New Car Automotive: August 2007

Don't give your keys to morons, especially not your '67 Shelby Cobra keys...

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2007/08/video-woman-crashes-67-shelby-cobra.html

Notice the wet roads, the repeated tire squeals, and obvious 'imbecile behind the wheel' clues, and yet the owner never went over and stopped the driver. Idiots all the way around.

Amusing story I heard on KGB

A dad gives his daughter a full size Mercedes, about 6 years old.

She comes home from school the next day complaining that her new gift is too "stodgy", not as cool as the Porche's and BMW's her classmates and friends drive.

Her dad mulls it over and asks her if she too has to ride in a $150,000 dollar vehicle to be cool, and hip.

She immmediately gushes yes, how cool dad is, etc etc. He tells her she'll be riding in one before class the next morning. She goes off incredibly happy.

Dad goes and buys her a bus pass.

Moral of the story? Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

W H Rodgers, Feb. 1941, Corpus Christi Texas

Only 30 years ago... do you have any old gas station price signs to share? email me at jbohjkl@yahoo.com

1977, November 8th

Strange concept: unless you've owned an old VW, it'll be new to you

I just learned that pre-80's VW's used the spare tire in the luggage compartment to pressurize the windshield washer fluid. So did 75 Porche 914.

http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200311/answer.html
http://archive.type3.org/archives/1997/december/msg00392.html

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1920's and 30's street scenes... via www.shorpy.com

1910 DeDion's... look at those solid rubber tires! And I believe that's the Arc de Triumph on the right hand side

1908 New York eviction

http://www.shorpy.com/

This would be a goldmine today, Milwaukee Wi. 1936 junkyard

Bev likes HumVees and Jaguars

Stereo, Speaker, and Audio Repair by Fred, I heavily recommend him!

Stereo Tech 3401 Adams Ave F.............................282-9101

On the South side of the road, across the street from Rosie O'Grady's..... it's 34th Street, a 6 store strip mall, Fred is in the last one farthest from Adam's Ave.

Audio Repair is the sign on the building front. Stereo Tech is the sign on the billboard at the parking lot entrance off Adams.

Burnout and race videos

Donuts and smoke, Challenger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkDQig8hIQ

Hemi Cuda, prostreet! 1/4 mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAOsRKLaZGQ

Challenger sounding great and transforming the rear tires into smoke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYvrlgLsICQ

A website of women who are muscle car owners and dig cars

http://www.hercars.homestead.com/ontheroad.html

Cop has the video recorder on, is is outrun... spanked really

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAs-9SvNCY8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fscheerti%2Eblog%2Ehu%2F

Why 6 wheelers are better than 4 x 4's

http://parkoffka.ru/item/2007/8/9/shestikolesnyi_monstr_ot_dodge_14_foto for 13 more pics, I like that it has roll bars AROUND the outside of the truck!

also: http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2007/07/6x6.html

The latest on the Enzo wrecked in Malibu

http://jalopnik.com/cars/save-the-enzos/stefan-erikssons-passenger-arrested-288313.php

For all the story and how it evolved: http://jalopnik.com/cars/stefan-eriksson/

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Question:

Why is it American cars are tested for exhaust limits, and crash tested for safety, but they aren't tested for fuel mileage? No, they are EPA Estimates you are given as to what the mileage MAY be. What a load of crap, the only thing I want to know accurately is the MPG... the rest of it doesn't matter.

I'd love to know your opinion: jbohjkl@yahoo.com