Great Lego Peace, Love VW Van with surfboard and tanning chairs!
Ready to jump in and enjoy the hipster life! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
January 12, 2022
December 7, 2021
Panther Cat Car
November 19, 2021
Ready To Drag Race
October 14, 2021
Fun Cars To Pretend
April 1, 2021
Will It Drive Again
September 24, 2020
Nice Accents
August 26, 2020
Porsche Lovers
February 19, 2020
Creative Clock With Cars
Instead of just giving you the time (here it is 20:52 or 8:52 pm), the numbers are made up of 3-7 little cars.
When a number changes, cars either drive on or off to form the new ones.
(The "whole" clock is greater than the sum of its cars, which are the "parts".)
And then some of the drivers actually get out of the car to schmooze or maybe clean their car.
Very creative and it makes you think.
That's a good thing. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
November 24, 2019
Ferrari Motor Furniture
The first is a coffee table for the living room.
The second is half of a nice desk.
Both are made out of working Ferrari engines.
The coffee table goes for $50,000.
And the desk goes for $75,000.
I will told that this is a bargain based on what a working Ferrari engine goes for.
In a sense you can take your table for a spin around the block...LOL.
Truly the engine (and not just design of the car) is a work of art.
It merits being a centerpiece of your office or home. ;-)
(Credit Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
October 18, 2019
Check Out Those Rims
Pimp my ride! LOL
Check out those awesome gold rims with this blue "oldies" car.
This was definitely a standout even down there where there are plenty of Bentleys and Lamborghinis driving around.
The owner of the car gave me a big thumbs up when I tool this photo.
Hope you enjoy and Shabbat Shalom!
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 6, 2019
Amazing Cuban Art
They treated us like royalty and gave us a personal guided tour of two buildings filled with works by Cuban artists still at home in Cuba and here in exile.
This was better than many museums that I've been too.
I just want to thank the gallery owners and our guide for a wonderful showing and tell them how impressed we were with the art there.
Even while the Cuban people are repressed by their dictatorial leaders, there is so much of interest in Cuba: from their colorful colonial architecture to their cool "oldie cars", renown cigar smokes, some pretty talented artists, and I'm sure much more.
Cuba is only 485 miles from the USA!
I pray for the freedom of the Cuban people. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
November 23, 2018
Carlos Ghosn - Success and Failure
June 7, 2018
That's Some Pricey Garbage Art
So we stopped in this gallery in Palm Beach.
And there lay this piece of "art".
Well, I'm not sure--is this really art?
The proprietor explained that this is made up of scrap pieces of metal from the garbage dump like from old discarded automobiles.
The artist welded the garbage together, painted it, and voila there it is--some very pricey art.
Who pricey you ask.
Take a guess.
No really.
No, you're too low.
Try again.
No, you're still too low.
Not even in the ballpark.
Okay, I'll tell you, but only because you asked so nicely.
It starts with a 95.
No, not $9,500.
No, not $95,000 either.
That's right $950,000!!!
All this "art" can be yours if the price is right.
Can anyone say "irrational exuberance" again? ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
September 25, 2017
Introducing The Valkyrie
If I had a spare $2.6 million laying around that no one needed, I'd definitely get one of these.
1,000 horsepower, V-12 engine, and they fit the car to you, literally!
"It's a carbon fiber rocket" with an assisted electric motor for the environmentally conscious.
Here's a link to some awesome images of this gorgeous "hypercar" (which reminds me of Elon Musk's Hyperloop and it's a thousand time better looking than the Tesla).
Fast, futuristic, performance, stylish, and sleek as can be.
I almost want to photoshop a picture of myself in the diver's seat with a huge smile on my face as I wave and say see you later. ;-)
(Source Photo: Aston Martin)
December 2, 2016
Some People Got Money
This one is a lovely two-tone 2016 Rolls Royce.
At just a measly $384,025!
Honestly, the car looked awesome.
This was no Hyundai or Yugo.
The thing looked like a tank of art on wheels.
What is amazing is that such an expensive car is on display in the mall...I mean who is the demographic they are trying to appeal to for this?
Well maybe it's not that bad, since another sign advertises a lease option for just $3,469 per month plus tax for 48 months with $30,000 due at signing...so that still runs you over $50K per year to drive this thing.
Well I guess if you earnings millions, what's the big deal anyway!
