By way of an apology - Heroes, Ariel and the Cuda concept

Not only have I not posted jack-squat since last Thursday...I just skipped Heroes this week.  I actually liked it too, but by the time I felt like writing it all down it was late, and then I had to take Gus back to the vet Saturday, so I let the weekend get away and just chilled out.

So...Heroes last week then?  Except for the ugly Irish girl who is British and can’t actually do the brogue for shit, I really enjoyed this last episode.  First one that has felt less like placekeeping or treading water, but instead felt more like a real Heroes episode.  From everything I read, the WGA strike might be the reason it picks up.  They have up to episode 11 done, and they canceled Heroes: Origins.  They say it was a money thing, but I think they needed to cram as many scripts in as possible, and couldn’t spare the time to work on Origins.  Everyone knew this strike was inevitable.  So, unless it is resolved very quickly, Heroes will have a mini-season ending with episode 11, which is also supposed to end Volume 2.  They even shot an alternate ending to episode 11 that can act as a season finale, just in case.

All that is by way of saying I expect things to pick up on the show now as far as pace goes.  Feel free to spoil away with theories and whatnot in the comments.

Now...the boobs.  This is a NSFW gallery of Ariel from Met Art.  She’s ridiculously hot.  Enjoy that.

Lastly, my apology includes another retro-future muscle car.  The new one is a Barracuda concept that Autoblog scoped out at SEMA.

Chrysler is doing these retro designs fairly well - in the looks department anyway - and should make some cash with them...as long as they don’t succumb to the temptation of making them (on the cheap) with identical interiors and mostly parts out of the common bin.  This one is supposed to be an all carbon fiber body.  We know that won’t make production.  And the interior is just the SRT8 you can find in the Charger and so on.  Hopefully a production version could customize the interior for this specific model.  What is it with Chrysler and the shoddy interiors anyway?

Anyway. while the concept looks great, I think I’d still rather pay 50 grand for a fully tricked-out and over-muscled 1972 ‘Cuda.  Something about that old 70’s steel just appeals to me.  Maybe the advent of “modern muscle” will drive the prices on vintage muscle down a bit to where a normal human could afford one some day?

Posted by JimK at 02:25 PM on November 05, 2007
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Spyshots of the new Challenger

Here’s some very cool spy shots of the production version of the 2008 (2009?) Dodge Challenger.  Somebody snuck a cell phone in to the dealer announcement.

Not a huge difference from the concept...they added a B-pillar (for safety reasons) and the wheels are different.  Slightly larger rear bumper (again, regulations) and a much cooler front grille.  5500 of these being built with every one already allocated to the top dealers, who have probably already allocated them to their top customers at 10 to 40% over the sticker of $38,000.

I’d kill three hookers and maybe a young child to own one.

Posted by JimK at 09:48 PM on October 15, 2007
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An honest mechanic

Can you imagine?  I swear I have the only honest mechanic in the state.  I had the car in today, and instead of tracking down a rare, no-longer-made part for me, he just re-molded it with epoxy and tape and saved me $200.  Plus he advised that the thing throwing the engine light errors was utterly useless and not worth the cost to fix it.  Another $400 saved.

Mike’s Auto Clinic, Hamden CT.  Excellent service and honest guys.

Posted by JimK at 05:03 PM on May 18, 2007
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My new movie will be called “Black People Can’t Drive” starring Eddie Griffin and Woody Harrelson

See, it’s like, a joke based on “White Men Can’t Jump, so it’s not racist, and screw you for thinking it was, you jerk.  Seriously though, Undercover Brother cannot fucking drive.

Comedian Eddie Griffin crashed a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo while practicing for a charity race to promote his new movie, Redline, on Monday.

Griffin, 38, was not injured when he ran into a concrete barrier at California’s Irwindale Speedway, but the car fared much worse: It was totaled.

“Undercover Brother’s good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can’t drive,” Griffin told the Associated Press after the accident, referring to his 2002 movie. (He has also starred in Norbit, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and its sequel, and Date Movie.)

“He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken,” said the film’s publicist, Wendy Zocks.

Redline executive producer Daniel Sadek, who owned the rare Enzo, was also shaken by the accident.

“I’m glad Eddie came out of the crash okay, but my dream car got destroyed,” Sadek said. “I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought, ‘There’s people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the world.’ “

Sadek has an exotic car collection, which is featured in the movie. Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were produced, all between 2002 and 2004.

