the Openometer

image from http://www.caranddriver.com/photos-13q1/507801/2013-mini-cooper-s-convertible-openometer-photo-508688

Found in a 2009 Mini Cooper, a gauge that tells you how long the convertible is down vs up.

Why would you need this? You don't, but Mini likes doing funny stuff like that.

Somedays... you have to wonder how unsafe roads are, when you have to wake up people in the morning commute

1969 Huffy catalog

Found on http://themanlyblog.tumblr.com/

Man, the designers and marketing dept were nuts.

I've mentioned it before, but here's a photo of the best way to treat yourself, put a piece of foam between your car seat and the console

Image found on http://apidaonline.com/index.php/articles/life/item/5-things-no-one-tells-you-about-owning-a-used-luxury-car

Making some money on the return trip... why not?

Found on https://www.facebook.com/TheDirtyOldTrucker?ref=stream

Ferrari stuck it's PR foot in it's mouth, all over the internet... when they gave some celeb a cease a desist about the vinyl wrap on his 458... and Nissan jumped on the opportunity to exploit the free publicity machine, and punk Ferrari at the same time

Nissan has taken an opportunity to punk Ferrari by wrapping a GT-R for Ddeadmau5, who recently created one of the most iconic Ferrari 458s in the world by wrapping it in Nyan Cat colours and then was hit with a cease and desist letter from Ferrari lawyers, after his 'Purrari' 458 -- wrapped in a Nyan Cat theme -- was run in the Gumball 3000... at least, somewhat. He was banned from driving in France, literally escorted into a police van and driven to the border.

Allegedly, Ferrari wasn’t too happy with the house artist’s rainbow-pooping image choices, and sent the musician a cease and desist letter. Ferrari’s official claim was that the ‘Purrari’s’ bespoke nameplates weren’t appropriate trademarks. 

 "Yeah it was mostly about the custom floor matts and the custom purrari badges," he noted in a Twitter post. “I wonder if the jackass lawyer at @FerrariUSA who sent us a “cease and desist” letter over the purrari is un-butthurt now that I unwrapped. Whatever. It's just a normal ass 458 now. All good."

 Seeing an opportunity in the controversy, Nissan posted a picture of a GT-R featuring a similar wrap inspired by the Nyan Cat meme. "Hey @deadmau5, heard what happened to your car," the company quipped. "Good news? We found a replacement, ready right meow." From http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-wraps-a-gtr-for-deadmau5-after-ferrari-threatens-to-sue.html

http://www.carthrottle.com/will-deadmau5-replace-his-purrari-with-this-nissan-nyan-cat-gtr/

It's not what you can do, or have made, not always.... sometimes it's taking an available opportunity to one up the pretentious over priced competition who has made an ass of themselves

image from http://jalopnik.com/ferrari-sent-deadmau5-a-cease-and-desist-about-his-purr-1627640534

from http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/deadmau5-nyan-cat-ferrari-458-spider-for-sale-at-%C2%A3200k

update Sept 11th, the Ferrari got sold and he bought a McClaren 650 http://www.magneticmag.com/2014/09/deadmau5-reveals-meowclaren-signs-uber-driver/

cool photos found on stunningpicture.tumblr.com

the first color image I've seen of the Fiat rooftop track

Ralph Lauren's... and the idiots at Reddit think it's a one-of-a-kind. Nope, the Mullin museum has it's twin brother in blue

and this is why skaters should wear helmets

the Estonia State Opera parking lot

at the Tesla dealership. Hope that one was insured

All from http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

Would you call a mechanic, carpenter, or cabinetmaker?

Found on http://zona-rapida.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/woodies.html

Hellboy has an old truck in his bedroom, might be a chair for him, or a bed for Liz, but the cats love it

Above the 1st movie, below, Hellboy 2, The Golden Army

I couldn't find any photos online though

humor from StunningPictures.tumblr.com

For much more http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

Helpful sign on Asphalt machine. This needs to be placed on more equipment…

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

Karma of the Garbageman.

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

pretty damn incredible how with a simple graphic, a dull car becomes cool

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

creative taillights

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

never be impatient to get around the road painting machine

found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

a new meaning to "spinners"

Found on https://www.facebook.com/RTBA.Co?ref=stream&fref=nf

Friend asked us to put some air in her tires, this is what we sent back

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

some 17 yr old, I can only guess, went post it note crazy... on her parents car

Found on http://stunningpicture.tumblr.com/

A new writer to enjoy has joined Automobile magazine

The following is an excerpt from the column "Asphalt Jungle" in the Sept 2014 issue of  Automobile Magazine, which is, and will be, written by Arthur St Antoine

an assignment might actually be “Yugo GV Road Test.” Yeah, we “road-tested” nasty little Serbian-built Fiats that cost $10 less than a contemporary cell phone. And what did one say after driving a communist box less impressive than Marshal Tito’s coffin? Well, what could you say -- at least without sounding like a typical capitalistic jackass? “The GV’s headliner showcases the auto industry’s most creative use of papier-mâché.” Or maybe: “Eventually you get used to the, um, aroma. Our editorial nose wouldn’t call it ‘new-car smell’ exactly -- it’s more like stale Turkish cigarettes and cabbage mixed with a soupçon of totalitarian angst -- but after an hour or two at the wheel, one pleasantly surmounts the overwhelming urge to vomit.”

Like a swarm of zombies, the four-wheeled atrocities just kept coming. The Chevy Citation -- almost sued for defamation of character by a dead racehorse. An endless shell game of Chrysler K-cars, culminating in that transcontinental hybrid, the TC by Maserati -- which married la dolce vita of Benito Mussolini with the American breeding of Archie Bunker.

From the Sept 2014 issue, also, http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/1409-when-almost-no-new-cars-were-my-type/

How to spot a fun guy in a magazine's staff photo

One guess which one isn't pretentious. The "most influential automotive journalist" you've never heard of, (long pause for effect to complement the overly pretentious image of odd looking duck with a scarf) or the designer / writer by accident, or the lawyer and rock band manager too cool to be seen without sungalsses, or the goof ball in the garage wearing a tshirt - not a suit, ascot, or scarf?

Image from http://www.automobilemag.com/staff/

FYI now that Source Interlink has bought Automobile Magazine, Ezra won't be with them anymore (he is now switching to Car and Driver) now that they moved to LA, and Jean Jennings split instead of uprooting from everything where she's lived and worked for decades.  http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/1408-explaining-the-recent-changes-at-automobile-magazine/