And out of curiosity, as of 2009, almost a quarter million IRS filings (people and households) show earning of that much or more...nice for them, huh. ;-)
(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
October 4, 2015
No More Flooding With Permeable Pavement
Very cool solution to flash flooding called Topmix Permeable by Tarmac (a U.K. sustainable building materials company).
The concrete literally drinks up hundreds of gallons of water.
Where the heck does all the water go?
If you're walking, no more soggy shoes and pant's bottoms.
If your driving, even more important is the potential life-saving element for about 75 people that die in vehicles every year when they try get caught in the vehicles in flash flood conditions.
Also, many potential accidents, injuries, and deaths could be averted by people whose car's go hydroplaning on wet road surfaces.
Finally, think how transportation would be faster and more efficient (with less traffic) from better road conditions with innovations like this.
With this new material on our roads and some added heat elements to prevent snow and ice, we got some darn good road-safety going on. ;-)
April 7, 2015
Different, Better Than Mad Max
Ok, this is not a Mad Max black muscle car.
More like a Fast and Furious action racing vehicle.
When I saw this car in front of the new Pike and Rose in North Bethesda (gorgeous by the way), I thought this is becoming more like Miami than typical Washington, D.C.
Aside from the cars, the upscale dining, shopping, and iPic movie theatre (with luxurious reclining plush chairs and alcoholic drinks) has brought this area to a whole new level.
Mad Max eat your heart out or perhaps those of your post-apocalyptic adversaries. ;-)
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
March 29, 2015
Electric Cars, Forget About It
What I mean is that they are not transformative.
You're still in a car, traveling around 15-60(+) miles per hour, stopping at stop lights/signs, yielding to other cars and pedestrians, driving over potholes, getting stuck in traffic, and having to fill up on "juice" every few hundred miles.
And with the cost of oil way done (about half from last year), there may be a positive environmental impact, and that's important, but that's about it for this invention.
So if you can get over the range anxiety and fear of running out of electric power and not finding a convenient place to plug into, and you don't mind waiting an hour or so for the fill up, well then you can drive on batteries--and all the power to you.
But like the toy cars and trucks that I played with as a child, they too often ran on batteries, and I'd zoom them around on the kitchen and dining room floor with lights and sirens flashings--now that was exciting.
And yes, a driverless car (like from Google) is a little more of a step forward in terms of really changing how we travel...but then again, maybe it's like sitting on a bus, metro, cruise ship, or airplane today--read the paper, snooze, listen to music, or watch a video, but you don't have to do anything to move the vehicle or navigate the terrain.
In a way, cars are pretty much just fancy horses with wheels--whether powered by hay, gas, or electric--they are terrestrial and sort of boring on the ride--even with the windows down and music playing.
In my opinion, it is high time for some travel without the crunched seats, traffic jams, no turn lanes, traffic cameras, expensive tickets, looking for parking spaces, potholes, flat tires, and all the other nuisances of daily car commuting.
What I like about the picture in this blog though is that it makes me think of a much greater leap when it comes to transportation--whether by transporter, jet pack, pneumatic tubes, or time/space machine--we can get there effortlessly and lippity-snappity quick.
And the car, it can stay in the garage--or find its place in the Museum of History--for all I care. ;-)
(Source Photo: Rebecca Blumenthal)
April 15, 2014
Futuristic Highway
Some really great ideas here for the highway of the future.
These are the inspiration of interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde.
To save energy and increase safety, there are four concepts presented:
- Glow in the dark road markings (i.e. lane dividers) with photo-luminescent paint that charges during the day and lights up at night.
- Weather symbols on the road with temperature-responsive paint, so for example, when the temperature falls below a certain level, the roads show snowflake symbols to indicate that they may be icy.
- Motion-interactive lights on the highway that light up when cars approach and are powered by the draft of the moving cars.
- Induction lanes that can charge car batteries as they run along them and reenergize the cars for further travel.
Already, there is a 500 meter stretch of road in Oss, Netherlands with the glow-in-the-dark road markings--these are almost radioactive green in color and give a futuristic Tron look to the roads.
Now the question is when can we get these high-tech upgrades for I-495?
What an awesome high-tech display befitting our nation's capital and maybe it would help with traffic as well! ;-)
February 13, 2014
Combat Tires 4 Commerical Use
I love these combat-level tires on the Polaris Sportsman All Terrain Vehicle (ATV).
These tires are non-pneumatic, never go flat, and are nearly indestructible.
They were developed for the military to absorb combat damage, navigate difficult terrains, and take lots of impact.
No spare needed!
Can I have these James Bond tires on my family car? ;-)
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