Google Street View finds one fugly Buick and more
Wasting time scouring Google Maps with the company's new Street View feature has become our new favorite hobby. Earlier today we showed you one of the vehicles that's used to take the street level pictures. It turns out these vehicles capture some amazing things, and since they're on the ground rather than orbiting the earth, we can actually make out some cool stuff in the pics.
For instance, some mom must be so proud that her son parks his modified Buick Regal right in front of the house for all to see. He probably leaves the doors unlocked, because there's little chance anyone would approach that paint job voluntarily.
Thanks to a commenter, we found a site that's collecting all of the interesting photos the Street View cars find, and some of them are, of course, auto related. Take, for instance, the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine van that was snapped in a Palo Alto, CA parking lot. Or how about the license plate-less Mercedes-Benz of Steve Jobs? Then there are some incriminating photos that could get the Street View in trouble with their bosses. This one caught them in the drive thruhanging out at McDonalds, and this pic shows them amidst a flow of traffic that's exceeding the posted speed limit.
If you find something interesting related to autos while using Google Maps' new Street View feature, make sure to hit the Tip button above and send us the link.
Thanks to anonymous for the tip! (You know who you are)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nick 8:09PM (6/01/2007)
That mystery machine van is always there in the Fry's parking lot in Palo Alto. The building is shared with several other companies so I don't know who it belongs to, but it seems to be there 24/7.
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Drewboy 8:38PM (6/01/2007)
With Google Streetview, paranoid folks everywhere will be saying big brother is watching them everywhere they go!
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paul34 8:48PM (6/01/2007)
Wow, what a buick. I see those a lot around here. The drivers think they're the shiz, too. One hand on the top of the steering wheel... seat all the way back.
Sometimes I wonder if they secretly want to be pilots... since they only look up into the sky instead of the road in front of them.
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Nick 9:32PM (6/01/2007)
Haha, there are so many photos of girls in bikinis and whatnot, or just blatant t&a shots. Google Maps = New home of voyeur
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Jon 10:17PM (6/01/2007)
Parked in front of the home of Steve Jobs are two Mercedes-Benzes and a--get this-- Volvo V70. Way to up your public image, Stevie!
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Eric 3:38AM (6/04/2007)
Wow, I've actually seen that Buick out in SF, and it is indeed hideous.
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Don 2:02AM (6/02/2007)
That looks like a South Florida urban special.
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Reuben 2:05AM (6/02/2007)
Wow...what a Buick...thanks autoblog for being honest. I sure hope that poor misguided kid doesn't read this forum.
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mikeb 2:06AM (6/02/2007)
It would look better if the green didn't go in front of the headlight.
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Undercover Soul Brother 9:54AM (6/02/2007)
Holy Sh!t! Check out the Ferrari!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&sll=40.714997,-74.006653&sspn=0.617251,1.035461&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.881124,-122.297256&cbp=1,294.645256195933,0.656514980241601,2&ll=37.887454,-122.285943&spn=0.02171,0.057335&z=15
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fred 10:49AM (6/02/2007)
Did you see the top 100 Google StreetView sightings here:
http://www.laudontech.com/StreetView/streetview.html
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8bryan 11:43AM (6/02/2007)
hmm i only saw 2 pics of chicks in bikini's on that site fred put.. wonder if terrorist r gonna c these? and the 455 speed limit on the g.g.b. lmao.. scooby doo van couldnt do that//
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Geotrotter 6:16AM (6/03/2007)
I added all the best "Google Street View" here : http://www.geo-trotter.com/cat-street-view.php.
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Harley 1:29PM (6/04/2007)
Here is another site that has a large selection of StreetView finds:
http://www.mapmole.com
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