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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Lee Vrubr
Dyna Axydent
Juan Mylanuer
Eunice Versagoynt
Lisa Neucar
Ann Tenna
Phillip DeTank
Labels: humor
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Above from the Google books screen shots
Car Talk's Recently Hired Staff
British Hospitality Advisor Tina Crumpet
Customer Service Specialist Begonia Payne-Diaz
Sculling Coach Rose Dior
The below have been edited for humor, there are tons more after the link
Car Talk's Official Staff Credits
Accounts Payable Administrator Imelda Czechs
Accounts Payable Clerk, Moscow Office Dasha Chekhov
Accounts Receivable Supervisor from the Mumbai Office Vishnu Payup
Adopted Son from Sweden Bjorn A. Payne Diaz
Airline Seat Tester Wilma Butfit
Air-Quality Monitor Carmine Dioxide
Air Traffic Controller Ulanda U. Lucky
Airline Reservation Manager Will Price Randomly
Alignment Inspector Lou Segusi
Appeals Specialist Bud Uronner
Arbitration Expert Viola Fuss
Art Critic Phyllis Steen
Art Critic II Dot Snice
Asphalt Contractor Luciano Pavearoadi
Assertiveness Training Coach Lois Steem
Assistant Customer Care Representative Kurt Reply
Assistant Disciplinarian Joaquin D'Planque
Asst. Fleet Manager Lisa Carr
Assistant to the PR Specialist Lotta B. Essen
Audience Response Analyst Luke Warm
Auto-Body Expert James Bondo
Automotive Finishes Consultant Rusty Steele
Automotive Medical Researcher Dr. Denton Fender
Auto Seat Tester Fitz Matush
Bad Joke Interpreter Nadia Geddit
Bail Bond Provider Freida Gogh
Bail-Bondswoman Frieda Wander
Bolt Tightener Tilda Plierslip
Book Critic Odessa Paige Turner
Brake Adjuster Schlomo Quigley
Breathalyzer Administrator Eureka Garlic
British Doorman Isaiah Olchap
Broadway Reviewer Ike and Stan Musicals
Bunji Jumping Instructor Hugo First
Broadcast Philosopher Phillip Airtime
Cabinet Maker L. Ron Cupboard
Caffeine Addiction Counselor Bruno Moore
Car Talk Bouncer Euripedes Ibreakayourface
Car Talk Ice Rink Manager Sam Boney
Car Talk Opera Critic Barbara Seville
Chairman, Federal Lubrication Board Alan Greasepan
Chairman, Underemployment Study Group Art Majors
Chief Accountant Candace B. Rittenoff
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer Chef Boyar Ubusy
Chief Information Officer Otto Delupe
Chief Justice Harry Mental, aka Judge Mental
Chief Legal Counsel Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe
Chief Negotiator Bernadette Bridge
Chief of Tire Technology Yessir Itsaflat
Child Care Provider A. Hugh Nokitov
Child Transportation Specialist Minnie Van Driver
Class Valedictorian Sidney Furst Rowe
Cleanliness Inspector Adolph Deflor
http://www.cartalk.com/content/about/credits/credits.html for about 200 hunderd more
Labels: humor
What the hell do BMW's need headlight wipers for? Do big messy gutsy bugs aim for the lights?
0 comments Posted by korekore at 1:37 PM last time I had 4 different designs compared
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-do-so-many-bmws-need-headlight.html
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Labels: advertising, humor
Friday, May 20, 2011
the living room couch, and end tables, were cruising the sidelines at El Mirage... looking for burning man?
0 comments Posted by korekore at 10:18 PMLabels: El Mirage, humor, May 14 2011 El Mirage
true double barreled racing, 110 gallons of Nitromethane. CH3NO2 (you ought to know I did say unprintable things in admiration)
0 comments Posted by korekore at 8:34 PM makes my six pack of Whoop Ass whimper in shame and lack of self confidence http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/06/six-pack-of-whoop-ass.html
Nitro is 2.3 times as energetic as gasoline. Consider that a gallon of gas powers a 3000 pound car as much as 50 miles, and nitro would move would move that same car 115 miles. that means a cup would make it move about 15 miles. Try pushing a 3000 pound car that far, and you'll appreciate a cup of nitro
An ounce would move that car about a mile. At speed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitromethane
All we know is, he's called the Stig (the funny opening lines)
0 comments Posted by korekore at 7:34 PMhe is afraid of bells,
confused by stairs.
