US Marines Ghostriding an Armed Vehicle in... Iraq!

In case you’re not familiar with the term, ghostriding is when a driver and passengers exit a vehicle while it’s rolling uncommanded and start dancing beside it or even on it. But while that might sound just plain dumb (yes, dangerous too) if you do it on your home street in Alabama, we can’t find words to describe the actions of “Jabo”, “Gorgeous Glen” and “Twinkie” (or was that Gumbo, Jumbo and Dumbo…) who ghostrided a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected army vehicle in Iraq! Well, at least they had fun without getting hurt but we could have done without the arse show-off in the end.

Chinese Man Cages His Car to Stop Thieves!

Mr Zhang, of Jilin City, has built an iron cage for his VW Jetta in an effort to stop thieves from stealing parts from his car and demanding later on ransom money to give them back. The Chinese man supports that his car's electronic engine management system was stolen twice and each time he found a note clipped under the wiper, with phone and bank-account numbers. In order to get the part back, Mr Zhang had to wire 500 yuan or about $70 to specific bank-account!

Via: Ananova

By Far The Best Cab Driver Name We’ve Seen…

If you've ever traveled to any large cities like New York and taken a cab, you will have probably have had a chuckle or two with some taxi driver's weird name or surname. However, in this case, we're not just talking about weird... Honestly; if we ever happened to get into this guys cab, we seriously doubt that we'd be able to restrain ourselves from bursting into laughter. Just in case your eye-sight isn’t what it should be, here’s what the cab driver’s card says: “You are traveling in comfort with Chew Kok” LOL! Many thanks to our friend Tim for sending us this hilarious picture link!

Via: webshots

Aussies Rule: Bridal Car Confiscated For Drag Racing!

What a way to kick off your new life; a newlywed Australian couple was stopped by an unmarked police car a little after they left the reception as their chauffeur was drag racing a P-plate driver at 130km/h (80 mph) in a 60km/h (37 mph) speed zone. John Tauranga, 21, and his bride Laina, 20, were left marooned along NSW's Great Western Highway at about 9pm on Saturday as the police arrested the 42 year-old chauffeur and confiscated his hire car and licence! Of course they also did the same to the 17-year-old Erskine Park teenager who was driving the other car.

The bride’s mother, Bernadine McCull, accidentally saw her daughter and her husband stranded on the highway as she was driving past to go home. "We were on our way home from the reception and I saw a woman in a long bridal gown walking up the road, holding up her dress," Mrs McCully said yesterday. "I said, 'My goodness, there must be a lot of weddings on today' and then I realised, that's our daughter. We thought they had been in an accident," she said. "The police said, 'We've just confiscated your limousine – it was driving dangerously'."

Via: Insideline , Source: News

Exclusive: VW Unveils Touareg Cabriolet!

Our Spanish buddies at Motorpasion surprised us this morning with the revelation of the first official picture of the new Touareg Cabriolet. There aren’t many details out yet on the drop-top crossover but Volkswagen Spain has opened up a microsite at “touargecabrio.com”. Oh and by the way, December 28 is the Day of the Holly Innocents in Mexico and Spain or in plain English, the Spanish “April Fools Day”…

Via: Motorpasion , Link: VW

Retro: Funny Mazda MX-3 V6 commercial

Wondering why Mazda employed these little fellows for the Dutch commercial of the MX-3 Coupe? Well, the top version of the MX-3 Coupe was fitted with a 1.8-liter V6 engine. At the time, this was the smallest production engine with that configuration. The four-seater MX-3 was produced from 1991 to 1998.

Via: Winding Road

Girl’s Best Friend: The Phone Car

This is it, the perfect Xmas gift for any of my former girlfriends (and probably for any of my future ones too...): the “Phone Car”! Created by business owner Howard Davis to promote his telephone company, the Phone Car is built on a on a 1975 Volkswagen Beetle frame and as you might have already guessed, it uses a telephone ring tone as its horn. -More images after the jump