Coyote Struck, Travels to California
Daniel East and his sister, Tevyn were traveling on Interstate 80 near the Utah-Nevada border when a coyote ran in front of the car. They hit the animal, but kept driving as they assumed it was dead. Eight to ten hours later, they stopped in California and noticed the coyote was stuck in the car’s grill! They called the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release office in Penn Valley, which sent a volunteer.
Jan Crowell, a rehabilitation center volunteer, said she brought a catch pole, an animal carrier, gloves and blankets.
When she arrived, East and his sister were taking the screws out of the car’s grill in an effort to get the animal out. Once the grill was pulled forward, the coyote poked its head out.
“No broken bones, no internal injuries — nothing,” Daniel East said, adding that the animal only had a few scrapes on one of his paws.
The coyote was kept at the center until it escaped on its own. Link -via Arbroath
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What Car Would Spock Drive?
What kind of car would Spock drive if Spock drives a car?
Well, you don’t have to wonder. The Drex Files blog has a rare photo of Leonard Nimoy in full costume as Spock posing in front of this car (his car?) on the Desilu backlot in 1966.
I wonder what car Kirk, Scotty and McCoy would drive …
Oh, and what kind of a car is it? Find out for yourself: Link – via The Litter Box
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Why You Should NEVER Piss Off People with Bulldozers
Qu Liming learnd that the hard way. The stubborn man tried to block heavy machineries from digging by parking his car in the way … but this is what he got instead:
"I thought that would slow them down so we could talk, but it just made them mad," said Qu.
"They began to dig out all the earth around my car and my home so now it sits on a mountain all of its own I think as a warning to others," he added.
Now the silver Chrysler sits on top of its own mini-mountain nearly 60ft up in the air amid the 500,000 GBP construction site.
"I tried to climb up and fell all the way down – but the police said it was all my fault for being big-headed," wailed Qu.
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World's Cheapest Car Goes On Sale
The world’s cheapest car is set to go on sale in India as the first customer receives the key to the vehicle, handed to him personally by the chairman of the car company.
The Tata Nano, created by Tata Motors costs only 123,360 rupees ($2,531), with upgrades such as air conditioning and cup holders available for up to $3,536 more. The Nano is set to revolutionize the transport industry in India.
From the 203,000 people who pre-ordered the Nano, 100,000 of them were selected from a ballot to be the first to get their hands on the car.
With an engine of just 624 cubic centimeters, it is smaller than those found in motorcycles and has been compared to the European Smart Car and the Volkswagen Beetle.
The vehicle is set to come to the U.S. in two years…Just in time for us to be out of the recession?
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Tire Art by Betsabeé Romero
Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero sculpted used, worn car and truck tires into fabulous works of art. As a bonus, the carved tires act as rolling rubber stamps!
Check out her portfolio here: Link
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Illuminating! A Brief History of the Headlight
A look at the surprisingly complex history of the automobile headlight. The first headlights were simply lanterns with reflecting mirrors:
The earliest headlight technology was essentially a lantern with a reflecting mirror. This focused the light source though an opening in the lantern, but because there were no lenses at this time, the beam was fairly unfocused and there was significant scattering of the light. This, combined with the low-candlepower light sources of the time, meant that they were a weak, low-speed-only means of illumination – unfocused and with poor range. Plus, a good gust of wind or a wayward splash of water could snuff the flame.
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Transformers + Airbrush Car Art + Mad Magazine Fold-In = ???
What do you get when you mix together Transformers, airbrush car art and Mad Magazine Fold-in?
Jeremy Kramer and Eric Vaughn of Truck Bearing Kibble, one of my favorite webcomics, have the answer! I won’t spoil the fun for you, so you’ve got to check it out yourself: Link
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Invisibility, the Old Fashioned Way
While the magic of Photoshop has made it easier than ever to doctor photographs to portray the improbable or impossible, nothing quite matches doing a double take in real life.
British art student Sara Watson parked a donated Skoda Fabia car outside her art studio and painted it so that, from just the right angle, it looks invisible. Shadows on the ground and the slight contours of the car give it away, but other than that, it’s as if it were draped with Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility or a cloaking device from Star Trek.
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Trying to Save the World by Driving to Mongolia
This July, I will be driving from London to Mongolia, in a piece of #### car, all in the name of charity. I’m taking part in the Mongol Rally. It is, in fact, as ridiculous as it sounds.
What: The Mongol Rally is an annual charity race across Eurasia where 500 cars traverse 1/3 of the world in 1-liter engine vehicles and, with a lot of luck, make it all the way to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. There’s no route and no help, but a whole lot of road and good deeds along the way.
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The Closest You'll Ever Get to Being Batman
You can actually zip this thing all the way up and then look out of mesh eye holes where Batman’s eyes are. I think this is kind of cool as a hoodie, but when you add the face to it, I get creeped out. But if you’re ready to go fight crime*, you can spend a mere $75 and be well on your way! The Tumbler will set you back a little more, though.
