Video: Dyer’s most eXtreme moments of 2009
Filed under: Videos
Click above to view the video after the jump
Apparently Automobile and New York Times contributor Ezra Dyer took a fair amount of flack for his snowy Audi R8 escapades, so he’s compiled his greatest motive moments of 2009 into one predictably ridiculous montage. We’d describe the antics ourselves, but a chilled bottle of champagne is goading us from afar and Dyer does a far better job:
Do not even watch this video if you have a heart condition or think you might be pregnant, for it includes the following graphic material: Goading Michael Schumacher into driving like a maniac in a Ferrari 599 GTB; shooting my Cadillac with machine guns, at night, using tracer bullets; jumping a Subaru; jumping off a sand dune without a Subaru; Lamborghini doughnuts; shots of speedometers reading x-tremely high speeds. And there’s even more. Your ticket buys you the whole seat, but trust me when I tell you that you’ll only need the edge.
The “Most Awesome Video Ever” awaits after the jump, and in keeping with the extreme theme, M
Tags: a-friend-via, after-the-jump, awesome-video, cadillac, decade, enjoy-the-final, entry, greatest, matters-most-, most awesome video ever, soundtrack
Report: Kansas to cease allowing motorists to have ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. Wait, wha?
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal
Kansas is revamping the way it issues vanity plates, and it means a lot of residents are going to lose their ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. They’re not really duplicates, though: Unlike most states, Kansas allows people in different counties to have the same alphanumeric combination, so while the tags might appear to be copies, they are registered in different counties and that technically makes them different plates.
According to Kansas.com, the problem with that strategy is that law enforcement officials in hot pursuit have a hard time reading which county a car’s “JAYHAWK” plate is registered to, so they have been behind the push to change the policy. The Kansas DMV is in the process of figuring out who registered each of these ‘duplicate’ plates first, and then it plans to send letters to anyone else with that same alphanumeric combo to let them know they can’t renew it.
Just as novel as finding out Kansas allowed multiple copies of a tag in the same state was the list of the top ten vanity plates chosen. It’s arguably embarrassing that the number one plate is “HUSKERS,” which amounts to cheerleading for a team in another state, like “SOONERS” in the seven spot. The home team, “JAYHAWK” comes in second, followed by Larry the Cable Guy’s slogan, “GITRDUN,” which is more popular than the Kansas City “CHIEFS” in number four. Ah, Kansas, what are we going to do with you? Hat tip to Dude!
[Source: Kansas.com | Image: Robinrkc - C.C. License 2.0]
Report: Kansas to cease allowing motorists to have ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. Wait, wha? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tags: cable, dmv, enjoy-the-final, image, kansas, license, licenseplates, licenseplats, most awesome video ever, personalized plates, same, vanity plates