his voice can only be heard by cats,
he never blinks, but when he does, his eye lids are side to side blinkers
naturally faces magnetic north
all his legs are hydraulic,
he has two sets of knees,
and heart ticks like a watch
He is hinted at being a wild creature, spending his spare time catching fish with his tongue or foraging for wolves in the woods.
his face appears on high-value stamps in Sweden
his left nipple is the shape of the Nürburgring,
he invented the curtain,
his salary is paid by the BBC in strong pornography
he is illegal in 19 US states
he is afraid of ducks
his breath smells of magnesium
his tears are adhesive
if he caught fire he'd burn for a thousand days
he has a digital face
his crash helmet is based on Brittany Spears head
he has no understanding of clouds
his earwax tastes like Turkish delight
he isn't machine washable
his first name really is "the"
he sleeps upside down like a bat
if you tune your radio to 88.4, you can hear his thoughts
on really warm days he sheds his skin like a snake
he's allergic to the Dutch
if he could be bothered, he could decoded the DaVinci code in 43 seconds
his sweat can be used to polish precious metals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig
if you want to read a LOT more : http://www.topgearshow.com/page/The+Stig+Quotes
Labels: humor
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The 1960's Fiat Abarth 600, cooling problem, speed solution
0 comments Posted by korekore at 6:26 PMThe Abarth team was given the problem of making the Fiat 600 faster, but after putting the exhaust on it, they couldn't close the engine cover (is it a hod when the engine is behind the rear tires?) because the engine would overheat. So they propped open the engine cover.
So they tested it anyway, and learned that the car was 11 kph faster with the engine cover propped open (of course the maxed out engine helped too!)
Learned on Top Gear, episode 73
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Great variety of fun stuff over at Tamerlane's Thoughts, not all car stuff though, lots of travels
0 comments Posted by korekore at 8:45 PM the above Land Rover advertisement is brilliant, go see the world and get your passport stamped
Who know Sammy had a Delorean?
The source of the above XJ220 Jag's tail lights? the below Rover... huh
Wow, rare Jeep FC 170 and Civil Defense with the old license plates!
these two were photographed at the Sonoma Marin Concours
all this variety is from just the only http://karakullake.blogspot.com/
Labels: advertising, celebrity, humor, Jaguar, Jeep, Messerschmitt, Tatra
Monday, May 16, 2011
The above looks like an electric wheelchair trying to pull a cop car
Yup, wind powered car
for more of these http://parkoffka.ru/
Labels: humor, Humvee, Kombi, petroliana, snowmobile, wreck
1925 Monotrace found on http://flickriver.com/photos/jk1971/tags/monotrace
Racing legends Donnie Allison, Sid Collins, Roger McCluskey, Ed McCulloch, Augie Pabst, Bruce Penhall and Ed Winfield will be enshrined into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction celebration on August 23 and 24, 2011 in Detroit.
Ed Winfield was regarded as one of the all-time great mechanical minds motorsports has ever known. He was an expert in engine design and carburation and played a major role in the development of the famed Novi engine with his brother, Bud. He is generally recognized as the “Father of the Racing Cam Business,” making his first performance camshaft in 1914 at age 13 and is credited with creative cylinder head designs and other engine advancements.
A Winfield exotic camshaft was in Bulchowsky's Old Yeller
http://www.landspeedproductions.biz/ed-winfield-finally-gets-the-nod-byt-the-motorsports-hall-of-fame.html There is a motorcycle museum in France, the Chateau de Bosc http://www.expeditionportal.com/vehicules/motorcycles/70-other/342-discovering-a-secret-motorcycle-museum-in-france.html
from http://www.anshobijlmakers.nl/Home/Home.html originally, found on http://basskick.tumblr.com/
Labels: humor, Koenigsegg CCR, Lamborghini, law enforcement, parking
Sunday, May 15, 2011
humor found in Volkswagens, "Pidgin German" comedy labels someone invented years ago
0 comments Posted by korekore at 8:04 PMDas Glimmerblinken for the light switch,
Der Drizzleflippen for wiper switch,
Die Warmercougher for choke,
Das Schmokegedunka for ashtray,
and Der Puttersparken for the ignition.
