Patrick Havens on October 24th, 2008

Okay, I swear my mind isn’t just stuck on cars, but I ran across this article and thought it interesting… if not a humorous poke at the current financial condition.
As shelter is the largest single expense for most people, the ongoing “Financiapocalpyse” could see more people trading that Tudor for a four-door. As your guides [...]

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Patrick Havens on October 24th, 2008

Tesla is making some big moves, literally. The company is planning to relocate from its current headquarters in San Carlos, California, to a $250 million facility in San Jose, California, the construction of which will begin in the summer of 2009. The reason? The Model S, an all-new 4-door 5-passenger zero-emissions luxury sedan powered by [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 13th, 2008

Scott Beale, blogger of Laughing Squid fame and all around good guy ran across the “Big Kid Toy*” for Christmas.
At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels.
The amount [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 23rd, 2008

If these where all the same car I’d assume that this was a car commercial.  But they seem to be of a couple makes… AND this video is way too long. But sit back, be amazed and prepare to feel pwnd.
This defiantly is in the tradition of the 1980’s-90’s Euro and Asian car commercials.

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Patrick Havens on April 28th, 2008

When you think kick ass expensive super cars, I normally think Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and similar.  Though company’s like VW, Mercedes and BMW make fast cars… they fit into a different class normally.  But this BMW Concept has me drooling and wishing they went into production (and I’m sure onto a Napa Street).
Here is one [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 18th, 2008

I like this build up of automobile posters that have been posted very minimal (that’s why I didn’t bother to post them here). You have a series of automobile manufacturers trying to one up each other…
Advertising war between BMW @ AUDI

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Patrick Havens on April 14th, 2008

Moment Of Zen…
You take something that is supposed to be exciting and keep adding dangers.  First it may of been a motorcycle, and then perhaps they decided to add in an automobile.  But how were they planning on topping adding a grown lion in a sidecar?
[from Le Blog Moto via Jalopnik]

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Patrick Havens on December 3rd, 2007

Almost straight out of the Flinstones an art exhbit got pulled over by Toronto police… make that an ‘86 Buick…
Michel de Broin, an artist, had totally stripped down a 1986 Buick Regal and outfitted it with 4 independent pedal and gear mechanisms. This was part of ‘art’ piece being exhibited at the Mercer Union Gallery [...]

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Patrick Havens on November 2nd, 2007

I have watched the peel get used as a base for Monster Garage project.  That didn’t work all that great.  Here on this Top Gear episode, they show both how ridiculous and versatile the Peel could be.
That little car would get destroyed fast here in the Bay Area the way some of the driver drive.  [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 3rd, 2007

World Fastest Car – Vauxhall VictorWhen you see the title, I bet you think about the Bugatti.
No? Maybe you think at the Ferrari Enzo. No, again!
It is about the Vauxhall Victor, which is the fastest ever street legal car.
It has a powerful 9.3, V8 liter engine of 2,200 bhp and can accelerates from 0 to [...]

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