Weird Cars! http://www.oddcars.net Weird, Odd, Wonderful Cars Sun, 20 May 2012 10:24:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 News of the Weird for May 20 | Cool Stuff Funny Pictures http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/news-of-the-weird-for-may-20-cool-stuff-funny-pictures.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/news-of-the-weird-for-may-20-cool-stuff-funny-pictures.html#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 10:24:04 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/news-of-the-weird-for-may-20-cool-stuff-funny-pictures.html Uncreative relatives give play money, but the offerings can be elaborate, such as shoes, cars and TV sets, or this year's hot item — paper iPads, which were selling in Hong Kong for the equivalent of about $3. • Sound Familiar? … Through the years, unusual highway tractor-trailer spills have fascinated News of the Weird readers — such as the time a truck carrying pork collided with a truck carrying eggs, creating a highway dish of ham and eggs. In March on Highway … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/news-of-the-weird-for-may-20-cool-stuff-funny-pictures.html/feed 0 Best Extreme Fails Of 2012 | Incredible Stupid/Evil Things http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/best-extreme-fails-of-2012-incredible-stupidevil-things.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/best-extreme-fails-of-2012-incredible-stupidevil-things.html#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 08:18:12 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/best-extreme-fails-of-2012-incredible-stupidevil-things.html Or people doing really epic fails with their cars, like forgetting they left the car in reverse and driving into a store. But what's probably the best type of fail is when people want to stand out by doing stunts like jumping off tables or … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/best-extreme-fails-of-2012-incredible-stupidevil-things.html/feed 0 Review: 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid | The Truth About Cars http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/review-2012-honda-civic-hybrid-the-truth-about-cars.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/review-2012-honda-civic-hybrid-the-truth-about-cars.html#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 05:13:03 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/review-2012-honda-civic-hybrid-the-truth-about-cars.html With 9 million examples sold on American shores, and nearly 20 million worldwide, calling it “Honda's most important car” doesn't express the importance of getting the 2012 redesign right. …. Mild or IMA hybrids have not sold well as they seem to deliver all the bad aspects of a hybrid (no-grip tires, weird brake pedal feel etc) with none of the stellar fuel economy that full hybrids can deliver. … Kind of strange… won't the person sitting next to it be too hot or too cold? …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/review-2012-honda-civic-hybrid-the-truth-about-cars.html/feed 0 From the BaT Stable: Clean 1972 Saab Sonett III For Sale http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/from-the-bat-stable-clean-1972-saab-sonett-iii-for-sale.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/from-the-bat-stable-clean-1972-saab-sonett-iii-for-sale.html#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 00:42:04 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/from-the-bat-stable-clean-1972-saab-sonett-iii-for-sale.html The car now has 99700 miles on the odometer, and we have no documentation to know whether it has rolled over, but have many of these cars gone 197k? 1972 Saab Sonett III Orange For Sale Front. The slim bumpers on … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/from-the-bat-stable-clean-1972-saab-sonett-iii-for-sale.html/feed 0 Fiat's Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/fiats-elkann-gets-behind-the-wheel-for-mille-miglia.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/fiats-elkann-gets-behind-the-wheel-for-mille-miglia.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 22:06:20 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/fiats-elkann-gets-behind-the-wheel-for-mille-miglia.html It is a grinding endurance test that pushed both car and driver to the limits. Drivers in the 382 classic Jaguars, Bentleys, Alfa Romeos, Porsches and Ferraris are timed during the race. The iconic cars will roar through 190 … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/fiats-elkann-gets-behind-the-wheel-for-mille-miglia.html/feed 0 LUGNuts: LEGO Set Overhaulin' Roundup! http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/lugnuts-lego-set-overhaulin-roundup.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/lugnuts-lego-set-overhaulin-roundup.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 18:00:21 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/lugnuts-lego-set-overhaulin-roundup.html Since I've been on the planet for a while, I feel qualified to offer up some motherly advice…that being: Always measure twice and cut once, go big or go home, and never, ever pay for strange. Ok, that's … The kind of advice my dad would give me on those long awkward car trips. But hey, at …. Now, I've watched plenty of episodes of Overhaulin' and while they've made old cars virtually unrecognizable, they have never completely changed its make, model and year. …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/lugnuts-lego-set-overhaulin-roundup.html/feed 0 Hidden Unseen: Weird Tanks in History II http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/hidden-unseen-weird-tanks-in-history-ii.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/hidden-unseen-weird-tanks-in-history-ii.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 14:00:58 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/hidden-unseen-weird-tanks-in-history-ii.html Utmost Intimidation: The Power to Terrify – First World War TanksIn the first part of this series we saw some strangely-shaped armored vehicles from the first idea of a tank to real-world pre-WW1 war machines. The 1900s were perhaps the most … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/hidden-unseen-weird-tanks-in-history-ii.html/feed 0 Funny-car driver Hight applying 'Moneyball' principles to drag strip … http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/funny-car-driver-hight-applying-moneyball-principles-to-drag-strip.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/funny-car-driver-hight-applying-moneyball-principles-to-drag-strip.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 09:55:18 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/funny-car-driver-hight-applying-moneyball-principles-to-drag-strip.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Failing to win an NHRA funny-car championship last year had John Force Racing's drivers searching for answers in unusual places. Robert. … It's nice to be in the lead and start the weekend at the back of the pack and watch the other funny cars run and know what the conditions are like. That's one perk to being where we are. “But we're going to go to every race and try to win. We are going to make sure we get the Auto Club Ford qualified very … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/funny-car-driver-hight-applying-moneyball-principles-to-drag-strip.html/feed 0 Vandal Breaks Into Car, Leaves Tortillas | NBC 10 Philadelphia http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/vandal-breaks-into-car-leaves-tortillas-nbc-10-philadelphia.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/vandal-breaks-into-car-leaves-tortillas-nbc-10-philadelphia.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 07:23:34 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/vandal-breaks-into-car-leaves-tortillas-nbc-10-philadelphia.html A Seattle car owner lost a window but gained a dozen tortillas. Police said a vandal shattered the window of a car parked near the University of Washington last week but did not steal anything. The vandal instead left behind a … …

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]]> http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/vandal-breaks-into-car-leaves-tortillas-nbc-10-philadelphia.html/feed 0 Weird 'Vehicular Break Dancing' History: Fan's View | Cool Stuff … http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/weird-vehicular-break-dancing-history-fans-view-cool-stuff.html http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/weird-vehicular-break-dancing-history-fans-view-cool-stuff.html#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 02:31:48 +0000 Admin http://www.oddcars.net/odd-cars/weird-vehicular-break-dancing-history-fans-view-cool-stuff.html It is called stunt driving, but what happens when regular people take to public streets and start to play music, dance, and do tricks with their cars? While. … cool stuff, funny pictures | Weird 'Vehicular Break Dancing' History: Fan's View. Cool Stuff Funny Pictures. Cool Stuff. Funny Pictures. All Here! About

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