shopping mall and conducting a beach assault with the British Royal Navy. This is truly one road test for the record books.
Now, this is a promotion. If you fancy yourself pulling the trigger on your next truck purchase, might we suggest you head over to Max Motors, a car dealership in Butler, Mo., where you’ll not only get the truck of your dreams, but you’re also set to receive an authentic and genuine AK-47.
If you think we’re making this stuff up, guess again. It’s deathly real.
This isn’t the first time Max Dealers has had to resort to outlandish promotions just so they can sell their vehicles. Last year, people who bought cars from the dealership were given coupons worth $250, which they could use to get free gas or a free handgun.
World’s first Corsa rollerskates. Vauxhall Motors commissions a special pair of skates to promote a top secret roller disco event, Vauxhall Skate, that is going to be held in an undisclosed location on July 29th somewhere in East London.
This custom-made Hummer H1 we found on Ebay must have had a cruel -yet extravagantly rich - owner whose sole purpose in purchasing this Hummer was to outfit it with an inordinate number of LCD TVs. How else can we explain this monstrosity of a creation.
On the outside, it looks like the Hummer was butchered and replaced with separate parts from an array of metal sheets that somehow ended up resembling a vehicle. If the vehicle`s exterior isn’t enough to drive you away from this monstrosity, the interior will most definitely will – unless of course you`re a big fan of ostrich leather dashboards and the aforementioned number of LCD TV`s that has somehow turned the interior of this Hummer into one of those military-issued mobile HQ units.
Now, of course, we`re not exactly demanding you to never entertain the thought of buying this car, but if you ever wish to be taken seriously by all of your peers for the rest of your life, use this one and only time to heed our suggestions.
If you browse through the Ebay page of the seller, you`ll notice that he said that over $185,000 were put into this Hummer to make it look like what it is now. But then you`ll also realize that the `Buy it Now` price only rounds up to $89,000 – almost a 100,000 less than how much he spent for it.
We`ll say it again, this is one bargain you`re better off not pursuing.
Ever gone on one of those joyrides with your bicycle and happen to end up at a town that seems completely desolate of any form of four-wheeled vehicles?
If you have, don’t worry, you haven’t gone back in time. You probably just stumbled into Vauban, Germany – a town that has banned cars on its streets.
The truth is stranger than fiction doesn’t it? Apparently, in the case of this town, it’s not.
For those who don’t know, Vauban is a small and quaint little town in the south-west of Germany, bordering Switzerland and France. While the town is far from being a Stepford suburbia, it still prefers the laid-back life of listening to the melancholy chirping of birds and enjoying the cool autumn breeze without having cars making unnecessary contributions to the town’s pollution index.
It’s ironic to think that a country that gave the world a smorgasbord of supercars can have a town that shuns anything that has four wheels, but the truth is, you can still live in town with a vehicle, provided you pay a lofty sum of €20,000 for a space in one of the garages on the outskirts of the town.
We’ve seen a lot of exhibits done throughout the years of models made from the most random of objects. There’s been a Lego-made Empire State Building, an Eiffel Tower replica made from paperclips and a house of cards that was inevitably became the Taj Mahal.
What we haven’t seen though is someone create an actual replica of something using only Styrofoam. That is, until this week.
Michael Salter, a name many of us ought to become familiar with for his uncanny knack of producing life-sized replicas of objects using only Styrofoam. His latest work of art is a life-sized model of a Formula One car he made exclusively from styro scraps, wall paintings and digital drawings.
It seems easy to think about doing some of these things but when you see the actual product, you realize just how tough, not to mention tedious, a task like this can be.
Check out the photos to see Salter’s work of art, which by all accounts, is a virtual styro-masterpiece.
Mini Nitros is an online game that lets you design your own car, modify its features and then select whichever race track you wish to compete on.
Here’s how it works; first select the car of your choice. Then click and drag from the available points to modify your car’s skills. Finally select the race track of your choice.
While racing, use the arrow keys to move around and press the space bar to use your nitro, because after all, that’s what the game is all about!
Nobody ever said you had to be a genius to be a police officer. But then again, being stupid isn’t part of the job description either.
That’s the prevailing thought on British police officers these days. The bad thing is, it’s not as if they’re being asked to solve global warming or world hunger, but rather, just put the right type of fuel in their patrol cars.
In the past three years, British police officers have confused the type of fuel they put in their cars a total of 4,709 times. If basic mathematics isn’t a problem for you, you’d know that that’s about four patrol cars per day.
The problem with putting the wrong fuel type not only means that the fuel – already expensive, in its own right – has to be drained. In addition to that, the unfortunate engines that have been filled with the wrong fuel are subjected to repairs, further increasing the bills that, incidentally, tax payers have to pay.
If you’re a British taxpayer, that’s not a very comforting fact to face. You pay taxes just so these people have the money to fix their idiocy. While you’re at it, why not just send these cops to school!
The next time you’re driving around North Carolina and you happen to pass by this bloodcurdling monster, fret not, it’s only made of roadblocks.
This unique – and frightening – creation was made by Joseph Carnevale, a North Carolina State University who specializes in creating these behemoth artworks made from those mild-mannered orange construction barrels. His latest – and arguably biggest – creation is this monstrosity he affectionately dubbed the “Barrel Monster”.
The problem is, local authorities failed to see the artistic brilliance in Carnivale’s work, who happens to also go by the handle ‘U Live and You Burn’, and instead of lauding his unusual creativity, they arrested him and slapped him with charges of larceny. To be fair, he did steal those barrels.
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