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Driving with a beer in hand is just bad form. But driving a beer?

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Well, that’s just cantastic! A Florida company called Automotive Innovations owned by Ron Wharton created the cars for the Stroh Brewery Company for promotional use, with one leading a daily parade at the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tenn. The builder was granted an exemption from federal safety standards and were limited to building only 300 of the fiberglassbodied cars a year. Each one was given a new title as a Pop Top Can Car.

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Programming languages are like cars

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Assembler: A formula 1 race car. Very fast but difficult to drive and maintain. FORTRAN II: A Model T Ford. Once it was the king of the road. FORTRAN IV: A Model A Ford. FORTRAN 77: a six-cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard transmission and no seat belts. COBOL: A delivery van. It’s bulky and ugly but it does the work. BASIC: A second-hand Rambler with a rebuilt engine and patched upholstery. Your dad bought it for you to learn to drive. You’ll ditch it as soon as you can afford…

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Craziest four wheel drive

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The Chainlink 4X4 is by far the craziest four wheel drive in the world. Engine is a fuel injected Ford 5.0 V8 out of a ’93 cobra mustang, c4 transmission and t-case out of an early bronco. For controlling all that 7 feet climbing and dipping, there is Rube Goldberg gear network: 5.38 gears and centrally-mounted ARB air locker. The hydraulically controlled swing arms can be controlled individually or together. It is made of steel tubing, weighs 5900 lb and its tires are 39.5″. It’s spectacular.

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A Christian Grandma's Driving Experience

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Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes to a friend: The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a ‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker .. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed. I was stopped at a red…

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Hand-Made Lamborghini Built In Basement

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100% hand crafted Countach out of aluminum and a space tube frame. All aluminum body formed on a wooden buck using an English wheel. Ken Imhoff own design space frame with Corvette hubs and custom A-arms. Mated to a ZF-25 5 speed. S.S. 180 degree headers GT40 design “bundle of snakes” Boss 351 bored stroked to 377 515hp 48 IDA Webbers. One off TransAm BBS rim shells to my own center section wheels. Custom brake package to fit 16″ wheels. Fuel cell, twin aluminum sprint car (Howe) radiators. All aluminum…

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Want to live a true blue Hobbit lifestyle?

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Then you won’t be able to go wrong with the QTVan! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUL1ZnLZ-c The QTvan is so named because it caters to three peculiarly British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans. The diminutive caravan stands at just 2 m x 75 cm (79 x 30 inches) and comes with a tea making facilities, a drinks cabinet, a bed, alarm clock and there’s even a 19″ flat screen TV mounted on the far-side wall. There’s 240v hook up and battery powered back-up lighting, but you won’t be breaking any landspeed records, as the…

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The Gamers Dream Car

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Toyota is clearly in tune with the next generation of gamers by unveiling the Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer (ATG) concept that comprises of a Toyota pickup with a quartet of Xbox consoles within, a Warthog from Halo and a Monster energy drink dispenser to keep you going through those marathon gaming sessions. You will find four 24″ LCD monitors from Samsung adorning the cabin center, swinging out to provide individual gamers with their own display. As for spectators, they can sit outside and view all the thrills and spills via a…

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10 Sure-Fire Ways to Raise Your Car Insurance Premium

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Many of us are very attached to our cars, and for some, their car is their best friend. Despite how close you might be to your car, there are some things you’ll want to avoid doing unless you like the idea of your insurance premium going up. Take it for a swim Try hopping a fence in it Try playing Twister with another car Turn it over to give it a belly-rub Convince it that it’s T-Pain and should be on a boat Forget that it’s not a skateboard and…

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