Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts

Monday

When the Sounds of a Lamborghini Murcielago's V12 Piss Off Pedestrians [NSFW]


As strange as it may sound –pun intended- to us gearheads, there are some normal people out there that are not only indifferent about the acoustic properties of a Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640's screaming V12, but will also throw a fit if someone dares to rev the engine on a public street…

This episode took place on the busy streets of London when a by-stander asked the driver of Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 to rev the V12 engine for the camera.

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South Korean Video Alleges Chevrolet Accident Caused by Brake Failure


Here's another automobile accident caught on camera in South Korea that is being blamed on a mechanical failure.

Whereas the two previous (unrelated) incidents from the country involving a BMW and a Hyundai Sonata YF were allegedly linked to a sticky accelerator pedal issue, this one is claimed to have occurred due to brake failure.

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Judicial Facepalm: Minutes After Judge Frees Car Burglar, he Breaks Into her Car…


The story of Phillip Bernad is one of those that makes you question a person's sanity and their common sense, or lack thereof.

The 32-year old man was in Community Court in San Francisco this past Tuesday for a check of his progress after an auto burglary conviction.

Even though Bernad had violated his probation by missing an earlier court appearance, Judge Lillian Sing let him off with a warning sign, while telling him that she wasn't happy and that he "had better get into a harm reduction program and get going with a job search," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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Top Gear Live Stunt Team to Attempt Record Breaking Double Loop-The-Loop Feat in South Africa


The traveling version of the famed Top Gear TV show, which has entertained some 1.2 million viewers in 17 cities around the world over the past years, is almost here, as the next Top Gear Live Festival will take place in the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, from June 16 to 17.

For this year's event, the producers of the show have prepared numerous stunts that will culminate with the Top Gear Live stunt team aiming for a further World Record by attempting to successfully complete a double loop-the-loop feat with a single seater buggy.

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Touché: Dutch Football Fan Trolls Germans by Slapping an Orange Clamp on their Bus at Euro 2012


The Euro 2012 is well underway with national football (soccer for Americans) teams from Europe plus Russia vying for the coveted title of European Champions.

Two of the tournament favorites, Germany and The Netherlands, will fight it out in the most important match of Group B on Wednesday, June 13, at the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

As far as fans are concerned, the game is already on with supporters of the Dutch team, nicknamed Oranje, pulling a sassy prank on the Germans.

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Saturday

A Video Tutorial from a Pro on How to Wash the Exterior of Your Car


If there is one maintenance task all car owners can carry out by themselves without any special skills, it is cleaning your vehicle.

That doesn’t mean you should go grab your mother's, wife's, neighbor's, girlfriend's or boyfriend's broom and dip it into a mix of chlorine and bleach nor should you hose down your car both inside and out – don't grin, someone actually did that to a brand new Mercedes-Benz CLS

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Friday

Seriously, This Driver Crashed her Car Three Times in Less than 20 Feet…


If this accident doesn't get you to smash your palm into your face, we don't know what will…

In less than a minute, the driver of this silver Daewoo - from what we can tell, somewhere in South Korea, managed to crash her small sedan not once, not twice but three times in a parking lot entry!

Sound impossible, but it is true and there's footage from a closed circuit television camera to prove it.

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