Volkswagen's transparent car factory

The Volkswagen Transparent Factory in Dresden is where they make Volkswagen's luxury sedan, the Phaeton. The Transparent Factory is situated in the city center of Dresden, Germany. The factory's walls are made almost completely of glass. Its floors are covered entirely in Canadian maple. Its visitor-friendly layout was designed to accommodate up to 500 tourists per day. There are no smokestacks, no loud noises, and no toxic byproducts. The floors are so clean, you can eat off it. LINK: Youtube

Alleged 2,000-Foot Hot Wheels Track

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This video allegedly shows a Hot Wheels toy track that is fully two thousand feet long. Watch it stretch all over a house, down sidewalks, and through backyards. Oh, to have such a toy when I was a boy!

It was produced on behalf of a foundation that funds research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that effects mainly young boys.

Foundation Website -Via: Geekologie -Via: Neatorama

Previously: Hot Wheels Loop Installed in Highway

Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!)

This is a single-pipe alpine coaster in Mieders, Austria. You reach the summit via a cablecar and then sit on a small car with a brake lever and off you go. LINK: Youtube

Shirley Muldowney Drag Racer Biography

Written, Directed & Produced for broadcast on A&E Biography. LINK: Youtube

Auto Parts Art

These sculptures were all fabricated by James Corbett from salvaged junk car parts from the 1950's and 1960's.

His sculptures are made of gears, spark plugs, exhaust, radiators, ect.

James meticulously cleans every part and then welds them together. Link: Youtube

Drifting Kids

Watch these 2 little Asian kids do some hardcore drifting in their mini car. LINK: Youtube

12 Coolest Coffee Tables

"Alien Coffee Table"
That's devilish! The Alien furniture is not about comfort but crazy, horrifying, ghostly looks. Alien furniture is skillfully handcrafted from carefully selected used car and bike parts, tools and other recycled metal components making each individual piece subtly unique. (Link), Via: ODDEE

Drivers jarred by potholes file damage claims with state

Pothole damage typically is covered under an auto-insurance policy's collision provisions, said Mitch Wilson, a spokesman for the Ohio Insurance Institute. But most damage falls below the standard $500 deductible, he said.

Ohio Court of Claims forms are available online at www.cco.state.oh.us, and the state transportation department allows people to report potholes on its website.

Neither office publicizes the state's obligation to pay for pothole damage, though. A number of people who have filed reports said tow-truck drivers and mechanics advised them to file. LINK

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Bolivian Bridge

Bolivian way to cross your car to the other riverside.
This is how the Bolivians ingeniously work out a way to make a bridge. LINK: Youtube

Importance of Wheel Alignment

Importance of Wheel Alignment. LINK: Youtube

Nitto Tire Drifts Downtown Long Beach!

Watch Nitto's sponsored teams drift in downtown Long Beach at the 2010 Formula Drift season opener. See Joon Maeng of Bergenholtz Racing and his Mazda RX-8; Michael Essa and his brand-new BMW 350R; grassroots racer, Matt Powers, and his Nissan S14, and Alex Pfeiffer of Tanaka Racing and his C5 Corvette. All four teams tear it up with Nitto's max-performance tire, the NT05. LINK: Youtube

Formula Drift on Yas Marina Circuit for the first time

How cool is this, Formula Drift drivers Mike Whiddett (Red Bull, Mazda RX-7), and Michael Essa (BMW), drift for the first time on Yas Marina Circuit today ahead of the Formula Drift Urban Skills event February 15, very impressive. LINK: Youtube

From Berlin to Rostock in 3min 24sec (~3847km/h)

Driving from Berlin to Rostock by car.
The original footage was about 2 hours and got speed up to 3 minutes and 24 seconds. The distace drove in this video was about 218km. So the original average speed was about 109km/h and after the speed up about 3847km/h. LINK: Youtube

2011 Hennessey V700 Coupe: 11.16 Sec. @ 124 mph

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe equipped with Hennessey V700 Upgrade runs 11.16 @ 124 mph in the 1/4 mile on Nitto drag radial street tires. LINK: Youtube

Mariah Carey's custom Porsche Cayenne: DUB Exclusive

Nick Cannon teamed up with DUB Magazine to help build his wife a custom Porsche Cayenne, which was one of his many gifts to her for the superstar's 40th birthday. Nick worked directly with our paint specialists to come up with a completely one of a kind "Mariah Carey Pink" color for the Porsche. He chose 22″ TIS Modular wheels which were painted with a combination of flat and semi-gloss black with color-matched "Mariah Carey Pink" accents and paired with a grippy set of Nitto NT 420S tires. The interior was also restitched to include pink piping and stitching on black leather and suede seats with her initials "MCC" embroidered on the headrests. To finish it off, Nick chose top of the line Alpine components to satisfy all of Mariah's car audio needs. LINK: Youtube
For more pics, head over to www.dubdaily.com/?p=21091

Corvette Station Wagon

On the coolness scale, the Corvette station wagon lies between the Ferrari station wagon and the Ford Mustang station wagon. According to a Craigslist ad, which has several more pictures, this 1974 custom ‘vette is on sale for $4,995 in Conroe, Texas.

Link, Via: Jalopnik, Via: Neatorama

Car Advice Every Woman Should Know

Car expert Jody DeVere of AskPatty.com offers tips on keeping your car in reliable working order. LINK: Youtube

Homebuilt 8-Wheeled Sports Car

“We’re not ones to suggest there’s such a thing as too much when it comes to homebuilding vehicles. But an eight-wheel ‘sports’ car with dual Mazda rotary engines, Jaguar differentials and a rat’s nest of unfinished business? Someone cry uncle. This is a car that is hard to describe. It is design to be a sports car with 8 wheels. The body is custom made of fiberglass. The frame is steel tubing. There is no interior in it. The detentions are 204in long x 81in wide x 40in tall.” w/ photos. LINK

Paper Trails: Auto-Scrolling 1930s In-Car Analog GPS

The strange wrist-mounted scrolling map system of 1927 wasn’t the world’s last foray into analog GPS. This in-car navigation system sported a similar scrolling map setup, but with one notable difference: the map was actually wired to the car so that the map would scroll at a speed that matched the speed of the car’s movement.


Far from today’s GPS gadgets that track your movements from space, this 1932 invention required the driver to pull over and reload the map if he changed routes or turned. Still, it was a novel invention in a time when a huge map unfolded on the dashboard was the previously highest-tech navigation method available. LINK

Rock N Roller MultiCart R2 Micro

What is most useful and unique about this adaptable rolling cart is that it folds to a relatively compact size that anyone can easily fit into a normal car while being able to unfold and expand to carry a large number of boxes.

Being able to put into a long horizontal position allows the Rock N Roller carts to carry unusual loads that might not stack in a stable fashion on a typical upright dolly.

[Rock N Roller offer this same design in multiple sizes. They seem to be a favorite among touring musicians.--OH]

Rock N Roller Multicart Micro $99

Available from Amazon Comment on this at Cool Tools. Via: Boingboing