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Biker Tries to Warn an Oncoming Rider About the Police. Then He Realises His Gesture Is Hilariously Redundant
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (291+ words) In a video, uploaded to Tik Tok under the account @funnylife545, has been spreading rapidly and is well worth the attention it's getting. A chin-mounted camera captures the rider's first-person perspective as they travel through a calm village lined with stone…...
Firefighters Had Enough of One Driver Blocking the Road. Then the Water Was Turned On
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (338+ words) A ten-second clip making the rounds on social media shows a Dutch Brandweer fire engine doing something most of us have fantasized about on a congested commute: turning its front hose on a car that simply refused to get out…...
CHP's Warning to EV Drivers Comes With a Photo of an Audi E-Tron Being Charged by a Generator
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (449+ words) The California Highway Patrol delivered an important message in a hilarious way to electric vehicle owners looking to head to the mountains. The Facebook post showed an image of an Audi E-Tron that had run out of power and was…...
Chinese Automakers Are Preparing for the U. S. Through Canada, Despite Major Resistance
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (587+ words) Despite major resistance, Chinese automakers are eyeing an entry in the U. S. car market, and Canada seems to be their "practice run." Motor Biscuit reported how Canada relaxed its tariff structure for Chinese electric vehicles, allowing them to enter the country…...
This RC Basher Has a Motor in Every Wheel " and It's Completely Unhinged
1+ day, 48+ min ago (338+ words) The central motor, the driveshafts, the differentials, the gearbox " all of it gone. A You Tube channel called Do RC has put together what it describes as the first true direct-drive RC basher, and the outcome is every bit as…...
80-Year-Old Siblings Face Felony Charges After Fake Fiat Theft Scheme Fails in Somers
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (458+ words) Classic car insurance fraud is typically a high-stakes, highly sophisticated criminal enterprise involving chopped VINs, international shipping containers, and offshore bank accounts. But sometimes, it just involves two guys in their eighties, a vintage Italian roadster, and a grocery store…...
This You Tuber Strapped a Brabham-Style Fan to a 100mph RC Car and It Actually Worked
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (278+ words) That 1978 concept " a large rear-mounted fan actively evacuating air from a sealed underfloor to pin the car to the road " has now been transplanted, with impressive fidelity, onto a 1/7-scale RC car by the You Tube channel Project Air. On…...
He Turned a Simple Paper Plane into a High-Flying RC Drone
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (407+ words) The childhood fantasy of a paper aeroplane that actually goes somewhere useful has been around as long as boring classroom windows. A You Tube creator who goes by PENGUIN has done something about it " building a fully remote-controlled, Wi-Fi-operated paper…...
He Turned Two Disposable Lighters Into Working Jet Engines for This Tiny Plane
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (287+ words) The A-10 Thunderbolt II has been terrorizing ground targets since the 1970s and surviving retirement proposals for almost as long. Known officially as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the aircraft has earned the nickname "Warthog" from virtually everyone who encounters it " a reference, as…...
This 40mph 3 D-Printed RC Car Now Lets You Drive It Like You're Sitting Inside
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (537+ words) The WR1 was already a genuinely impressive piece of work " a fully 3 D-printable, 1/8-scale AWD rally chassis capable of hitting 40 mph, available for $35 in print files from curvlab. com. Version two takes it somewhere more interesting: you can now strap on…...