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Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Give an 8 year old candy and he’ll eat it. Give an 8 year old a pair of car keys, he’ll drive it across the road, over some bushes and into the foundation of a house causing $80,000 worth of damage. – Horror stories from the DMV compiled by Jalopnik – An electric car that [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

The auto magazine Car and Driver has launched a YouTube channel and based on the preview below, it will be good. That’s about it. Enjoy whatever you’re doing this weekend. – Follow these ten steps to be a better driver – Old Buick is officially dead – The pace car at the Richmond 400 will [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Watch the video for the most creative way to burn $379,700 before your eyes. After that, check out links for all the auto news you may have missed this week. – Nascar.com asks should lap-down cars respect leaders? – Top 10 used cars to buy with your tax refund – Why bikers are bad for [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Retired Sprint Cup driver Rusty Wallace has been nominated for the Nascar Hall of Fame. He deserves it too for surviving a crash like this. -  Video on the man who legally lives in the abandoned Detroit Packard Plant – Motor Authority asks what will happen to Dodge in Nascars future – Hybrid owners aren’t [...]

Putting it into Park: Weekend Linkage

What you see below is an ambulance garage transformed into house. Some people are extremely resourceful. – The 10 Worst Built Cars in 2012 – British automotive pundit Richard Hammond invades the States – The Chevrolet Tavera, inspired by the mid 90′s Lumina minivan – Swiss town honors hometown hero Louis Chevrolet – Nascar drivers [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

There was an article in the April 2012 edition of Car and Driver about wheel stand competitions and the sport is fascinating. Check out the video below and the other pieces of automotive news you may have missed during the week. – This is what the inside of a giant tire in Detroit looks like [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Remember our blog post plea for music to be removed from all car videos on YouTube? Someone heard us. Watch 11 minutes of pure driving and pure sound below at the Legend Boucles de Spa rally in Belgium. – The Lorax is the newest pitchman for the Mazda CX-5 – Chevy ranked as top performance [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

The Daytona 500 is about the biggest thing happening in the sports world this weekend. Catch it Sunday at 1PM on FOX. After it ends don’t forget to watch The 84th Academy Awards on ABC at 7PM. We say this only because the movie Drive has been nominated for Best Sound Editing. – Naming a [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Good stuff this week in the automotive sphere…check out the links below for stories on cop cars, a defensive cake-eating hipster and oodles of other link goodness. Enjoy the weekend. – Michigan State Police have released their cop car rankings – Why Audi may be giving up on their fight for horsepower dominance – Sexy [...]

Putting it into park: Weekend Linkage

Are you in or around Chicago this weekend? Great, now go to the Chicago Auto Show, open to the public until February 19. – A Chinese brewery has released Jeep Beer and it’s “JUST FOR MAN” – Polk Automotive has released their loyalty awards based on owner retention – Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards [...]