http://www.bugstories.com/viewtopic.php?t=5&sid=91ea60b6a46219a6a37b865d395fc7e6
I love this kind of humor! I first saw it in April at the Coronado car show (last photo of the set http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/cool-stuff-i-found-at-coronado-car-show.html ) in this car http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/1951-mercedes-170da-in-afrika-corps.html
or in German...
Das Glimmerblinken" (für Lichtschalter),
"Das Drizzleflippen" (für den Scheibenwischer)
, "Die Warmercougher" (für Starthilfezugknopf),
"Das Schmokegedunka" (Ascher)
oder "Der Puttersparken" (für Zündung)
http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/dokument.html?id=46272808&top=SPIEGEL
And I found some new ones that have been invented
1. Turn signals Winkenblinken
2. Windshield wipers Drizzleflippen
3. Ashtray Schmokendunken
4. Horn Ferroadhags
5. Trunk Bundledumpen
6. Spare tire Rollinknue
7. Glove compartment Ferheidenschitt
8. Rearview mirror Schpottinbaach
9. Fender Dentenruen
10. Chrome trim Doughferflashen
11. Engine compartment Rhorensump
12. Exhaust pipe Schtinkenhose
13. Window Glazzenhol
14. Speedometer Zeumklok
15. Gas gauge Neuzafuel
16. Radio Hollernbachs
17. Antenna Grabbentunz
found at http://www.writers-network.com/index.cgi?m=1&view=96588
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Pirate love? or did some people miss a left turn at Albuquerque when looking for Burning Man?
0 comments Posted by korekore at 9:35 PMLabels: El Mirage, humor, May 14 2011 El Mirage, RV, VW
Friday, May 13, 2011
Labels: humor, license plates
And there was no explanation or link to the source of the above... so I don't know if it's a photo shop or what.
It's a fake! Ludwyg220 used the comment and let us know that the real photo is at http://www.stockmopar.com/supersize-image.php?image=_images/wallpaper/charger-daytona-69_02.jpg&title=Mopar%20Wallpaper
Thanks Ludwyg220! The above is a really good photoshop job! http://musclecarblog.tumblr.com/
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The above light is made for quick easy identification by anyone who can see shapes, or colors. Particularly in the case of color blind people.
The 1st traffic light ever made exploded, killing the cop that was operating the lever to direct it's light in the right direction. Jan 2nd 1869 was the day, and natural gas vapor was the source of the flame that made the lights visible... no electricity, nothing but a torch behind a colored lens.
The first traffic light in Ireland (1890's) was placed near the oldest pub in Europe (900 AD) because the first car in Ireland was owned by the pubs frequent patron, and he was Ireland's first drunk driver.
Photo and much more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light
But the best idea in traffic lights is a light that has a time indication of when it will switch to green http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-good-ideas-id-like-to-see-in-world.html
Labels: humor, informative, traffic signal, trivia
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
1. Thou shalt not store cars out-of-doors except for thy wife’s modern iron.
2. Thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s car, nor his garage, nor his battery charger.
3. Thou shalt not love thy cars more than thy wife and children; as much, but not more.
4. Thou shalt not read thy Hemmings on company time, lest thy employer make it impossible to continue thy car payments.
5. Thou shalt not despise thy neighbor’s Edsel, nor DeSoto, nor even his 1947 Plymouth.
6. Thou shalt not allow thy daughters nor thy sons to get married during the Holy days of Hershey.
7. Thou shalt not deceive thy wife into thinking that thee is taking her for a romantic Sunday drive when, indeed, thou art going out to look at another car.
8. Thou shalt not tell thy spouse the entire cost of thy latest restoration, at least not all at the same time.
9. Thou shalt not promise thy wife a new addition to the house and then use it to store cars.
10. Thou shalt not buy thy wife a floor jack for Christmas.
From the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International monthly newsletter May 2011
Labels: humor