MetaFilter posts tagged with vehicle

How to start and operate a Ford Model T

loquacious — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:52:26 -0800

Jesus registered my hotrod

dersins — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:22:17 -0800

"Jesus is to be mass-produced, imprinted on metal, given a reflective coat and sold for money." The Florida Senate is considering a bill to put Jesus Christ on a license plate. Governor Charlie ("No H.") Crist has come out in support of the bill (or at least in support of not vetoing it). [video]

Yes, I would like to purchase a 12-pack of radial tires please.

blue_beetle — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:45:18 -0800

Ken Block Gymkhana Practice [video] (an obstacle course for cars)

Screw it!

phrontist — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:00:15 -0800

In soviet russia... screw drives you! (via)

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)

What. The. F*ck. Clean Air Act (2005)?

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:08:21 -0800

The US Clean Air Act makes it illegal to sell highly environmentally-friendly cars in 42 states. Apparently.

May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan

1f2frfbf — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:01:24 -0800

SUV sales are up. In spite of higher gas prices and concern about global warming, Americans still want bigger cars. It might not be enough to save the Hummer H2, though.

Beyond monster trucks

blahblahblah — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:02:52 -0800

Bagger 288 eats bulldozers. The largest land vehicle in the world (yes, bigger than the NASA crawler-transporter, with its storied history) looks like it escaped from a post apocalyptic thriller, featuring an excavating blade 22 meters in diameter. The world's biggest vehicle overall, meanwhile, is delivering Christmas presents, which seems less macho than strip mining 76,000 cubic meters of coal a day.

So it's not about baseball after all?

pompomtom — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:58:20 -0800

Behold, the Terranaut. No, it's not another bloody truck, but rather a land vehicle for pilots not normally comfortable with such terrain. I, for one, welcome our...

Pimp My Killing Machine

prostyle — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:47:15 -0800

Defensor Fortis: A Photo Set. A soldier in Iraq has been posting images of consumer vehicles modified and employed by "Civilian Security Contractors". [via] War has always seemed to instill the creative spirit in its participants, and we also have a detailed history of Military vehicles making a successful transition into the civilian marketplace. With the unprecedented rise in Mercenary Employment, it's hard to tell where the innovation is coming from - the top down, or the bottom up? Our favorite grease monkey seems to have missed out on all the hot welding action, but you can't blame him for not trying. At the very least, it seems they can all agree on something.

rice U builds nano-car

TeamBilly — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:31:06 -0800

The Nano-Road is paved with gold.

Rice University built these single-molecule vehicles which measure just 4x3 nanometers and have four buckyball wheels connected to four independently rotating axles and a organic chemical chassis. They're also building a "nanotruck" which uses nitrogen atoms to be able to carry a payload.

The Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Robotic Vehicle

jenleigh — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:24:34 -0800

Buy your own fully functional Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Semi-Robotic Vehicle—or Mech—courtesy of Neogentronyx.

Canyonero!

Ironwolf — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:28:40 -0800

Looking for a new RV? This baby's got every feature you could possibly want. Price range? "More than a Hummer and Less than a Boeing 777."

Something has survived

Hands of Manos — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:49:45 -0800

Esuvee . From USA Today: A coalition of state attorneys general is launching an ad campaign Monday aimed at SUV safety and funded with money received from Ford Motor to settle a lawsuit that said its ads were deceptive. The campaign shows people riding on a large, hairy fictitious animal, dubbed the Esuvee, to illustrate the point that drivers need to treat SUVs differently than cars. SUVs sit higher than cars, making them more prone to roll over in an accident.
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The Only Expedition Class, AWD

stbalbach — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:22:32 -0800

4Sale. 2002 Recreation Vehicle. 40,000 miles. $400,000.

No ma'am, just a dolphin...

gottabefunky — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:18:31 -0800

The Land Shark. Three wheels, three seats. 250 mph on land, 50 mph in the water. Yours for only £10-16,000, once they start building them. At least you can get a shirt now.

Do you want this MTV?

trondant — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:24:10 -0800

These guys have something for sale here If we all went in on it together, what could we do with it? (Aside from arguing over it, of course.)

Build me a robot...

split atom — Tue, 13 May 2003 18:53:36 -0800

Grand Challenge The research arm of the US Department of Defense, DARPA, is sponsoring a $1 million winner take all contest to build a completely autonomous vehicle which can navigate a roughly 250 mile course in the desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas in under 10 hours. Teams from Caltech and Carnegie Mellon have formed, though anyone is allowed to enter.

daver — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:25:57 -0800

Right before you hit you were doing... Looks like we're all getting black boxes in our cars. As a high speed crash survivor I have to admit a certain curiosity as to the forces involved my accident happened. But I'm not sure I want to know this badly...