The World’s Messiest Cars

by Justin Glow on

You know that feeling you get after a long road trip? You pull into the driveway, finally home, and look around your car to see that every consumable product you’ve touched over the course of the trip is strewn about your car — empty soda cans, bags of half-eaten chips, fast food sacks filled with trash. The owners of the cars in this photo collection have been on a perpetual road trip, where they never really make it home to clean out the car. Take the guy above for instance — look what he found after cleaning out his SAAB!

This isn’t that messy, but I love me some White Castle!

I’m not even sure what I’m looking at here — I’m just so glad it’s behind glass.


This guy is AWESOME! Check out his backseat below:


Yes, please handle with care.


Bottles of rum, vodka, wine, some flip-flops….and a bikini. Why wasn’t I invited?


The toilet paper is there for emergencies, man. Emergencies! Oh and hey — is that OJ’s glove?


Is this thing even driveable?


Volvos are the best!


Care for some Snapple? No? I’ve got some Dr. Pepper too.


This car is so dirty, the trash juice is seeping through the metal.


Mmm…donuts.


Five minutes, give me five minutes and this car would be on fire.


Big Gulp, eh? Well, see ya later!


Aside from having a large pile of rubbish on top of it, this car is actually pretty cool. I mean, check out the vanity plate on that bad boy. Awesome!.

US City With Worst Road Rage, 2nd Year Running

by Willy Volk on

Learning to drive in Atlanta, I always thought rush-hour there was terrible: bumper-to-bumper traffic, and everyone going so fast. Eventually, I got used to it and realized there was a rhythm that Atlanta’s drivers share. Generally, that rhythm is, “Get in the lane now, or get the heck outta the way!”

Now, living in South Florida, I’m amazed at how different the traffic is: no one obeys the “slower traffic keep right” rule; people jabber away incessantly on their phones; the thump-thump from those mega-speakers has GOT to be hugely distracting; and — no offense to my senior neighbors, but — the old people are clogging up the lanes, trying to see over their steering wheels for the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts! I mean, come ON! It’s no wonder Miami topped the list — for the second year in a row — for US city with the worst road rage. I’m hot under the collar just thinking about my commute home.

If you’re interested, the 25 cities with the worst road rage are:

1. Miami
2. New York
3. Boston
4. Los Angeles
5. Washington, D.C.
6. Phoenix
7. Chicago
8. Sacramento, Calif.
9. Philadelphia
10. San Francisco
11. Houston
12. Atlanta
13. Detroit
14. Minneapolis-St. Paul
15. Baltimore
16. Tampa, Fla.
17. San Diego
18. Cincinatti
19. Cleveland
20. Denver
21. Dallas-Ft. Worth
22. St. Louis
23. Seattle-Tacoma
24. Pittsburgh
25. Portland, Ore.

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Art Car Parade

by Willy Volk on

Recently, I attended a very unusual art show. Featuring intricately-designed automobiles of various makes and models, the parade showcased some of the finest, and most unusual, displays of creativity I’ve ever seen. The artists — or “Cartisits” — had taken ordinary cars, decorated them extensively, and turned what many people think of as mundane into sublime works of art. Okay, so maybe a van with giant red lips and big ears isn’t “sublime” — but it’s certainly cool.

Women That Rock was among the most elaborately-decorated cars in the show.

This woman is the cartist who created the car. She travels around selling her art, all of which feature rocks.

Throughout the show, the cars were on display for people to look at and take pictures of. This faded fuchsia van was decorated with suns and Tiki gods.

This beach-themed station wagon was decorated with drift wood and sand.

In my opinion, it won first prize for awesomest hood ornament.

It also had some unusual hub caps.

The driftwood car wasn’t the only one with a beach-theme, though. This tropical wagon one was there, too.

Next up: a car that doubled as a boat.

There’s even a working bubble machine in the back.

We also saw the Stinkbug — a VW covered in cigarette butts.

One of my favorites was this tiny car with a propeller.

But I was also pretty impressed with this Seuss-mobile:

While some of the vehicles there were more “ordinary”…

There were some there that were totally amazing:

This one didn’t looks all that out-there on the outside…

…but it had a surprising passenger inside! See the bar?

I thought this one was clever, but kinda ugly.

Whereas I was pretty impressed with the artistic-ness of the Heaven And Hell Car (“A little good, a little bad — like most folks.”)

I particularly liked its tricked-out topper.

You gotta love a motorcycle that looks like a guitar.

And — for the kid in all of us — the car with toys embedded in it.

I also really liked Mister Doctor Professor’s ride.

If you’re interested, you can learn a lot more about art cars, including:

You can also explore the more than 9000 photos on Flickr tagged “art car”, or hit play and watch an art car parade.

Driving On the Wrong Right Side of the Road

by Jonathon Morgan on

I remember when my family first moved from the US to the UK, one off the most obvious — and most difficult — parts of culture shock was driving on the opposite side of the road. There’s a number of little things that make this a challenge — for example, it’s hard to know where the left front corner of your car is in relation to where you’re sitting in the driver’s seat. This issue led to a couple awkward explanations at the rental car place.

However, far more troubling is when you have a mental lapse, revert to old habits, and drive on the wrong side altogether (which is surprisingly easy to do when there’s no oncoming traffic).

It appears Americans aren’t the only ones who space out while behind the wheel. Brits driving in France are apparently having considerable trouble remembering to drive on the right side of the road, as opposed to left as they’ve grown accustom. So much so, that police in a small town in northern France have launched a poster campaign to remind motorists to drive on the appropriate side.

They hope that by covering the town in English-language posters that read: “For your safety, keep right on French roads,” they can prevent additional tourist-related traffic deaths (there have been 2 in the last 2 years in this town alone).

Now if they could just explain how round-a-bouts work, I think we’ll be in business.

Airport Parking Site

by Adrienne Wilson on

If you happen to be one of the few that has extra time to check out one last thing before heading off to the airport, perhaps you’d like to look into the airport parking low-down. I can tell you now, this probably isn’t a site for me only because I don’t drive to the airport too often and leave my car and after three-times checking for all my toiletries, underwear, and weather conditions in my final destination I don’t need another thing to check before checking in! Someone out there completely opposite of me needs this, I know and for that reason I pass onto you my discovery as found on Geeky Traveller.

About Airport Parking dot com lets both business and vacation travelers check the status of airport parking in over 400 American airports before driving out. When you first click onto the site you’ll notice a list of the country’s more popular airports with the current airport status. Click on the tab marked find parking and it will take you to a list of parking facilities located around the airport and includes the day rate. Click further to get a Google map to help you to the destination before the destination prior to your final destination. It’s just that easy, should you have the time.