MetaFilter posts tagged with automobile

Fuelly tracks your gas mileage.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:26:58 -0800

Fuelly tracks your gas mileage over time, helping you save fuel and expenses as you drive.

National Geographic Map of the Day

Mitheral — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:57:20 -0800

National Geographic Map of the Day. Previously featuring maps that run the gamut from automotive discovery and exploration; through literary, witchhunts and imaginary; to historical and Olympic.

Shiny!

Mitheral — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:38:18 -0800

Like shiny things? Bill Owen has a step by step tutorial on getting a mirror paint finish on objects with paint and wax.

This is how we roll

roofus — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:15:29 -0800

This is how we roll in India
This is how we slide in Saudi
This is how we fly in Sweden
Some people are a little bit casual about road safety.

the secure solution to ultra-urbanization

Brian B. — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:49:50 -0800

Ferris wheel parking versus automated stacking.

Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign.

Mitheral — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:23:35 -0800

US Traffic & Road Sign Test. Five part, 30 questions each, multiple choice test on US road, highway and traffic signs. Results include inline scoring and explanation of each sign. The average for part 1 (the easiest) is only 82% and 15% of takers score less than 70%.

Weirdest Stories in Car Collecting

Floydd — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:13:21 -0800

The Weirdest Stories in Car Collecting, Part 1 and Part 2. From Sports Car Market

What? No torpedoes!?

The Light Fantastic — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:18:58 -0800

sQuba Submersible Sports Car --Rinspeed calls the sQuba the first real submersible car. Unlike military amphibious vehicles, which can only drive slowly on a lakebed, the sQuba travels like a submarine - either on the surface or submerged. The interior is resistant to salt water, allowing the skipper to drive into a lake or the sea. The only downside? It's a convertible.

Lee press-on car

XMLicious — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:16:25 -0800

The Tata Nano (pic) is a car that costs less new than the amount I've spent on gas during single car trips, recently announced to the auto market in India. The Chery QQ ^, successful , wide ly ex por ted, and recognized as the Hostage Taker's Vehicle of Choice by China Car Times, is the runner-up for the world's cheapest car but is still approximately twice as expensive. Yes indeed, the price of gas is not going to come back down. So much for my coast-to-coast road trips. Forbes magazine's The World's Cheapest Cars (javascript slideshow)

Zest. Not just for bathing any more.

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:37 -0800

"The Toyota Prius is much too powerful and luxurious a road car," thought Walter Mitty. "What I desire is a Zest Roadster. Pocketa-pocketa-pocketa."