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New CV joint could change everything. Posted: 3 years ago by groggie
The new Thompson Coupling revolutionizes the way we transfer energy around corners.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 7 [+].
Heavy Machinery Mishaps Posted: 2 years ago by cameron0
When big things go wrong in big ways.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 212 [+].
Excuse Me, But I Have A Goat In My Trunk Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
A woman really got the goat of auto repairman James Prusci. She went to Tires Plus, wanting a belt replaced on her Chevy Malibu. While he was doing paperwork, she said she had a goat in her trunk. "A what?" he asked. She told him she planned to butcher it.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 522 [+].
Delayed delivery of trucks led to Marine deaths Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
Stateside authorities saw the hulking vehicles, which can cost as much as a $1 million each, as a financial threat to programs aimed at developing lighter vehicles that were years from being fielded.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 164 [+].
Redskins' Hall of Famer John Riggins rapping in a Ford Trucks commercial. Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
Poor quality, but hey, it's from the 80s. It doesn't get much worse than this.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 19 [+].
Carjacking pooch out on bail Posted: 3 years ago by teaya21
Chevy is out on bail after jumping into a car in melbourne and refusing to leave.
Spokeswoman for Chevy stated he had no bones with the driver he just wanted a lift.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 10 [+].
Real Man Stakes Upped - Texan Takes 35 Years To Die Of A Bullet Wound Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket
Craig Buford of Fort Worth was fatally shot in the back in 1973. Unfortunately that didn't fit his plans to do manly stuff like driving buses and trucks so he didn't give in and die until December of last year.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 472 [+].
McDonald's golden arches topple in Arizona high winds, crush Naperville couple Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
A giant set of golden arches outside a McDonald’s in eastern Arizona toppled in high winds Wednesday, crushing a Naperville couple’s Chevy Trailblazer as they sat inside the parked vehicle.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 382 [+].
Molten Steel Man: Walking Beast Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The Walking Beast is a mechanical creature that walks on 8 legs. The machine is powered by a 454 cubic inch chevy V-8 married to a modified TH400 trans coupled to two klune extreme under drive planetary gear boxes, uses a rockwell 2 1/2 ton military axle to supply power to the leg crank shafts.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 170 [+].
Top 10 Ugly Cars Posted: 2 years ago by sholom22
For some reason the Scion XL and the Chevy SSR didn't make the list.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 129 [+].
California sues EPA over tailpipe rules Posted: 2 years ago by redalert
California sued the federal government Wednesday in its ongoing bid to set the country's first greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, providing new data to show its program is superior to a federal plan.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 75 [+].
Chevy Creates World’s First Billboard Made from Pennies, By-passers Strip it Clean Posted: 1 year ago by BernardBlack
Chevrolet created a 20' billboard made entirely from one-pence coins in London. It was installed last week and consisted of 20,000 pennies. It was created to advertise the £7,695 Aveo. In just 30 minutes, Londoners had stripped the billboard clean. pics
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 65 [+].
84 Years Old and Still Driving His First Car Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
To keep a car running for many years, change the oil every 3,000 miles, says Clarence Cleveland Curtiss. His advice is not new, especially for anybody who owns a 1990 Buick, a 1980 Chevy or even a 1964 Volkswagen.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 163 [+].
U.P.S. thinks outside the big brown box Posted: 2 years ago by tigertony
It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn is minutely wasteful, unless we're talking about more than 95,000 big square brown trucks, in which case the wasted time and fuel is immense.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 137 [+].
Now where did I put my keys? Posted: 9 months ago by equinox
What was he thinking? A man, who wisely asked to remain anonymous, was rescued from a sewage storage tank at a rest station after he climbed in to find his missing keys. While being hosed off by fire trucks his missing keys were found in his pocket.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 379 [+].
Man Drives Car On Runway Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
According to police, a 73-year old man driving a 4-door black Chevy Cobalt, drove through the main service gate at the southeast end of the airport shortly after 8:30 a.m. The man crashed right through the entry-arm gate, which was in the down position, and raced onto airport property and onto runway 9.
*Wonder where this could have happened....
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 288 [+].
Overloaded: Have a LOT of stuff, will travel Posted: 2 years ago by mitzuzake
Sometimes while driving around in our gigantic SUVs and spacious pickup trucks, we forget that our fellow humans living in more crowded parts of the planet have to make due with a little less transportation to haul the same amount of stuff.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 68 [+].
Park Slope Mom Who Wants to Ban 'Predatory' Ice Cream Trucks Is a Fried Pudding Pusher Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
Is there anything more symbolic of the American summer than the ice cream man? No! But some people hate the ice cream man. Who? Dang food-Nazi parents, that's who! Especially one whose Brooklyn restaurant serves deep-fried candy bars to children!
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 216 [+].
Stephen Grant (wife murderer) in jail house trouble. Posted: 2 years ago by heymrp
I work at the youth home near the county jail and tonight on my way home I saw the news trucks outside. Curious, I did a little research and found out what this creep is up to these days.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 27 [+].
Firefighters Flush Cat From Storm Drain Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water to rescue a kitten that refused to come out of a West Virginia storm sewer drain.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 66 [+].
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