Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
MSNBC recently put up a video that was made by a photographer that created a 2 hour timelapse of the Manhattan Bridge. Sure, it’s cool to see all of those cars zoom by but the real thing you should be focusing on is the immense bend that the bridge is subject to as it gets loaded.
Don’t worry though, the Manhattan Bridge isn’t going to break anytime soon because bridges such as these were made to compensate for some bending and swaying.
Of course, the news anchor has to give you frightening facts such as how many people cross it everyday along with the fact that it was built in 1909 but remember, it’s the media.
Head over to Jalopnik to peep the video as there was a problem with the embedding.
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
All it took was the help of JDM kits, known for totally overhauling the look of any car with the right features. Apparently, no one ever thought that cars could eventually pass as another car until this JDM kit transformed a Honda Crossroad towards a replica of a classy Hummer H4.
Driving a HUMMER in Japan seems about as practical as piloting an Chevy Kodiak in the urban canyons of Manhattan. It’s just not optimal. Solution? Take Honda’s pint-sized pillbox on wheels, the Crossroad, and HUMMERize it. That’s what Okada Enterprise (Motto: “We supplied high quality cars”) has gone and done for Japanese drivers looking to add more macho to their micro. That is, if macho means a HUMMER-style grille, abundant chrome trim, gaudy wheels, and (our favorite) a backwards-reading “HUMMER H4″ decal on the driver’s side.
(Source) Autoblog
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