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Fear on Wheels: Why the Astro Van is the scariest car on the road

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:32:11 PDT

Freeway, surface street, I don't care. If I see an Chevy Astro Van (or GMC Safari for that matter) I'm running like hell. Here's 5 fantastic reasons why: They stopped making them in 1996, which makes the average price of one now days somewhere...

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Small Businesses need small vans - yo, where are they?

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:48:23 PDT

If you found this, you're a van man. Most hits this site gets is for van-related stuff. I don't really care that much about vans, but my dad does. He drives one every weekday, full of heavy equipment, tools, van stuff. He drives a Sonoma, but he...

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New Jaguar XJ falls victim to BMW 7-Series Syndrome

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:45:08 PDT

There's something about a Jaguar. It's often the automobile of the world's most interesting man, or at least the Equalizer. They've always looked about the same and you've always assumed that the driver was the kind of guy to always wear a suit and...

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Why nobody cares about Saab's end except Swedes.

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:39:32 PST

You ever known anyone with a Saab. I'm special enough to have known a few Saab owners. They were never the sort of people that spent a lot of time choosing a car. Micheline Maynard at the NYTimes, makes an argument that Saabs were special...

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Police cars - it makes sense that they look scary

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:38:55 PST

Nothing's as bone chilling as a cop car coming up on you in the rearview. A harsh grille, spotlights and flashers hanging off of it like a cowboy's gun belt. Bull bars in case it needs to shove you out of the way, hurrying to protect and to...

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I really don't have anything against Germans - Alex's Car Scheisse now ready!

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:55:28 PDT

It's easy to just think I don't much care for Germany, if you watch my latest video efforts on Alex's Carmageddon. Alex's Car Scheisse (as it Sheisse porn - there's not an 'R' in it). In this one, I'm driving from Munich to Berlin, averaging 90MPH -...

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GM: Not even the Volt can Save them. Chrysler - Last chance for Hornet

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:30:02 PDT

GM is finally dead. For my thoughts about its demise, see the first-ever post on this blog. GM: Designing Disaster. Even the upcoming Volt, the car that may save the world, can't save GM from maple-sirrup-sipping puck slappers. But maybe there's...

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Twitteri on Cars: The Twitter Auto blog post thing

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:07:12 PDT

As everyone and, indeed, their mother - I now twitter. And, since I originally cooked this up as a way to help your juice, wet eyeballs on Alex's Carmageddon - my funny video series - my car tweet, as apparently we call these things - is called Alxs...

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New Prius? The Tuk Tuk craps on you!

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:51:57 PDT

So you're already checking out the new Prius, huh? Oooh, it's so efficient, aaah, it doesn't have any personality to get in the way of the fuel savings! You're so wrong! What you should be looking at is the newly EPA-approved Tuk Tuk! Straight outta...

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L.A. MPG: OutSmarted - the final word on the Smart ForTwo from Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:23:23 PST

It's been a finger bloodening, eye-bulging time. But, the latest and last episode of L.A. MPG: OutSmarted - part of my Alex's Carmageddon video production circlejerk - is finally here. After driving the Smart ForTwo around Los Angeles for a while,...

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The Best Car Blog (this one) is now the best iTunes Car Podcast (or Vodcast if you prefer)

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:57 PST

Apparently, everyone and their mother has been obsessively watching Alex's CARmageddon and my first mini car movie Top Gear thing - L.A. MPG OutSmarted. YouTube has clearly had a hard time handling all these billions of foaming audiences. That must...

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Video: L.A. MPG-OutSmarted Part I - Driving the Smart ForTwo in Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:34:29 PST

The Smart ForTwo has been around in Europe for like a decade. But, just like the last season of Friends to the French, the ForTwo is totally brand new to Americans. Los Angeles is a city known for big, bling, pimped trucks; supercars; hypercars;...

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Where do old movie cars go?

