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If Etsy user "Classic Wrecks" sold mini lawn chairs and tiny, crushed up cans of Budweiser along with what they've already got, they'd have everything you'd need to make a model home's front yard a [...]

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Note: The 2012 Chevy Volt offers an EPA-estimated 35 miles on a single charge based on 94 MPGe [electric] and 35 city, 40 MPG highway [gas]. Actual range varies with conditions. The Chevy Volt* is unique [...]

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You won't find any of these items at the bottom of a pile of soccer moms at your local Wal-Mart. In fact, you won't find them in many stores at all. This is the gear [...]

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The Chevy Volt is getting a lot of attention these days, and if you drive a Volt, you are, too! Volt drivers say they’re constantly getting stopped at grocery stores and cornered in parking [...]

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When we first caught a glimpse of the new VW Beetle the first thing we thought was, "Man, it's going to be a lot tougher to know when to punch our older brother in the [...]

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For as long as we can remember, we've been drawing pictures whenever a piece of paper ended up in front of us and there was a writing implement nearby. Most of the time it's just [...]

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We do so much with our iPhones and iPads that we can imagine a not too distant future where they will sprout wheels and we'll actually drive them around like the little race cars those colorfully [...]

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If we claimed we built a car that does 0-60 in under 4 seconds you'd probably be like, "Those guys at Cool Material have been hitting the sauce again."  If Audi claimed its A1 Clubsport [...]

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Man has certain needs that can only be met one of three ways: beer, bacon and breakneck speed. Two of them can (and should) be enjoyed together as frequently as possible, but the need for [...]

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It doesn't matter if you drive a Porsche or an old Mazda 626, as a guy you have something built into your brain about speed.  Now, yes, one of those two options will most likely [...]

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There are certain things that even if you had all the money in the world you wouldn't think you'd ever be able to acquire - The Mona Lisa, Hank Aaron's 755th home run ball, a manly Snuggie [...]

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All my friends know the low rider. The low rider is a little higher. Low rider drives a little slower. Low rider is a real goer. Along with being quite a catchy slow jam, War [...]

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We’re going to be completely honest, we don’t religiously follow Formula 1 racing.  We usually stumble upon it while flipping through channels aimlessly and each time we do we say the same thing, “Huh, the [...]

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We’re not sure if Toyota went all Inception on us and stole this right out of one of our dreams, but the FT-86 II Concept looks like a ride straight from our hopeful imagination.  More [...]

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Rock Crawling: extreme verb - the piloting of a highly modified four-wheel drive vehicles (trucks, jeeps, etc.) over seemingly impassable terrain. Not seemingly impassable like a jarring trip over the grating on the side of [...]

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