Posted in Auto News on Aug 14th, 2010
Every day, more than 250,000 vehicles drive across the Bay Bridge — and this traffic (which can’ be re-routed) hasn’t stopped during the bridge’s $7-billion-plus retrofit and reconstruction project. When the project is complete, the Bay Bridge will have a 525-foot tower and be more 2,000 feet long.
Get a good gander at the world’s largest [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 11th, 2010
When it comes to automotive design, the past and future often converge. Specialty automotive makers do a thriving business now producing parts for decades-old classic cars. Some companies even built vintage cars from the ground up.
Check out Jalopnik’s list of timeless cars with classic designs that still steal the spotlight — even when parked on [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 9th, 2010
Summertime, and the living is easy … or hot, if you’re cruising around Frank Sinatra Drive in Palm Desert, Calif. or driving down Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Ga. This summer, as usual, motorists will be cranking up the AC or rolling down the windows to save gas and/or keep cool.
With their windows down, all cars [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 5th, 2010
Matt Donahue has 20 cars. Two of them — a 1953 Plymouth and a 1970 Dodge Dart — are kind of hard to miss. Unless you’re throwing paint at them, apparently.
Artistically reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s work during his Springs period, both of Donahue’s Pollock-splattered vehicles were recently on display at Maker Faire. Since 1996, Matt [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 2nd, 2010
China is envisioning a future filled with Brobdingnagian-sized buses engulfing Lilliputian-sized cars. The idea is to make use of the space between cars and bridges, saving construction costs and decreasing road congestion by making it possible for cars to drive beneath the big buses.
OdoClub members earn auto rewards for every mile they drive. And the [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 1st, 2010
Gurcharn Sahota, 30, operates a car washing business out of his parents’ garage. He regularly charges up to $11,000 to clean a car … a single car.
A car fanatic Sahota, started cleaning his neighbors’ cars for free, with a bucket and sponge, when he was a teenager.
Sahota details high-end cars only. And he’s good, sometimes [...]