Fun Stuff
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It's not everyday that you're walking along the streets of town and you spot a Batman speeder bike, but that's just what happened to our own Jeff Birkeland, on University Avenue in Palo Alto, California, this afternoon. The speeding superhero was apparently in need of some caffeination, as the bike was spotted in front of Starbucks. While we don't know anything about the bike itself, it appears to be a completely custom job, complete with bodywork, faux-missiles, and an elongated wheelbase with a lay-down riding position to better emulate its nerdy roots. It's patterned after the Batpod...
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Christina Aguilera Goes Shopping For SpeedNews flash: Christina Aguilera has a need for speed. News flashier: unlike many of her pop tartelette colleagues, she wants the legal kind. Behind the link, you'll see a very recent shot of Xtina browsing the merch at a Ferrari dealership in Calabasas, California. Presumably this is what celebrity...
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You Can Be A Group B Rally Driver With This Peugeot 205 T16The price of entry is just $32,100--with an unmet reserve.
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Video: Has Vanilla Ice Become The Poor Man's Evel Knievel?Before we interviewed Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) earlier this year, we'd written the guy off as a one-hit wonder and year-round D-lister. But over the course of our chat, we changed our minds. He seemed really down to earth -- the kind of guy who'd had a moment of notoriety, milked it for...
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Today In Mysteries: Who Is Kim G And Why Do We Care?It's the end of July, which means that summer is quickly coming to a close, which leaves us feeling a little wistful -- a little introspective. And so, we're doing some soul-searching, asking questions of ourselves we might not ordinarily ask. Such as: 1. Why do we watch reality television? 2. More...
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Today In Celebrity Beverages: Ice-T, Coco Pulled Over For Not Wearing Seat BeltsDear Ice-T: Yes, you have to wear a seatbelt, even though you cart around your own set of airbags. (Tell Coco we said "hi"!) xoxo Your Friends at CelebsAndCars.com P.S. Is it ironic that you and Coco were pulled over shortly after competing in a rally sponsored by Amp energy drinks? Was that a...
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Today, we are happy to share with you Motor Authority's foolproof action movie formula! Be careful not to share it with anyone before you make millions for yourself and others. First, pick one bald muscleguy: A. Vin Diesel B. Dwayne Johnson C. Jason Statham D. Bruce Willis Next, pick one car of exceptional vintage: A. Chevrolet Camaro SS B. Ford Gran Torino C. Pontiac GTO D. Shelby Mustang Then, pick one heroine/low-rent Bond Girl: A. Jordana Brewster B. Megan Fox C. Maggie Grace D. Olivia Munn Now, pick a plot line: A. Cop goes undercover to bring down a street gang. B. Cop goes undercover...
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Video: Corvette Racing's Le Mans Fan ExperienceThere's a lot more to Le Mans than just racing--though the racing is center stage.
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Ford Racing + Team O'Neil = Fiesta Driving SchoolThe Fiesta Driving School will supply 43 Fiesta Movement vehicles for rally instruction.
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Video: G4 'Attack Of The Show' Tests Ford's Virtual Reality SimulatorThe technology allows a design to be tested from the inside out without building a thing.
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Video: Angelina Jolie Delivers A (Car) Smashing Performance In SALTWe haven't seen much of Angelina Jolie lately. Between all the globe-trotting and the dieting and the bowchickawowow with her equally stunning common-law husband, she's had a lot on her plate. However, Ms. Jolie is about to make a return to the big screen, and once again she's playing a spy. A very...
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Coco Shows Us Where The Rubber Meets The RoadYesterday, our colleagues at Jalopnik ran a piece about J.F. Musial helping Ice-T change a tire on his Aston Martin Vantage during the Amp Energy Bullrun. Ray Wert added: "That same tire...blew again today outside Iowa City on the way to Omaha. The man is having an unlucky couple days when it comes...
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Brad Pitt? Gone. John Mayer? Man-ho. Gerard Butler? Still on the hunt. Apparently, he likes 'em mad, bad, and unavailable for 90 days. And so, Jennifer Aniston is without a traveling companion. Again. But soft, what dude through yonder valet stand breaks? It is a Mystery Man, and Jennifer has a headache! (Which may explain why she keeps losing traveling companions, but that's another post.) Actually, it's not a Mystery Man, it's actor Christopher Gartin, star of such popular fare as The New Adventures of Old Christine and Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall. Which is to say, Jen and Chris have a...
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Elijah Wood In A MINI (Obviously)And here we have diminutive dreamboat Elijah Wood, out for a night on the town in the passenger seat of a MINI. He's acting like it's not his, like it belongs to his friend/personal assistant/other, but c'mon dude: we know. We know, okay? Elijah, if you're reading this -- and statistically, there's...
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Video: Watch The Goodwood Festival Of Speed LiveYou don't have to buy a ticket to Goodwood to enjoy the show.
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Victoria Beckham Reminds Us Why We Kicked England To The CurbRoughly 234 years ago, we said "smell ya later" to Great Britain. And today -- before we break into the Jack Daniels, PBR, and other appropriately American, appropriately adult beverages -- we would like to remind you why: Once again, England has come between us and something we love. Before us...
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Alexander Skarsgard And Kate Bosworth In An Audi R8This is going to sound terrible, but we can never remember why Kate Bosworth is important -- or at least important enough to be taking up a corner of the limited real estate north of our medulla oblongata. Is she a musician? A juggler? Did she kill someone famous, or just our sense of inner peace?...
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Naomi Campbell Enjoys Some Pumping Now And ThenYes, that's Naomi Campbell, in the photo found at the link below. Yes, she's wearing a knee-length fur vest. No, we don't know anyone who would actually buy a knee-length fur vest, though it might be of interest to wealthy amputees. No, we don't know what it's made from, but it's likely real mink...
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At first, we were just going to say something catty about Hilary Duff in the photo behind the link below. You know, maybe something about the fact that she's going to the gym in Louboutins, which can only mean that she's finally broken down and agreed to take that damn stripper aerobics class -- because really, why should Miley have all the fun? But then we thought: whoa, they make celery-green Mustang convertibles now? Where do you get one of those? And then: okay, whoever drives that celery-green Mustang convertible is NOT going to be happy to learn that she's been boxed in. And of course...
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Car Video Break: Bad Brits on A Double-Decker JoyrideYou can tell the world economy's gone sour when local badasses resort to joyriding...in a double-decker bus. The U.K. Register reports today that three royal subjects--two teenage girls and an adult man--made off with a high-top bus in the town of Amesbury last week in the wee hours. While they...
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Smart Fortwo Says: 'OMG YOU GUYS I'M IN A PIC WITH GOLDIE HAWN II'HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS! DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? Don't stare, stupid monkeys. Just be quiet and act naturally.... Now pretend you're looking at something else -- that fire hydrant, maybe, or that halal vendor who's munching on a corndog between customers. Okay, now look over there. You see who that...
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Video: McLaren F1 Drivers Button And Hamilton Assemble An F1 CarIt's not as easy to build an F1 car as the drivers may think.
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Video: Porsche Beats MINI In Infield Race At Road AtlantaThe silliness of the challenge still didn't work in MINI's favor.
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2010 Chumpcar Texas Motor Speedway: The RecapRound 9 of the 2010 Chumpcar World Series is now over.
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