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:20:31 PST

Did you know that Cheetah the Chimp from the original Tarzan movies is still alive and well, at 76, living in a mini paradise ranch in Palm Springs with his primate son? He's the world's oldest-ever chimp. Crappy comparison, but where do you think...

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Pure Car Sex - the fourdoor Lamborghini Estoque Concept

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:12:42 PDT

There's cars you want to have sex in and cars you'd like to have sex with. Today, Lamborghini announced a car that's both! The Lamborghini Estoque Concept has four doors, so you can put very, very lucky people in the back. Finally, an Italian sedan...

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Basic Transportation Car Blog goes Video - with Alex's Carmageddon and L.A. MPG

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:17:51 PDT

Writing's dead, when you think about it. So, check out Basic Transportation's latest online-sibling!

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Jaguar XK - Really cool or not-quite-for-dudes cool?

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:50:40 PDT

The Jaguar XK is fast, comfortable, really Jaguary, compared to the Buick-like XF, for example. So why is it still not-quite-right? Is there just something less James Bond and more the-guy-who-cuts-his-hair about it? When you pull up next to one at...

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The American Man Gets a New Van - and F'd in the Can

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:45:59 PDT

Vans do lots of stuff. Or, at least, they carry lots of stuff. Stuff usually weighs a lot - tools, parts for other stuff, ladders to reach stuff up high. And, since the Eurostar and the Astro van met their doom, the van man has had to buy pickup...

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A Cool Volvo? Thanks Galpin for your Custom C30

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:25 PST

If you were at the L.A. Autoshow - you were probably dissappointed. A lot of the same old without many debuts. Generally, a lot of plastic, already-available cars for close to $30K. It left us wanting a restored Chevy Malibu and one of those eight...

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Fiat 500 coming to U.S. - But is U.S. ready? Autoblog Comments say 'Nope'.

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:47 PST

The Fiat 500 promises unbelievable gas mileage (an amazing 39.7mpg !!!), neat style and, according to Fiat, over 500,000 combinations of engines (3 not counting the Abarth tuned version), , colours, wheels and accessories can be had! But reading...

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Shit, Really? 22MPG Chevy Tahoe is L.A. Green Car of the Year

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:54:04 PST

There were electric vehicles (EVs), there were hydrogen cars, even a hybrid Nissan Altima. But who takes home the green gold? An eight-cylinder truck that gets 22 MPG on the highway! Don't get us wrong. We like the Chevrolet Tahoe a lot! But green...

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BMW hints new Isetta - Massive Balls or Vaporware Bullplop?

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:34:01 PST

Auto Express, UK's awesome car weekly is teasing us with a possible new Isetta from BMW. Like the New Beetle, New Mini and new Fiat 500 - it's another everyman car that history loves. Of course, like the other fake retro econocars - the above...

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Penny a Day - Sponsor a Poor Kid or Fuel up Your Truck?

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:06:34 PST

Gas in Southern California is going up about a penny everyday. And there's rumors of $200 barrels next year! So, yet again, Basic Transportation whips out its gas price poll. What's it going to take to get you into a Toyota Yaris, Scion tC, Honda...

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Buck Pimps out an Enclave for the 'Urban CEO'. Sounds suspicious.

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:40:49 PST

If you really run a tech company, rap record label, hell, even an insurance company - you're not driving a Buick. But what if you want to spend 10 thousand dollars less than the price of an Hummer H2 - about 45 grand? Well, Buick has a suggestion...

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Video: Oh My God, Your Car - The Hottest Ferrari Ever!

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:31:38 PDT

Have you ever been like, 'screw you, people with nicer cars than mine. Maybe you worked harder in school, but I bet you just have rich parents'. We at Basic Transportation have. And that's why this video of a beautiful and exotic Ferrari 612 flaming...

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MySpace Video: VW Microbus is better than you thought

noreply@blogger.com (Alex) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:38:05 PDT

Have you seen those Toyota commercials where the Tundra does impossible-looking stuff? Well, here's some news, Tundras suck. They get brake problems and aren't even really Japanese. What you got there is an American truck without the...

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