In some ways, this is as surprising as Sarah Palin’s “viability” for elected office. Well of COURSE someone was going to make a rollercoaster that had something to do with NASCAR or, in this specific instance, Dale Earnhardt. The coaster, dubbed The Intimidator (natch), bills itself as ” … the fastest, tallest, and longest roller [...]
In a law that seems to be inspired by those moronic and self-centered “baby on board” stickers, the state of New Jersey (The Garden State!) as decided to implement a new law that requires drivers under the age of 21 to attach red stickers on their front and rear license plates. It’s called Kyleigh’s Law [...]
Is this some sort of a joke? Is there a hidden camera watching me? Just how much of a sadist are you Chris? OK, so this lands in my inbox this morning: ” Barracuda Racing Wheels “GIRLZ-STYLE”,” and besides the atrocious and blatant use of the letter “z”, the Englishing in press release is too [...]
Here’s an interesting conversion that should send Ralph Nader into a full loop lock up of the main processor: A rather nice EV conversion of a very nice looking Corvair Corsa convertible. But before we get into that, I’ve got a great story about electric Corvairs. I now, how many of them are there? Lord, [...]
Two shiny new exotic cars – a Lamborghini Murcielago and Ferrari F430 – wrecked into each other in South Africa, and that’s not even interesting part. The two drivers involved were attending a wedding reception for the family of the ruling political party in the town of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, when the cars collided. The [...]
Here at Automoblog.net, we are all car enthusiasts. We like driving fast, sometimes too fast, sliding around, and generally having fun in our sports cars. We write a lot about fast cars and their various high-speed abilities, but rarely talk about the importance of driving safely on public roads. I know it’s boring, but pay [...]
Andy House, owner of Performance Auto Sales (specializing in repaired exotics, ironically) in Lufkin, Texas, was driving on Interstate 45 early last week when he crashed his 2006 Bugatti Veyron into a nearby lake. According to Mr. House, a pelican distracted him, making him drop his cell phone and lose control of the car. Galveston [...]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know the Koenigsegg CCX is my all-time favorite car, above anything else. I nearly cried when I saw the picture above. A dealer in New York decided it would be a good idea to take one of his customer’s cars for a spin around town. The [...]