MONSTER, MONSTER
Gridcrasher hearts the tilt-shift technique
We’re not sure exactly how tilt-shift photography works - something to do with tilting the lens to give a shallow depth of field, or so Wiki tells us - but it sure does make stuff look real pretty and toy-like.
You’d swear you’re looking at a minature, but no, it’s the real thing! Amazing.
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Tags: Monster Trucks , tilt-shift , Video
Posted: November 27th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
SUPERCAR SHOWDOWN
Two awesome supercars go head to head
First up, a little drag race, which the stupidly fast Veyron wins easily. No surprise there.
But which of the two cars was fastest around the Top Gear track? Click below to find out…
Tags: Bugatti , Bugatti Veyron , Jeremy Clarkson , Pagani , The Stig , Top Gear , Veyron , Video , YouTube , Zonda , Zonda F
Posted: November 27th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
mundane theft auto
Criminal genius discovers new way to jack a car
Full marks to this innovative thief. A brilliantly simple idea.
Don’t try this at home. Or in the street, even.
Tags: car thief , Video , YouTube
Posted: November 25th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
the daily crash
Clarkson crashes BIG
A classic Top Gear crash - it’s faked, of course, but that doesn’t prevent it being damn entertaining.
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Tags: Jeremy Clarkson , The Daily Crash , The Stig , Top Gear , Video , YouTube
Posted: November 21st, 2008 by Ollie Irish
A QUICK BEER
He is human after all!
Amateurish Photoshoppery by Gridcrasher imagines how Lewis might look with pint in hand
This video clip, in which Lewis lets his ultra-professional mask slip for a second, escaped our eagle eyes until now.
Watch it after the jump:
Tags: beer , F1 , Lewis Hamilton , McLaren , Video
Posted: November 18th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
FAIL
Tags: Fail , The Daily Crash , Video , YouTube
Posted: November 14th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
crackberry
Is this cool?
Lewis seems to genuinely like the new phone he’s paid to endorse. Which is nice. And interesting to find out he uses the web to check out F1 sites. Lewis, are you out there? Give us a sign…
Tags: blackberry , blackberry storm , F1 , Lewis Hamilton , McLaren , Video
Posted: November 13th, 2008 by Ollie Irish
podium gob
Brazilian gives Lewis a mouthful of bubbly
In the light of what happened this season, we had to smile at this very short clip, taken at Indianapolis in 2007.
Tags: F1 , Felipe Massa , Lewis Hamilton , US Grand Prix , Video
Posted: November 12th, 2008 by Ollie Irish