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Polizei friend, ally and occasional contributor Jordan Vega took some time out from his MBA studies to watch the new Knight Rider…er…in hopes of re-living his mispent youth. Click below to read his review of the first episode.
Continue reading ‘New Knight Rider Makes Old Knight Rider Look Like Citizen Kane’
Here’s a snippet from the one-page of rules and guidelines that was given to each of the participants in the 1981 U.S. Express. Almost jokingly - and perhaps for the sake of laibility - drivers were encouraged to comply with the laws of the state through which they travelled (speed limits excluded?). For the entire sheet, clck here.
He calls himself, Proximacentuari, and he did this by hand. Using a CAD model of a real Ariel Atom frame, the tubes were shaped for him by a local Utah fabricator but he did all the welding and sourced all the parts, many of which came from junk. The stainless-steel panels came from old appliances. There are also parts of a kayak in there. The engine, trans and instrument cluster come from a wrecked Acura RSX and the rear suspension uses shocks from a Yamaha R1. He also re-designed and made some parts to fit his parameters. It took him 800 hours and he finished it just before going to college. Here’s his Flickr page for a full set of photos. (Source: Motorcities.com)
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Adam, assistant editor of 32:07, gives us a brief update on the post-production process. Cory and the edting team believe it’ll be around six weeks before they find out whether or not it was accepted. During the waiting period, Cory says they’ll be going over footage to put together a trailer.
The wait is almost over, for Australians at least. Their version of the show airs on Sept. 29th. This teaser makes it seem like the show will be very hands-on/DIY with lots of Outback-oriented settings. Just from this clip, it seems like their car tester, Charlie Cox, can’t quite pull off a good Clarkson impersonation. He describes driving a Ford GT as "better than sex," which means he’s probably never had really good sex. Eager American viewers will have to wait until Feb. or March ‘09 before they can pan or praise the US version.
People who knew Serena Sutton-Smith said she had a history of erratic behavior. The 54 year-old bartender emerged from a side road without stopping, nearly causing an accident with Paula Small. Small then pulled over to speak with Sutton-Smith and while Small was getting out of her car, Sutton-Smith rammed her Vauxhall Nova into Small’s Fiat Punto and then kept her foot on the accelerator. Continue reading ‘Road Rage Hall Of Famer Rams Into Another Car, Keeps Wheels Spinning, Refuses To Get Out Of Burning Car’
It’s called the Keppe Motor and it’s not powered by gasoline, hydrogen, BioWillie or compressed air, nor does it run on water. Its source of energy comes from scalar energy, aka, non-entropic or zero-point energy that consists of electromagnetic waves which only exist in the vacuum of empty space, “the energy of absolute nothingness which existed before the world began.” Trippy, Dude. The motor is based on the theories of a pyschoanylst/metaphysicist/mystic named Dr. Norberto Keppe, who worked with scientists Cesar Soos and Roberto Frascari to develop a motor that uses 75% less energy compared to a conventional engine and produces zero emissions.
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Around 10pm tonight, in a stunt to promote BioWillie diesel, two ad copywriters from Atlanta will attempt to drive a Jetta TDI from NY to LA, without fuel stops, in less than 36 hours, or 40 hours, depending on which website you go to. You have to admire the cause but one can’t help but point out their lack of research. They claim the record is 35:54, which was set by Brock Yates and Dan Gurney in 1971. I think we’re all aware that the record is 32:07.
Continue reading ‘NY-LA In 36 Hours, Wait, 40 Hours, Using BioWillie Diesel’
Gordon Murray, designer of the Brabham BT46B “Fan Car”, Ayrton Senna’s MP4/4, the McLaren F1, the Rocket and soon the T-25 city car, answered questions from NYTimes readers. A couple of the highlights from the Q&A include him saying that it’s the twilight of performance cars and that he would only change the brakes and headlights of the F1 in order to compete with today’s supercars.
Looks like McLaren hired the guys from “The Office” to shoot this short spoof about the team’s preparation for the night race in Singapore. Seems like an attempt to rid themselves of their image as a cold and humor-less team run by Ron Dennis, whom Kimi Raikkonen once described as a “control freak.” You can thank Autoblog for this one.
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