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We had fun bringing you the story of the
suburban Stonehenge built by a Utah farmer a few weeks back. By planting a trio of cars at his property line--an act of defiance we're completely down with--he was able to irk his architecturally controlled neighbors and find a good use for 1970s gas guzzlers, too.
As it turns out, we ran the story, and so did CNN--and our coverage caught the attention of their vast network of minions, who sent us this T-shirt with their headline splashed across the front. They're doing it as a side business to the news network--who knew T-shirts were big revenue drivers?--and they have a wide selection over at their site, which you might have heard of. The headlines that are made available on T-shirts are usually funny, human interest and political news stories, they tell us.
Cruise over to their site and maybe you can find the headline of your dreams--or maybe you can write one for us here. Make it car-related, make it tight (say, 100 characters or less), and make it funny, and the best one will get a special treat from our prize bin (like a
Jaguar press kit? Or a
Lamborghini scale model? How about a bag of Doritos?).
Happy writing!
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Knit one, purl two: maybe you have a lot of time on your hands, but check out this
Ferrari that's obviously taken the place of an active sex life for Lauren Porter, a 22-year-old university student in England. The art-school girl turned 10 months of time and 12 miles of yarn into the
Ferrari F355 replica, earning a permanent place in the "
Fawn Liebowitz Art-School Girl Hall of Fame":
Posted in : 2008, Ferrari, Just for Fun, Videos
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Film fans who harbor secret dreams of stardom--Ford wants you.
The automaker's teaming up with Web site Filmaka to get you to write the next chapter in the Mustang's history--one of eight of them, actually. Ford's posted
eight story ideas at the site and is encouraging budding script writers to pen vignettes based on the ideas. Or,
Ford says, writers can create their own story.
What's the point? Ford's putting all of them into a pile and choosing 20 of them to go into production with a $5,000 budget each. The semi-finalists will have to be shot, edited, and posted to Filmaka by September 16 to have a chance at a $5,000 grand prize. The Grand Prize winner will also be asked back to help film material for the
2010 Ford Mustang reveal, which takes place later this year at the
Los Angeles auto show.
The catch? Scripts are due tomorrow, August 26. Nothing like a deadline, eh?
Posted in : 2008, Ford, Just for Fun
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Incredible road-going convenience, or sign of the obesity Armageddon? It's both!
According to the KickingTires blog, which got it from Gizmodo, which passed it on via CNet, a British Web site is offering an in-car microwave for your culinary cross-country trips. Need a burrito piping-hot on the Tehachapi freeway? Or maybe some jambalaya while you're sitting in New Orleans traffic on I-10 at Clearview? This 12-volt nukecrowave is the ticket. "You no longer have to worry about searching for places to eat as the microwave ensures you can plan your day as you want to and eat when you''re hungry," they say confidently, obviously never having driven in America.
According to the site, it delivers up to 660 watts of cooking power, on par with dorm-room micros, when it's strapped right into the car battery, or 175 watts when run off the cigarette lighter. There's an LED screen to tap in your heat selections, and then it's a waiting game--more than five minutes to perk up a cup of coffee on the low-power configuration.
We're shocked that
Ford didn't see this one coming and install it in the 2009 Flex, along with the second-row fridge. It might do well in Britain, where roadside conveniences are lacking, but on our roads it seems like nonsense. Nonetheless, we're wishing them well, and hoping that maybe the Chinese factory workers cranking these out got some free tickets to the Olympic badminton matches, in leg irons or not.
In-Car Microwave via
KickingTires
Posted in : 2008, Driving, Just for Fun
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Joseph Macko isn't a casual fan of Cadillac--he may be the GM brand's most loyal long-lived customer.
The
Flint Journal says the 84-year-old Macko has been driving
Cadillacs since 1955. New
Cadillacs. This week Macko brought home his 53rd new Caddy in a row--the latest one from a Michigan dealership that's sold him 22 cars in a row.
He used to buy new
Cadillacs, but now Macko leases them, and this year's lease is a
2009 Cadillac DTS--in black. He likes the cars, he says, because of their quality.
And why a new car every year? "You only live one time. Money is to spend," Macko told the paper. "I spend it once I get it."
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