Posts Tagged ‘time on his hands’

Police break up Bugatti vs. Ferrari street race in UK

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
While we all know that a 16-cylinder Bugatti Veyron would leave a 12-cylinder Ferrari 599 GTB choking in its own emissions, two blokes in the UK apparently wanted to check it out for themselves. After witnesses reported the two supercars jockeying for position at high speeds on public highways, pol......

Shelby GT500KR confirmed as new K.I.T.T.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
The rumor that K.I.T.T. will be played by a Mustang in the upcoming Knight Rider TV series appears to be true. That is, assuming someone with a lot of time on his hands didn't mock up a Hoff-ified Mustang just for the hell of it. That's extremely doubtful, as the car you see above is actually wearin......

Time Rendered Useless: drawing a Lambo on MS Paint

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
When I was a kid, I used to sit in front of the computer and draw up concept cars on Microsoft Paint. It was, and still is, a very primitive application, but it was simple enough for me to use back in grade school. I even designed the graphics for a local ISP's website on MS Paint, but that was the ......

Retirement pays: Schumacher to earn $26 million in 2007

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Michael Schumacher is the highest-paid figure in sports, and next year he'll be the highest-paid figure not in sports. Emerging reports speculate on how much the 7-time (maybe 8-time) world champion will be earning in retirement, and if the staggering figures are right, he'll still be making more th......

Pimp My Heart

Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Here it is, folks, this is what you get for the tuner who has everything. Introducing the "Pimp My Heart," a system that uses sensors in the steering wheel to gauge your heart beat as you drive and subsequently pump said heart beat through your car's audio system for the ultimate beats. Using his He......

Fiat Panda Terramare 4 makes it across the English Channel

Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Maurizio Zanisi apparently has way too much time on his hands. The Italian engineer has modified a Fiat Panda 4x4 with a flotation belt and a waterjet propulsion system to create the Panda Terramare 4 - a vehicle that adds a new dimension to "off-roading."Zanisi's Panda paddleboat splashed into the ......

Carboard cruiser slows down traffic

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
This story comes from the "bitter old man with too much time on his hands" file. An Oregon man, has gotten fed up with speeders tearing through his neighborhood, so he took matters into his own hands by constructing a decoy police cruiser from painted plywood. Apparently, the decoy has been so succe......