Posted in Video on Dec 10th, 2008
Time for a serious story. Have a look at the click below, and then ask yourself, is this the worst car chase that you have ever seen in a film?
The dialogue is bad enough, but when you also factor in the top class action, you know you’ve just watched a real gem.
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I’ve noticed a gradual shift in the way vehicle manufacturers are marketing their products of late. There is without a doubt a greater emphasis being place upon vehicle safety and crash worthiness of vehicles. It would seem that safety may actually be selling cars, and the car companies are catching on. Car makers such [...]
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Posted in Video on Jul 13th, 2008
You may be familiar with the RTA NSW’s anti-speeding advertising campaign, otherwise known as the “pinkie ad”.
The basic premise of the ad being that “no one thinks big of someone that speeds”. If you break the message down it’s suggesting that if you speed you must also have a small appendage.
If nothing else, the [...]
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Posted in Random stuff, Video, Weird car stories on Feb 27th, 2008
Putting together a list of the Top 5 Car Chases of All Time was always going to be a challenging, and controversial, task.
When I first thought about this, I was thinking, how could I possibly cut it back to just five. But then, that’s part of the challenge, and the final cut is sure to [...]
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The Audi R8 is the car of choice for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in the soon to be released, highly anticipated – at least by me – film version of the Marvel Comics Iron Man movie.
Gwyneth Paltrow will also feature in the film as Virginia Potts, and can be seen getting around in an [...]
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The Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 is one of those hero cars. The sort of car you dream about driving as a kid. It’s the sort of car you drive around when playing Project Gotham Racing on the Xbox. The Skyline GT-R R33 is a quick enough car as it is, but when you modify the [...]
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When it comes to speeding and road safety ads a lot of them have focused on the shock tactic angle. Whether the shock ads are effective or not is a matter of debate, but putting that aside, it’s nice to see the RTA taking a unique approach to the problem with their “Pinkie” ads.
If you [...]
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Posted in Crash Test, Video on Dec 17th, 2006
Got sent a link to the attached clip this morning. It shows a ‘crash test’ of a Smart car. Not sure how scientific the testing was. I’d much prefer to take on board the EuroNCAP or ANCAP results. I’d be interested to see how it goes in a side impact.
My first question though is, if [...]
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