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Cruisin Venice: The Mothership

February 18, 2009 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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Automotive life in California is just so different from life here in Ontario, especially during the winter months. Thanks to the liberal use of salt on our roads, most of the cool toys go away for the winter. Much of the fun and funky stuff just doesn’t exist here at all. Thankfully, Aaron Von Minden had some free time on his hands over the President’s Day weekend and grabbed a few visuals for us northerners.

First up is The Mothership. The only place we’d see a wicked coach like this here in Toronto is on one of the many movie sets around town. Out in Venice Beach though, this stuff is out in the real world.

Long live bus conversions!

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Where oh Where is that new Corolla?

August 6, 2007 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Well, its no secret that the current clad Corolla is well over-due for its model year makeover. Toyota has now hung onto the current design, extending the conforming, utilitarian, and conservative (read: boring) outlook for 2 extra years. In some circles I have heard this to be a really interesting strategy:

1. Civic/Mazda3/Lancer are all enjoying a facelift late 2005 Impreza hits the scene in new-dapper present, mid-2006.

2. Celica is retired, RSX is hung, Civic SIR/TypeR is introduced in respective domestic markets, WRX/STI/MazdaSpeed3 readily available

3. Yaris making a nill impact with the dealership offered ‘aero package’ For those that absolutly unaware of Toyota’s new “flagship” sports compact, let me paint you a picture:

Yes, get a good look at that rear. This thing doesn’t have enough horses for you to see it again once you’ve passed it.

WTF is up with Toyota? are they too busy ENJOYING WORLD DOMINATION WITHOUT A SPORTS CAR? WTF???????
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Ever wonder how a bug feels on your windshield?

June 7, 2007 by Gary Faules 1 Comment

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I have been on some wild rides in my days, some fun, some not so fun and some just plain crazy but all made for great conversation. Now this guy is going to have one of the best ice breakers of all time… “Did I ever tell you about time my wheelchair got stuck in the grill of an 18 wheeler?”
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Double Decker Living

September 20, 2006 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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Shades of the VW bus in 1970, the Brits are trying to solve some housing issues and one designer has put together this concept. Converting used double decker busses to living quarters is a really cool idea. The only problem I see is that cities with housing problems likely also have parking problems.

Do they have parking in Strawberry Fields?

Via The Cool Hunter

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