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For The First Time, Chief Perp Lamm Claims A LeMons Car For 500 Bucks! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
We totally believed the story behind the drug-smuggling Paraguayan S600 Benz, and so the big V12-powered German got zero penalty laps during the BS Inspection. However, a good story won't save you from the claimer rule! Unlike most claimer races, in which any schmoe on the premises may claim a car …
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Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three [24 Hours Of L …
Tying the old LeMons record from last year's Thunderhill event, three cars flipped over at the '09 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza. In every case the driver suffered zero injuries, which should serve as a counter-argument to those whining about "overkill" rollcage specifications. Everything was going just fin …
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Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Four [24 Hours Of Le …
Shattering the old LeMons record of three rollovers, four cars flipped over at the '09 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza. In every case the driver suffered zero injuries, which should serve as an effective counter-argument to those who whine about "overkill" rollcage specifications. Everything was going just fi …
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V8olvo Gets Upside-Down, Roof Barely Dented: Volvo Bricks As Sturdy As Advertised! [24 Hours Of Le …
After a little mishap with a TR7 on Saturday, the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo (formerly the Black Metal V8olvo) suffered a much worse setback late in the race today, when it attempted to share space with a '67 Plymouth Fury. Wayne, aka Stratocastrator, was at the wheel and walked away from the wreck w …
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And The Other Winner Is... [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Pandamonium Racing, the team that placed 78th in last year's Arse Freeze-A-Palooza, did everything right this weekend: drove clean, didn't break the car, and didn't panic even with several wild-eyed competitors going all-out to catch them. Their reward: overall win at the third annual Arse Freeze-A- …
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Cadillac CTS Coupe: The Cadillac Of Coupes [La Auto Show]
This is the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, the first production coupé (Cadillac XLR's a coupé convertible) from GM's luxury brand since the 1993 Cadillac Eldorado. Luckily, the CTS Coupe is a helluva lot hotter. Better news? The CTS-V Coupe's coming! gawkerGallery(5410530,6,); Set to be unveiled in the s …
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2010 BMW 5-Series Officially Shows Us Its Headlights [New Cars]
We're going to see all of the 2010 BMW 5-Series Monday, but after showing off its balls BMW just revealed its headlights. Now all we need is the rump. More photos below. Previously, we thought the leaks and scans made it look like a mini 7-series. Not so sure anymore. The F10 is svelte and crisp and …
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And The Winner Is... [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Since we all care more about the Index Of Effluency than we do about the overall winner, I'm going to take advantage of my very limited internet access to share the IOE winner with you: Purple Lemon Racing's 1969 Beetle! That's not to take away from the accomplishment of Pandamonium Racing's BMW E30 …
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Engine Of The Day: BMW OHV V8 [Engine Of The Day]
A pushrod, carburetor-fed V8 from BMW? Sure, but you have to go back about a half-century. Just as Chevrolet had a prehistoric V8, so did BMW, with the aluminum-block, 90-degree engine used to power the BMW 502, 503, 507, and 3200 CS. Built from 1954 through 1965, the BMW OHV was available in displa …
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Renault 5 Takes Off-Road Shortcut In Pursuit Of Citroën CX [Movie Cars]
We can't tell you what cheezoid cop show you're watching, nor can we tell you why the chiseled good guy in the Renault 5 is pursuing the obvious baddie in the Citroën. It appears that the guy in the 5, finding himself behind the CX, takes a "short cut" across the countryside in order to reappear… st …
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Italian Cars Totally Reliable At Arse Freeze, Just About Everything Else Blows Up [24 Hours Of Lem …
Race cars built for 500 bucks and thrashed on a tough endurance course for hour after hour tend to develop a few problems. OK, they develop many problems! At this race, we've seen some normally bulletproof machines fall apart, while the Italian contingent (four Alfa Romeos and a Fiat) have proven c …
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2011 BMW 5-Series Officially Shows Us Its Headlights [New Cars]
We're going to see all of the 2011 BMW 5-Series Monday, but after showing off its balls BMW just revealed its headlights. Now all we need is the rump. More photos below. Previously, we thought the leaks and scans made it look like a mini 7-series. Not so sure anymore. The F10 is svelte and crisp and …
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1977 GMC VanDura [Down On The Street]
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. GM's Malaise Era big van didn't change much for decades, so it's easy to overlook. This 3/4-ton hauler belongs to the Alameda Unified School District, and pro …
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More British Leyland Carnage: Spinout-Happy TR7 T-Boned By V8olvo [24 Hours Of Lemons]
The guys driving the V8-powered Volvo 244 were hoping to follow up their victory at Buttonwillow with another this weekend, but the Buick V6-powered Wedginator Triumph has made that goal much, much harder to reach. The video below, provided by the V8olvo team, tells the whole story. Fortunately, nob …
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Killer Bee MGB Wipes Out, Gets Rolled Into Ball Of British Leyland Scrap [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Yes, one of our favorite Index Of Effluency contenders went into the dirt and flipped over yesterday afternoon. That's the bad news. The good news is that the driver of the Killer Bee MGB wasn't hurt. Well, he wasn't hurt in the wreck, that is; his teammates (including 5-time DOTS honoree WhatWouldJ …
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Day One In The Books, Germans Dominate Top Five [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Many cars have been sidelined by the usual mechanical problems, but some have just kept on going around and around and around. With the first session of racing over, we've got three Germans and two Japanese in the top five. At this point, the #5 car sits just two laps behind the #1 car; in fact, a m …
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One Hour To Go, Pandamonium BMW E30 Leading [24 Hours Of Lemons]
You may remember Pandamonium Racing as the team that brought us the 24 Hours Of LeMons Jackass Reel last year. This is also the team that donated number 43 to the Über Birds. At the moment, Pandamonium leads the race! Of course, they've got quite a few cars looming in the rear-view mirror, and plent …
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Yes, You Can Buy A "Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R" LeMons Team Shirt! [Holiday Gift Guide]
Many, many readers were all in a tizzy after they saw the LeMons Team Shirt-stravaganza last weekend, because they needed to obtain a Team JDL BMW team T-shirt. Well, now you can- just in time for Hanukkah shopping! Yes, your loved ones will look like the Chaim Witz of endurance racing when they ho …
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The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo [Classic Ad Watch]
We knew it on these shores as the 200SX Turbo, while the Japanese and Europeans called it the Silvia ZX Turbo. Either way, it served as an excellent herpes vector! We see an exquisitely mid-80s British couple having a Silvia-style rendezvous, he with the silver manual-trans car and she in the slushb …
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They're Racing! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
150 cars, more or less, have hit the track at Thunderhill. The casualties started building up yesterday, with a Porsche 944 and a Neon losing their engines during practice, and we expect to see more cars a-blowin' up now. Will one of the motorcycle-engined machines dominate? Will the Über Bird use i …
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