Fans of the Volkswagen Golf have likely heard about the Golf R Concept shown at the Beijing Auto Show last month. Today marks the first time, however, that official video of the concept has surfaced. This constitutes our first chance to hear the Golf R concept, and the reason that’s a big deal is the […]
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Starting a Car With an Arcade-Style Coin-Slot Would Be Awesome
A few weeks ago, we stumbled onto one of the cooler modifications we’ve seen in a while. The happy crew of wide-eyed dreamers over at 8bitmiata.com put a quarter slot from an old arcade machine—possibly Galaga? Space Invaders? Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker?—so that by feeding the car a quarter, the engine starts. It still requires the […]
These Self-Smacking Wipers Knock Ice Off Your Windshield
Great clouds almighty: is winter over yet? Snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail—come on now! It’s been a season of much precipitation and through it Raleigh has received a hard lesson: we’re not quite as equipped for winter as we thought we were. As we drove through neighborhoods frozen by winter weather, however, we did notice […]
Volkswagen Shows How to Give A Present To the Founder of Facebook
We all know people who are hard to shop for. Their birthdays come up, and we cringe. We draw their names in a gift exchange, and we flinch. We see them at the local coffee shop at 7:30 in the morning after dropping our kids off and popping in for a quick moment away from […]