#automotive

"The Coffee Cup Power Inverter is a conveniently shaped power source that coverts your car's DC power into two 120-volt AC outlets. Perfect for powering or charging TV's, DVD players, game consoles, cell phones, and other portable electronics. This coffee cup also has a USB charging port providing 500mA of power. The unique coffee cup shape fits nicely in today's auto/boat/truck cup holders, preventing it from moving around inside your vehicle. "

"In short, my view is that if GM can’t figure out ways to get their managers and executives to understand the experience of owning a car for the average person, if they can’t get rid of those jets, and if they can’t reduce the number of brands, and if they can’t make a host of other changes required to make them competitive, than my answer is “no, you can’t have our money.” "

"Yes, the photo above is real: It is Animal—from The Muppets—driving a British Audi while speeding through a German road. The famous pink drummer is driving the police there absolutely crazy, because he keeps doing it again and again. Or better said, the real driver is, using a low-tech approach to take advantage of a weak point of the radar cameras."

"There’s this long chain of cars up ahead. What if the cars could talk to one another?"

"Daredevil attempts to jump a rocket-assisted Lincoln over the St. Lawrence river."

This guy complains about various miscommunicated / wrong details on a vehicle he purchased, and sums it all up with: "NEVER NEVER NEVER Buy a vehicle without seeing/driving it first." HURRRR

"Right now, I am going to give you a sequence of minimal length that, when you enter it into a car's numeric keypad, is guaranteed to unlock the doors of said car. It is exactly 3129 keypresses long, which should take you around 20 minutes to go through."

"Think the kid got paid? Or did they just rip it off youtube and use it?"

"This magnet was tossed onto your car by a cyclist who felt that you might have been driving in a way that could have endangered their life."

Need to keep a supply of these in the glove box

"Scrolling License Plate Flash Frames are an incredible new accessory for any car!"

"These people are cool, they have the cars to prove it. So can you. And then go to the convention. One man's shadowy journey. Could Heat Vision be next?"

"We figured it was almost like giving music to the Army, or Exxon" I'd be *more* likely to listen to a band after I heard they turned down Hummer.

pimp-mobile launched by way of trebuchet. great stuff

"Unfortunately, my good experiences with the Honda Music Link iPod Adapter ended here."

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"Aside from the exclusive details that you've come to expect from us, Chrysler.com will link you to the latest and greatest auto show coverage from respected automotive blogs and news websites."

This sounds quite nutty. Hell, why don't they just make the bathrooms cost a buck a minute or so and recoup losses that way?

"Michigan is far more at risk than many other states because its manufacturing-dominated culture is addicted to an entitlement mentality that has long since disappeared in other regions and industrial sectors"

"The Ford Fusion Web site is also building buzz with a collaborative photo-sharing page and a viral e-mail marketing campaign."

"From an interview I did today with GM's Gary Grates, VP Communications for North America..."