Link via Geekologie
*Do not actually go fight crime wearing this.
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Man Loses Car He Just Parked
Michael Otero parked his new red truck in front of a convenience store in Laguna Beach, California and went inside for only a few minutes. When he returned, the truck was gone! Since he had left the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked, Otero assumed it had been stolen. Police watched the surveillance video and found out what really happened. You can, too.
Link – via bannedinhollywood
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The Last Car Parked Here is Still Missing ...
Photo: lalachan [Flickr]
When ordinary No Parking sign fails, somebody clever tacked on this tongue-in-cheek sign in Mobile, Alabama.
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Classic Gas-Guzzlers Reborn
In Wichita, Kansas, Jonathan Goodwin says that may no longer have to be the case:
Goodwin is making a name for himself -- and his company, H-Line Conversions -- by turning gas-guzzling behemoths like Hummers, Cadillac Escalades, Jeeps and other big American cars into clean-power machines.
The first thing he does is remove the old inefficient engine -- even if it's a brand new vehicle -- and replace it with a diesel engine that can run on biodiesel.
"It's the transformation of what I call old technology to new technology," Goodwin says.
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Car Crashes Into Church Roof
In Germany, a speeding car missed a turn, and flew an amazing distance to crash into the roof of a nearby church.
The bank acted like a springboard, propelling the black Skoda about 35 meters (115 ft) forward and straight into the church’s roof frame, where it remained wedged 7 meters off the ground, police said in a statement.
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Unsold Cars Pile Up
What happens to all those cars that go unsold? Check out this collection of photographs illustrating the growing stockpile of unsold autos world wide.
Pictured is a Nissan test track being used to store thousands of unsold cars.
Carmakers around the world are cutting production as inventories build up to unprecedented levels. Storage areas and docksides are now packed with vast expanses of unsold cars as demand slumps
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World's First Flying SkyCar Launch
It looks awesome but will it fly … or will it blend? I do believe this is what we all wanted as a kid … lucky guys!
A group of daredevils set sail on the ultimate magical childhood dream adventure today, traveling in a flying car for a 42 day journey from London to Timbuktu — a place that’s had a mystical, “middle of nowhere” reputation for decades. The ‘Parajet Skycar’ can change from ground to flying mode in a mere 3 minutes, and will make the epic 3,600-mile (5,800-kilometer) journey by both land and air.
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Honk if You Like Horns!
Ed Kaspriske is an air horn enthousiast – he collects diesel locomotive air horns. If you want to put a big horn on your Geo Metro you’ll find something interesting in his website. You’ll find pictures, sounds and a link to his Youtube channel, but no teenager pranks.
Don’t miss Ed’s collection of locomotive air horns.
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Icicle Sculpture Created by ... Cars!
What do you get when water splashed out of a puddle by cars freeze on tree branches?
You get this awesome display of Mother Nature’s artistic side!
As the water ran off it created scores of icicles and has formed an ice sculpture.
The 10 foot-high icicles were created on the outskirts of Skelmersdale in Lancashire.
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She Painted Her Car with Nail Polish
Jill Bell of Urbana, Maryland repaired a scratch on her car with a dab of nail polish, and liked the look so much that she painted her entire car with it!
Over the next 13 months, from September 2007 to this past October, she completely covered her car in a quilt-like pattern – as a quilter, she found the multi-pattern paint job fitting, she said.
Bell said she collected between 100 to 250 bottles of nail polish, but did not have an exact idea as she simply used bottles from anyone she could get it from.
“Lots of ladies in my church donated nail polish, and lots of ladies at Weight Watchers, too,” she said. She said it would be nearly impossible for her to estimate the dollar value of all the bottles, as each brand cost a different amount – anywhere from under a dollar to $5.
Link -Thanks, Geekazoid!
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The Air Car
This retro-futuristic “air car” is now up for sale at eBay. Current bid: US $10,000.00.
This car was built in 1985. Body is built with fiberglass and urethane composite making it very light. Entire body can be lifted off with 2 people for easy access to frame and all other parts. Powered by 400 cubic inch Chevy small block, driving through a 2 to 1 reduction drive to a six blade, 54″ propeller. As the propeller tips approach mach 1, she is extremely loud.
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Old Man Goes Nuts At Car Wash.
Old man goes nuts at a car wash because he lost his glasses according to police report. And the whole thing was captured by CCTV. Link: Youtube
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Disappearing Car Door
The original inventors and designers of the exciting Disappearing Car Door technology are now in a position to equip your favorite automobile with a cool, sexy, safe and convenient automatic door.
The vehicle architecture offers an attractive rethink for car design and adds greatly to overall vehicle safety including structural integration of the door with the unibody and cruciform door frame technology.
One thing is for sure, it will definitely grab everyone’s attention when you drive a car with Disappearing Doors!
Totally Awesome!
Source: disappearing-car-door
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