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The number of cup holders used to be one of the most important aspects for Americans when buying a new car. This particularity is probably connected to the fast-food culture and the culture of consuming as much as possible. According to a consumer survey by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the consumption of fuel has become a more [...]
We do not all share the same dreams, and Chris Lentz’s dream definitely differs from that of Carbusters. This native of Michigan, US wanted to give more power to his 2005 Ford F-150, and found a way to accomplish it: he bought an old Czechoslovakian Motorlet M-701 turbojet on eBay for US$12,000 and attached it [...]
A collective of motorists from Colorado, US, in summer 2008 launched a call for civil disobedience against the extension of bicyclist’s rights and the state’s new law – about a minimum distance to keep between cars and cyclists while passing them. They distributed an amazing flyer explaining that “cyclist flout common sense, endanger those in [...]
Here is the statement about a very fancy T-shirt for all car lovers. “Since the first collection, this shirt has attained cult status. You like your car better than your friends? Then this basic black tee with crew neck exactly right for you!” explains one German website selling the T-shirt. Another is speaking about “the [...]
Paris and its suburbs are well known for its saturated roads and its non-stop traffic jams. And everybody agrees that there should be fewer cars, but of course nobody wants to stop using their own car. Following the same logic, two Parisian mayors created a small chaos in their localities.
When the conservative mayor of Levallois-Perret, [...]
If you missed your dream to be an actor, your car can nowadays fulfil it. Indeed, a growing number of vehicle owners are leasing their cars to television and film producers. “It was very exciting” said Brett Kenyon, owner of a Jaguar XJC Coupe to an Australian online newspaper. He gathered his wife and a [...]
“CO2 is not a pollutant. CO2 makes Earth green because it supports all plant life. It is Earth’s greatest airborne fertilizer. Even man-made CO2 contributes to plant growth that in turn sustains humanity and ecosystems. The website CO2 Is Green works to insure that all federal laws or regulations are founded upon science and not [...]
Facing the threat of floods and other climate disasters, solutions are urgently needed. We don’t all share the same approach to the problem and therefore don’t find the same solutions.
Have you ever hear about the “Flood Bag”? Nobody could present it better than its creators: “We’ve all seen the television footage of cars up to [...]
The Wildlife Animal Park in southern Oregon, US, has come up with an unusual way to raise money. They taught their three elephants called Alice, Tiki and George, how to wash cars. For US$20 the African elephants will blast your car with water from their trunks and then scrub the vehicle clean with a sponge. [...]
In the future, people may regard the age of the car as a primitive era when humans were working increasingly hard to destroy their environment. They will probably have the opportunity to see many of the car cemeteries spread over the five continents, and may even have the chance to visit Carhenge, in Western Nebraska, [...]
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