Archives for the 'Automotive' Category
A new take on the “keep your hands on the car”-contest…
From Carscoop…
In a nutshell, the participants had to put their lips on the silica gel nipples attached to a Chevrolet Lova (Aveo) without touching it with any other part of their bodies (…). The winner would receive a brand-new Chevy Aveo as a prize. The 120 contestants who took part had to do this for [...]
The best story every told in six words…
No, not this… I mean “The Knight Rider“!
Actually, what I’m referring to is this tidbit from the Knight Rider Online Wiki:
Brandon Tartikoff, youthful head of programming at NBC, once gave California magazine this version of the creation of Knight Rider: It seems he and one of his assistants were discussing the problems of casting handsome [...]
Is it possible to steal your own car?
I stole this car the moment I saw it in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Even in videogames, the cops are checking me out… just like they do in the BARC!
Kneeling down next to my “Coquette“…
The answer? Thanks to the magic of videogames, yes it is possible to steal your own car!
Before Sunset
I took this photo back in June, while enjoying a leisurely drive home from a customer site through the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
My favorite story about the BARC is from a few years ago.
Barry & I were hanging out after a workout at the gym, and we jumped in to the ‘vette, dropped [...]
Perhaps this is a challenge for an emo band?
It’s true. No one writes songs about Volvos!
(The image is from the National Corvette Museum’s desktop wallpaper collection)
