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Bizarre Roadside Sightings: The Rental Car Makeover Edition (For the Worse)

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Ughhh… It’s yellow. It’s a Chrysler. It’s an ex rental car. Do I really need to continue? This color theme might work on say… a Porsche 911 Turbo, but not on an old Sebring. I’m done, nothing left to say…

Another “poke your eyes out” picture of the Quad exhaust after the jump…

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Bizarre Roadside Sightings: 88 MPH Edition

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

This is one of the reasons I love living in Southern California. You see some of the craziest cars in everyday. I saw this DeLorean as I was trying to avoid traffic on the freeway. Out of nowhere, Doc rolls up in a fully Back to the Future II spec DeLorean. Everything down to the license plate and Mr. Fusion intake is correct. (more…)

Bizarre Roadside Sightings: The Twisted Self-Image Edition

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Ironically, the “gentleman” driving this behemoth was a short, rather fit Mexican. I can tell you though, I’ve seen plenty of trucks on which this decal would be more appropriate. And on top of it all, this was in metro LA, not exactly where I would expect to see a truck like this…

-Daniel Volz

Bizarre Roadside Sighting: Money Can’t Buy Class Edition

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Celebrity cars are all over LA. Some are beautiful, others very plain. But sometimes they just make you shake your head. The car in the picture above is actually Candy Metallic Pink. (I think the color broke the camera on my iPhone.) It belongs to the MTV VJ LaLa. Instead of wasting my words here, why don’t you guys tell me what comes to mind when you see something like this?

- Daniel Volz

Bizarre Roadside Sighting: The (I Can’t) Escape Edition

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Driving around my neighborhood in Los Angeles, I see a lot of nice cars everyday. From Exotics to 4×4′s, from a yellow  Phantom Drophead Coupe to Fabio, rolling around in his SL65. As you can imagine, after a while one becomes jaded. I find myself ho-humming at the sound of a Gallardo bouncing off the rev limiter and I no longer have flashbacks to my alien abduction when I see an R8 in my rear view mirror. However, sometimes something will grab my attention, unfortunately it’s usually something like this hideous Ford Escape. It’s about as visually pleasing as being shaken awake by a Lowland Gorilla while wearing a banana suit.

Verdict on the Fast & Furious Escape Hybrid with Robo-Orca-Tail-Shopping-Cart Handle: FAIL.

- Daniel Volz

How to Subscribe to The Smoking Tire’s Podcast using iTunes

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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OK guys, I know you have been all waiting patiently for the iTunes feed to work, and it finally does…. sort of. Despite the technical difficulties I’m having with the iTunes Music Store, there is a way around that problem.

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