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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey
Lifestyle
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey

Breckenridge Distillery’s newest bottle starts with some of the most coveted peaches in America.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Laffite G-Tec X-Road Off-Road Supercar

We've covered quite a few performance supercars over the years, but nothing like the Laffite X-Road Off-Road Supercar designed by former professional race car driver Bruno Laffite and his wife. The Laffite G-Tec X-Road Off-Road Supercar delivers on everything the name implies with a 6.2L LS3 V8 power plant producing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Damon Motorcycles Hypersport Electric Superbike

When does an electric motorcycle look like a gas-powered track rocket? When it's built by Damon for the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. The very yellow and very fast superbike uses none other than Blackberry’s QNX operating system to help the motorcycle utilize radar, cameras, and sensors to manage the road…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Ben & Jerry’s NETFLIX & CHILLL’D Ice Cream

No, Netflix is not making food. Well, not really. They have, however, collab'd with Ben & Jerry's to concoct a flavor that's best consumed while binge-watching the streaming service. NETFLIX & CHILLL’D is packed with peanut butter ice cream, fudge brownies, and the pièce de résistance of sweet and salty…

By Amos Kwon
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Uniti One

An electric car doesn't have to be fast, nor does it need to look like a sports car to be really good. Case in point, the Swedish-built Uniti One. It has a 186-mile range on a full charge and can juice up from 20 to 80 percent in a mere…

By Amos Kwon
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1991 Vector W8

And you thought Lamborghinis from the '80s and '90s were crazy. This obscure 200+ mph Vector W8 looks like a Lamborghini made love to an alien spacecraft. Now, this very rare (1 of 18), very low mileage (2,268) version is up for auction, and it should fetch a pretty price…

By Amos Kwon
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