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VIDEO: Mind the pole, please

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/comedy/Parking_Job_At_Its_Best'; Spending all day blogging from the comfort of our mothers' basements and/or top-secret Dr. No-style lairs, we sometimes forget that there's a world out there filled with people who engage in truly questionable things. And then we get a video like this and we wonder, "Is that really what's going on outside?" We're not sure what this driver was trying to do, but when he or she decides to kill a pole, they do a commendably thorough job of it. Follow the jump for the security ... Read more →

VIDEO: Tight Fit: Japanese bus company makes the most of its parking lot Chris Shunk

Here in the States, unless you live in a city like New York, Chicago or Boston, chances are that on any given day, parking isn't one of your bigger challenges. In smaller, more densely populated ...

Don't Tread On Me: U.K. church angers some by offering Wimbledon parking in cemetery Jonathon Ramsey

Every year during Wimbledon, St. Mary's Church offers parking to fans attending the tennis tournament. Normally, the church opens an adjacent field for car parking, but this year St. Mary's allowed ...

No Quarter: Aussie gang pinched for stealing over $550,000... from parking meters Noah Joseph

Ever since the advent of the parking meter, there have been hoods cracking them open and stealing the coins inside. Historically, we're talking about nickels and dimes here, but while those can add ...

In New York City, garage is spelled with a $ Chris Tutor

We're sure there are plenty of reasons some people would want to live in New York, but it's hard to see why a car guy would want to. Forget the traffic, the kamikaze cab drivers and astronomic ...

Dallas HOA prohibits parking F-150 in driveway; Lincoln Mark LT allowed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Yet another example of a Homeowner's Association run amok... A Texas homeowner in Frisco (just north of Dallas) has been told by the Stonebriar HOA that his new Ford F-150 isn't allowed to be parked in his driveway. The Association, established to protect Jim Greenwood's interests (that's the ...

I'm sorry I put a dent in your car... 1 year ago on Autoblog

Don't you just hate it when you're idling around in the parking garage and there aren't any empty spaces? How do you feel when you spot somebody with a nice car who's purposely taken two spaces so that nobody can park next to their car? Yeah, pretty infuriating. Looks like somebody decided to do ...

Parking assist one-upsmanship: New VW system doesn't need driver in car 1 year ago on Autoblog

The honchos at VW decided that Park Assist (PA) wasn't enough. That's where the car parallel parks itself while you twiddle your thumbs behind the wheel, and when the Fasten Seat Belt sign is extinguished you can get out and go on about your business. The latest development from VW is called Park ...

Driveway rental business growing in North America 1 year ago on Autoblog

By most estimates, there are about 250 million registered passenger cars in the United States (you can drop the number down by a few hundred if you still don't consider the Yugo GV a car). For many motorists, it seems that every single one of those cars is trying to park in their location -- their ...

Class warfare continues: Lexus owners get their own parking lot in Philly 1 year ago on Autoblog

Lexus must be doing a booming business in Philadelphia. The city's Wachovia Center, host to the 76ers basketball team and Flyers hockey team, already has a courtside VIP club sponsored by Lexus. Now, in an expanded sponsorship deal, the Center has set aside two special parking areas for Lexus ...

F1 champ Nelson Piquet loses drivers license 2 years ago on Autoblog

The question of the day is, "If you're tasked with teaching a three-time Formula One champ to drive, what's the curriculum?" Some instructor in Brazil will be forced to answer that very query when he gets Nelson Piquet behind the wheel for a refresher on the rules of the road. Piquet, who's racked ...

Welcome to the era of the $225,000 parking space 2 years ago on Autoblog

To give you an idea of how much of a premium Manhattanites place on parking, consider that a new condo development on the Lower West Side is selling five guaranteed parking spaces for $225,000 apiece. That number is on top of whatever the condos themselves cost. The knee-jerk reaction is, of ...

VIDEO: Audi's batch of DVR-friendly commercials 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/business_finance/Audi_unveils_batch_of_DVR_friendly_commercials'; Just last year marketing agencies were bemoaning the advent of the TiVo and similar digital video recorders (DVRs) that allow viewers to fast forward through commercials. A few of the smarter ...

Survey Says: Garages lit with LED seem safer 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's a scene we've seen hundreds of times in movies – predators emerging from the shadows in a dimly lit parking garage. It used to be that you could look for the cigarrette ember so you could meet up with Deep Throat, but Raleigh, North Carolina has beat back the shadows as it became the ...

Woman exits parking garage through second floor wall 2 years ago on Autoblog

The photo pretty much tells the story here. A 49-year-old woman, who was reverse parking in a multi-story car park, mixed up the gas and brake pedals and almost ran her car completely through the second floor garage wall - check out the second photo after the jump. Looking like something out of an ...

NYC trying its luck with first robotic parking garage 2 years ago on Autoblog

Robotic parking garages haven't caught on in the U.S. like they have in other developed countries. Perhaps that's because we're not as strapped for open space as other nations, or maybe its because the only robotic parking garage in the U.S. has dropped both a Cadillac Deville and a Jeep several ...

VIDEO: Demolition Derby, Soccer-Mom Style 2 years ago on Autoblog

"Hell knows no wrath like a woman scorned" goes the old proverb. What about a woman with her car scratched up? This video is a surprisingly entertaining clip from the Fox sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle", where a simple tap of the door, fueled by downright bitchiness, devolves into a full on ...

VIDEO: Self-parking Lexus befuddles Automobile editors 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/videos_comedy/VIDEO_Self_parking_Lexus_befuddles_magazine_editors'; Self-parking systems seem like a total waste of computing power IMHO, but Lexus maintains its Advanced Parking Guidance System allows a driver to parallel or back-in park the LS460 "with ...

Instant revenge on the parking incapable 2 years ago on Autoblog

You take every precaution to protect your precious vehicle from the people that just don't understand. Still, despite your best efforts, some deranged idiot parks so close that you can't even see daylight between your door and his. The sense of rage builds until you feel that damage and desecration ...

Take my parking space, please! 3 years ago on Autoblog

This past Friday, I was searching for an open spot on University Avenue in Berkeley and noticed a few students offering up their minimalist driveways to concertgoers who arrived too late to find parking on the UC campus. I was wary of what these budding econ majors might be charging in the ...

VIDEO: BMW parks itself sans driver 3 years ago on Autoblog

BMW unveiled a new system this week in Munich that enables a car to park itself without driver involvement. The remote parking-assist technology uses off-the-shelf technology already in use on many BMW vehicles, including sensors like those that measure distance and alert the driver when the ...

$150,000 parking space for sale in Britain 3 years ago on Autoblog

We can all stop complaining about our mortgage payments, because at least they're paying for a roof and somewhere to plug in the TiVo. This parking space in Knightsbridge, U.K. only offers its owners a "very hard layer to park your car" for £80,000 or over $147,000 US. We hear Seinfeld and ...

Non-Ford vehicles taking a beating; UAW tells members to stop 3 years ago on Autoblog

According to the Detroit News, a local UAW official sent out a note to members of the Kansas City Assembly plant about vandalism against non-Ford vehicles. "Respect other people's property as you would like yours to be respected," said President Jim Stoufer of UAW Local 249. "The ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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