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Happy Thanksgiving, Enjoy Your Engine Hoist Turkey Deep Fry! [Announcements]
In addition to these ten cars and five of these ten deals , we're also thankful we're not working today. In the meantime, here's Bumbeck's guide to deep-frying your turkey using an engine hoist for the dippin'. Enjoy and be safe!
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eBay Hotness: Flathead-Powered Belly Tank Lakester [EBay]
Once upon a time, men were real men. Women were real women. And speed came from strapping yourself into an aircraft drop tank and hauling across a lakebed like a bat out of hell. Plus, there's in-tank video. Hallelujah. We're not quite sure if this is the real thing or someone's achingly ...
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eBay Hotness Of The Month: Flathead-Powered Belly Tank Lakester [EBay]
Once upon a time, men were real men. Women were real women. And speed came from strapping yourself into an aircraft drop tank and hauling across a lakebed like a bat out of hell. Plus, there's in-tank video. Hallelujah. We're not quite sure if this is the real thing or someone's achingly ...
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eBay Hotness Of The Year: Flathead-Powered Belly Tank Lakester [EBay]
Once upon a time, men were real men. Women were real women. And speed came from strapping yourself into an aircraft drop tank and hauling across a lakebed like a bat out of hell. Plus, there's in-tank video. Hallelujah. We're not quite sure if this is the real thing or someone's achingly ...
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Commenter Of The Day: A Pedant Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
One thing any person who writes on the Internet has to look forward to is a correction. And not just any correction. The most detailed-oriented, minor suggestions will come your way with regularity. Sometimes they're incredibly helpful and others, well, it goes something like this: "I'm sorry, ...
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The Sashimi Tabernacle Choir: A Volvo Covered In 200 Linux-Linked Singing Fish And Lobsters [LOLCars]
Richard Carter affixed over 200 novelty singing fish and lobsters to a Volvo 240 , linked them with a Linux operating system and got them to sing and dance in unison to create the " Sashimi Tabernacle Choir ." Weird? Annoying? Cool? Yes.
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your $2,500 Crystal-Covered Lambo Model Is Calling [Car Models]
Hypothetical question: If you had 7,688 tiny Swarovski crystals and a flair for the dramatic, what would you do with them? You'd glue them to a cheap Murcielago model? Oh! It's like we were separated at birth! The glitzy trinket you see before you is made by Californian model company Maisto. ...
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Crystal-Covered Lambo Model Is Calling [Car Models]
Hypothetical question: If you had 7,688 tiny Swarovski crystals and a flair for the dramatic, what would you do with those crystals? You'd glue them to a cheap Lambo model too? Oh! It's like we were separated at birth! The glitzy trinket you see before you is made by Californian model company ...
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Old German Touring Cars Make Everything Better [Dtm]
Sixteen-valve fours, a bunch of crashing, some of the best road racing the planet has ever seen. It's like NASCAR, if NASCAR were high on schnitzel and still had its soul. Vive la différence! We've seen a lot of DTM videos through the years. This is one of the best. (Obligatory fanboy ...
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Ferrari 360 Owner Hits Track, Track Hits Back [Car Crashes]
We feel bad for this guy. He did what most lesser Ferrari 360 owners wouldn't dream of, took his car to the track. His tape-job didn't offer much protection when he hit the wall at Palm Beach International Speedway. [ WreckedExotics ]
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Ferrari F430 Owner Hits Track, Track Hits Back [Car Crashes]
We feel bad for this guy. He did what most lesser Ferrari F360 owners wouldn't dream of, took his car to the track. His tape-job didn't offer much protection when he hit the wall at Palm Beach International Speedway. [ WreckedExotics ]
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Today, We're Thankful For The Pre-Chinese Volvo [Car History]
We're thankful for pre-Ford Volvo, but now we're thinking Post-Chinese Volvo will make us thankful for the days of Ford's ownership. So this pre-Turkey Day we're remembering some highlights of the company as it is now and as it was. The XC70 Surf Rescue is one of the hottest to come out ...
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Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters [Parking Lots]
Consider the lowly parking lot: You drive on it. You park on it. You ignore it. It's a means to an end, not an end in itself, right? Wrong. It's wonderful. And it needs your love. On the surface, it's little more than a featureless piece of asphalt. Unless you're a civil engineer, a museum ...
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MAP: Dakar 2010 Official Course [Racing News]
The 2010 Dakar Rally will put bikes, quads, cars and trucks to the test through 5,600 miles of South American terrain and we've got the official route map. Fiambalá here we come! [ Motorbiker.org via MahindraPlanet ]
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Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery [Safety]
The latest round of European NCAP crash testing 's complete, which means our video-bin horn o' plenty overfloweth with clips of a dozen Euro cars getting the stuffing smashed outta them. Thank you NCAP, you've made this the best Smashgiving ever! You've got the name, the overall rating Euro ...
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We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos [Movie Cars]
Bruce Wayne has shown us it's possible to cruise with more than a single companion in a two-seater Lamborghini. Perhaps. But there is a more elegant way—worthy of both superheroes and mere mortals. There is a scene in Batman Begins which is both a wink to the Lamborghini cognoscenti and ...
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Ten New Cars Jalopnik Is Thankful For [New Cars]
If you absolutely must buy a new car in this season of giving thanks, then choose one of these ten. Happy turkey! Ahh, Thanksgiving — turkey, family, angst, and burnouts. (What, your holiday doesn't have burnouts? What are you, a commie?) Also lists. We make lists every day, and on ...
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What Car Puts You To Sleep Quicker Than Tryptophan? [Question Of The Day]
Tomorrow we're filling up on booze and tryptophan; the excess of food leading to imminent napping. If this doesn't work there are many vehicles designed to encourage the same feeling. What car puts you to sleep quicker than tryptophan? When the current generation Chevy Malibu debuted it was ...
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Save The Giant Rear Wings, Save The World [I Feel Gassy]
Conventional wisdom states all rear wings do on FWD cars is increase drag and reduce fuel economy. Chinese designer Leon Zhu wants to challenge that notion, using the vast empty space inside them to store a solar shade. Think of it as a giant version of the 2010 Toyota Prius's solar sunroof ...
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Mercedes E-Class Coupe: "Superfect?" Really? [Ad Watch]
The Mercedes E-Class Coupe 's quite nice, yes, but so nice as to be perfect — or so perfect as to be deserved of a new word to describe its perfectness? Not so much. [ FuckYeahAds ]
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