Looks like it’s one of those good news bad news things from NHTSA. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the people that keep track of accidents and crash test cars) have just released a new study showing that there are fewer drunks on the roads these days (yay!) but strangely enough, over 16 percent of [...]
You know, ubiquitous, cheap computing has made being a gearhaed much easier than what it used to be. We can plan routes, look up part numbers for that under-dash support for that 66 Mustang we’re rebuilding, check where speed traps are… there’s a whole host of things the gearhead can make use of in the [...]
Guess this guy didn’t quite understand how brakes work. You probably shouldn’t be trying to customize your car if you have no idea what you’re doing. The sad part is, these probably still worked after unsticking them for the first or second time.
“It comes to a point where there are certain things you just can’t do. And putting testicles on the back of a truck is just too much.” Thus spake Lionell Spruill, Virginia lawmaker who wants to ban Truck Nuts. And who am I to argue … Of course, when you start talking about legislating what’s [...]
From the files of the obvious, comes word of a new study that points out that driving in traffic and talking on a cell phone makes you drive slower. Well duh! Psychology professor David Strayer, at the University of Utah says that drivers on the phone tend to cruise “about 2 miles-per-hour slower on commuter-clogged [...]
A young mechanic near London filmed himself in his Dad’s MR2 going 140 mph, which was commonly described as “among the most reckless pieces of driving they had ever seen.” Check out the video:
After a young Danish boy died of cancer in 2004, his family requested that his urn be modeled after his favorite sports car – the Ferrari. The funeral home contacted a local Ferrari dealer, and the dealer obliged, even sending him a prancing horse emblem and some Ferrari stickers. Ferrari, perceiving the piece of art [...]
No more Ferraris…no more Lamborghinis. No more Pagani Zondas, Audi R8s, or Porsche Carrera GTs. Could you imagine such a horrible world? It might be a reality if the European Union gets their way. As if putting a speed limit on the Autobahn wasn’t ridiculous enough, these politicians are saying that selling “boys’ toys” that [...]