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• in Celebrity
  Stars and Cars: Jimi Hendrix with His Corvette Stingray, Paul Newman with His Racing Datsun, Steve McQueen and the Bullit Mustang, and Bo Diddley with 1957 Chevy
  Artist meticulously researches details of celebrities and their cars for her paintings
  by transmediartist / on Sep 26, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “car culture”

 

• Car Culture: Why WisDOT Is Behind the Times

  
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  Click here for expanded view. America’s love affair with driving hit a road block in 2004.  That’s when our long driving boom peaked, according to the new report, “ A New Direction ,” by The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group. The report shows that for decades before 2004 the country saw a steady ...
  6 days ago

• Does God Hate Supercars?

  
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  Why is it that my favorite cars always catch on fire ? Maybe theres a presence on high that hates em. Read more...        
  1 week ago

• I Run Red Lights

  
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  Not in a car, I hasten to add: on my bike.  And I dont ride headlong into on-coming traffic, weaving precariously between buses and trucks and (potentially equally crazy) cab drivers. I had a couple of conversations about this with a cousin a few weeks ago that got me thinking about why I feel completely justified ...
  1 week ago

• BEN AFFLECK’S CLASSIC CAR WON’T START

  
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  Ben Affleck will jump at any chance to play poker and not be criticized for it. In the past he lost a lot of money gambling in Las Vegas and other places, but this weekend he didn’t have to keep it quiet – it was all for a good cause. Ben and other actors, including poker-fiend Jennifer Tilly , attended a ...
  1 week ago

• Deflated

  
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  High prices are driving more motorists to rent tires. Chains such as Rent-a-Wheel and Rimco are seeing business boom. Many consumers pay double or triple the cost of buying and face aggressive repossession policies. Customers pay huge premiums for their tires, sometimes four times above retail. Those who miss ...
  1 week ago

• Ten Lessons You Can Learn From Your Car

  
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  Cars play an important role in our lives, and since we spend a lot of time with them, its only natural that we learn a lot from the ownership. Read more...        
  1 week ago

• Citi Bike: Wheres the Downside?

  
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  Ive been watching the roll-out of Citi Bike with interest.  I dont have an account myself (as my folding bike goes everywhere), but Ive spoken to several people who are using the bikes, and Ive been watching. The bikes are heavy, Im told, and the solar-powered docking stations can be a bit glitchy.  But in just ...
  1 week ago

• What Lesson Have You Learned From Your Car?

  
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  Here is the story of a man who wasnt content with his fun to drive, 400-odd horsepower Supra to an undrivable, always-broken 900+ horsepower Supra. Read more...        
  1 week ago

• Living In Indonesia, Series one: Rolls-Royce

  
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  So yeah. I made this about car living in Indonesia. Because Indonesian car enjoys, well, a rather harsh life in here. And Lets begin from the top, Shall we? Rolls-Royce. Read more...        
  2 weeks ago

• Why The Next Car You Wreck Might End Up In Afganistan

  
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  We Americans are guilty of treating our cars like any other disposable commodity. We drive them until theyre wrecked or used up, and then we replace them. Havent you ever wondered what happened to a car you were forced to part with? Its possible it ended up in a very interesting place: Afghanistan. Read more... ...
  2 weeks ago

• GEORGE MICHAEL IS STILL GETTING HIMSELF INTO WEIRD SITUATIONS

  
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  This is the day for 80’s pop star stories. George Michael , who has a history of passing out in cars and DUIs is no longer allowed to drive. Does that keep him safe? No way. According to The Daily Mail, he was just hospitalized after FALLING OUT of the passenger side of a car going 70 mph on a highway in London! ...
  2 weeks ago

• On biking and the car-less dream

  
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  I have only been a regular car commuter for the past two-ish years. For five years before that, I got to school and work by walking and taking public transit. I didn’t learn to drive until I was 20 years old. I’ve never been that interested in cars. Until three years ago, I couldn’t actually afford a car nor did ...
  3 weeks ago

• Friday Fun: A Los Angeles cycling highway?

  
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  A four-legged passenger enjoys the CycLAvia bike event in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Melissa Wall. “The South California towns, Los Angeles and Pasadena, are now connected by the strangest and most interesting of links-a magnificent, elevated cycle-way, with a smooth surface of wood, running for nine ...
  3 weeks ago

• Should you buy a Subaru BRZ or Honda S2000?

  
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoKjFheyxvA Now this is a question worth debating. Should you spoil yourself with the box-fresh Subaru BRZ or – and for considerably less capital outlay – a secondhand Honda S2000? After/Drive’s Mike Spinelli tries to solve the conundrum
  3 weeks ago

• Whats Todays Most Underused Car?

  
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  Todays cars and trucks are built to a level of performance like no automobiles before. Few of us actually use all of this potential, particularly for trucks. Read more...        
  4 weeks ago

• Going Topless: The ups and downs of Roadster ownership

  
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  I have this terrible problem. I am obsessed with old second-hand cars. While other men are rapt by the pleasures of pornography and gambling and drugs and affairs, I spend a large portion of my week scouring the automotive section of Gumtree. And sometimes, in a moment of weakness, or madness, I find myself picking ...
  4 weeks ago

• Lamborghini Diablo: Sampling The Devil inside

  
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTExR4Lz6q0 This weekend I actually got to tick something off my bucket list. I got to drive a 1994 Lamborghini Diablo VT. Now over the years I’ve heard horror stories about how tough these cars are to pilot. But in truth the Diablo is no more intimidating than most modern supercars ...
  4 weeks ago

• What Do You Do When Your Car Picks Up A Phone Number?

  
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  It was out of the garage for 5, maybe 10 minutes. I haven’t washed it in a while, there’s a thin layer of dust on the windshield. I come back from getting my phone and house keys and there’s a note under my windshield wiper. Seriously? Read more...        
  4 weeks ago

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