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Ford Expands F-150 Pickup Recall to Nearly 1.2 Million Vehicles
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT -- Under pressure from government safety regulators, Ford Motor Co. is expanding a recall of the popular F-150 pickup truck to include nearly 1.2 million vehicles that may have defective air bags. The additional recall, announced Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers trucks from the 2004 through 2006 model years. An electrical short can cause the air bags to deploy unexpectedly, in some cases injuring drivers. In February, Ford agreed to fix 150,000 of the trucks but resisted the government's wishes to recall all 1.2 million trucks that may have the ...
'I Love Sex' License Plates Drive Kazakh Traffic Police Wild
By not in system - AOL NewsALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Traffic police in a southern Kazakhstan city have complained of a rising tide of motorists replacing their license plates with signs reading "I Love Sex." Online news channel Mir reported Friday that one of them, a 19-year old motorist in Kyzyl-Orda, was fined $1,000 for pinning the provocative plate to his SUV. The station also showed police footage of another car bearing a more chaste plate honoring a woman: "I Love Aizat." Former Soviet Kazakhstan is a largely Muslim nation, but social mores and attitudes toward sex tend to be somewhat relaxed, especially in ...
Father Pulls Infant Son From Submerged Truck [VIDEO]
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA Missouri father pulled his son from a submerged pickup Monday morning, saving the infant's life. William Whenham, 24, drove his silver Ford pickup along a slushy stretch of State Highway VV in Missouri's Cass County, outside of Kansas City. Son Colton, 6 months, rode in the backseat, strapped into his car seat. Whenham lost control of the truck just after 8 a.m. "The truck traveled down an embankment, overturned and came to rest into a creek," said Sgt. Collin Stosberg of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Whenham freed himself and saved his son, who was submerged for around a minute. ...
2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4: Is It Worth $370,000? [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsPsst. Need some new wheels? If you have $370,000 to spare, we've got a deal for you. The hotly anticipated 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is being unveiled at this year's Geneva Auto Show, sending car enthusiasts' pulses racing. The experts over at Autoblog got some first-look Aventador details and photos, and report that the slick sports car starts at $370,000. Let's see if we can justify that price. 1. It weighs in at 3,472 pounds That's lighter than the 3,671-pound Lamborghini Murcičlago, but heavier than the 3,042-pound Prius Two (which isn't a sports car, we realize; the stat is ...
Hot Air Hot Rod: Steam-Powered Race Car Out to Set World Record
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsWe usually think of steam powering things such as old-fashioned riverboats, locomotives and tea kettles. But a team of steam-punk speed freaks says hot air has a place on the road. Chuk Williams is striving to set a land speed record in a custom-built race car outfitted with a steam-powered engine. As early as August, Williams and the metalheads at Cyclone Engines could head to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in an attempt to make history, according to the New York Times' Wheels Blog. ...
Speeding Driver Allegedly Filmed Himself Going 118 MPH for YouTube
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsCall it "The Fast and the Fantastically Stupid." Police say a daredevil driver filmed himself grossly exceeding the speed limit on an Oregon interstate with the intention of posting the footage on YouTube. But before he could wow Web users with his high-speed high jinks, the incriminating video found another attentive audience -- law enforcement officials. ...
Super Bowl Ad Sends Shivers Through Motor City [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT -- To a pulsating beat, hip-hop star Eminem drives a sleek Chrysler through the streets of Detroit, proudly cruising by the city's landmarks, towering skyscrapers and the hopeful faces of its people. His journey ends with an unapologetic message: "This is the Motor City, and this is what we do." A day after it aired, one of the most-talked about Super Bowl ads sent shivers of pride through the battered city, which hopes car buyers are willing to look past Chrysler's billion-dollar bailout and embrace the idea that if a vehicle is "Imported from Detroit," that's reason enough to buy ...
10,000 Pens = 1 Crazy Mercedes
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL NewsCostas Schuler and his pen-covered Mercedes-Benz always have the write of way. Schuler's 1981 300SD is covered inside and out with 10,000 pens -- a work of art that he naturally called "the Mercedes Pens." He uncapped his creative side five years ago, using recycled pens to transform his vehicle, after seeing a book about artists who treated their autos like canvasses. "It's very vibrant, it's alive," said Schuler, 39, of Forestville, Calif. "It's an amazing form of expression." ...
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