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WebRidesTV Background Creator

August 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Looking to spice up your desktop? The kids over at WebRidesTV have worked up a background creator complete with a wide selection of dream rides, exotic settings and yes, babes. Click over and you can drag and drop the elements you want and skip the ones you don’t. Want your own personal parking garage with [...]

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Texting Even Worse Than Driving Drunk?

July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you own a mobile telephone, you are probably aware of text messaging, or texting. As with many other popular forms of communication, the next best thing to doing it at home is to do it in the car. Now we all know that driving while texting is probably not the smartest idea, but we [...]

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That’s What He Said: Jesse James Falsely Claims Hydrogen-Powered Speed Record

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

On June 16th, Jesse James claimed to have broken the hydrogen-powered speed record on the southern California El Mirage dry lake for an episode of his show Jesse James is a Dead Man, which would have been an awesome feat indeed. However automotive journalist and world speed historian, Louise Ann Noeth, is challenging James’ claim. [...]

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Fiesta Movement Underway

June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

We told you guys about the Fiesta Movement a while back. For a refresh, it’s Ford’s brilliant marketing scheme for their new hatchback – debuting here in 2011. 100 lucky people got the cars for free in exchange for their souls performing “missions” that revolve around their Fiesta. You can see all the mission videos [...]

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Shipyard Becomes Massive Playground for Kia Soul

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Lets face it, while not as quirky or radical as the Nissan Cube, the Kia Soul is a damn cool car. With door speakers that pulse a color of your choice along with the music, whats not to like? Now Kia has tired to go viral with this latest moving picture featuring a whole lot [...]

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