Well, definitely not 'during' a racce. My guess is that it was a staged drive-around by the Street View car on a track day, or during a break on a race weekend. Based on the number of people close to the track and corners, it's definitely not a 'hot track' situation. Additionally there's no way the Street View mobile would be able to keep up with the cars ahead of it in the shots (and the view is too high for it to be from a racecar).

i thought the original was much better, even though, like cave12man, i'm a big fan of johnny depp and tim burton.

Actually, Parkour is a relatively new sport when compared to bicycle trials riding. So to call this Parkour on wheels is like describing surfing as "snowboarding, but on the beach".

Hellooo... you know this is a joke, right? This commercial is from the same series that featured the "Cat Magnet" to retrieve lost cats. The ads were put together as a joint venture by the Ad Council and the USPTO.

Seriously people... physics!

Agree with the commenter who suggested Ender's Game, although only if you get it from the library. After buying and reading the latest Orson Scott Card paperback, a jingoistic, neo-conservative piece of tripe, and then reading some of his more recnet essays online, I've sworn off him for good. Ugh... awful.

I just reread Cat's Cradle, another good suggestion I'll second. Anything by Vonnegut is good.

Cormac McCarthy's The Road is a good suggestion, but very, very dark. I loved it, but I love post-apocolyptic books.

I kow you asked for light... but I absolutely have to suggest The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It's an amazing read, and if you care about where your food comes from it will pull you in from the beginning. It never gets preachy, at least in my opinion, and I found it incredibly informative.

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