This makes, if memory serves, the fourth Enzo that has been totalled since the line was produced.  ATTENTION YOU RICH ASSHOLE DOUCHEBAGS - STOP DRIVING ENZOS IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU’RE DOING!  There are only 396 of these beautiful creatures left in existence, STOP FUCKING CRASHING THEM.

Fuck pandas and spotted owls and seal-slaughtering polar bears - who will speak up to save the Enzos?  Talk about an endangered species.  If you see a first-class douchebag driving an Enzo, it is your duty as a human being to take his keys, kick his douchebag ass and save that car.  I’ll cover your legal fees.*

Please save the Enzos.  This kind of beauty only comes around once every five or six years when a new supercar hits the market.

*I absolutely will not cover your legal fees in any way, if you steal an Enzo you are so fucking on your own.

Posted by JimK at 06:59 PM on March 27, 2007
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Love your car, just don’t LOVE your car

I have sex with cars

MECHANIC Chris Donald loves his work - he has sex with CARS.

And he admitted last night: “Some men like boobs and bums, but I much prefer curvy bodywork.”

Chris, 38, has a recognised psychological condition that makes him physically attracted to motors.

He has had sex with more than 30 different models in 20 years - plus two motorboats and a pal’s JETSKI.

Chris said: “It’s all about imagination and creativity. There’s more to car love than exhaust pipes. Stroking the body panels and delicate touching makes excellent foreplay.”

And he bragged: “I did have the exhausts custom made for one car because they were too small. I had them widened and rounded.

“The firm never asked why — but I loved the view while she was up on the ramp and they were working on her.

And then there was this:

I don’t know what to say about this.  I think it must be a put-on.  I like cars but I mean...really?  Sex with them instead of in or on them?  Of course, a 1965 GTO does give me a woody…

Posted by JimK at 08:33 PM on March 10, 2007
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A brilliant red Barchetta from a better, vanished time

I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car
A brilliant red barchetta, from a better, vanished time
I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime…

Rush - Red Barchetta

What a find.

That is a Ferrari Barchetta, the type of car made famous in the song.  More specifically, this is a Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta Speciale, s/n 0052 M.  It’s one of only 25 with the touring body, and this particular one is even more special.  It was factory-built as an experimental machine and has quite the storied history.  Between 1950 and 1955 it was raced all over Europe, and in 1959 someone bought it and stored it in a garage in Arizona for 45 years.  It has been fully mechanically rebuilt as-was, and the body and finish have been left as they were in 1955 when she rolled across the finish line for the last time.  Every ding and scratch has a story, I’m sure.

Kind of cool, seeing one of the cars that I’ve been hearing about in song my whole life.  Go visit the gallery of photos...very, very cool.  I bet she sounds amazing, and driving her is probably about as much fun as you can have behind the wheel of anything that stays on the ground.

Posted by JimK at 03:57 AM on February 08, 2007
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A thing of beauty

Superformance has re-created the Ford GT40.  They worked with the original engineers and everything...it’s simply amazing.  The perfect muscle car from the past with modern engineering and manufacturing.  If you love things with engines, check out the Fast-Autos.net article on the Superformance GT40 MkII.  I am pretty sure I’m in love.

Posted by JimK at 12:38 AM on October 19, 2006
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Now that’s a Batmobile

This is a car that both Batman and Bruce Wayne can drive.  Indian styling house DC Design took what might be a Rolls Royce Silver Spirit and went to town, crafting the back end into what can only be called a Nissan 350Z.  This is both odd, ugly and interesting all at the same time.  At least no one would ever ignore you when you drove this thing.

More pics after the jump.

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Posted by JimK at 01:13 PM on October 15, 2006
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Rabid consumerism plus a small penis equals I WANT THIS TRUCK

I know.  It’s ridiculous on every level unless you’re a contractor who hauls three tons of dirt or concrete with a full crew in the cab.  I don’t care.  DADDY WANTS.  Behold the glory that is the new Ford Super Duty F-450:

The mini Coopers I could crush with that bad boy.  I would name it Colossus and have it airbrushed on the doors.

Posted by JimK at 02:34 PM on October 03, 2006
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I believe it can fly

Posted by JimK at 11:36 PM on February 20, 2006
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