This piece and the comments say something sad about the reduced value of physical craftsmanship in the era of manufacturing and capitalism...

He probably has easily a hundred plus hours of sweat an pride into this, and everyone just mocks it because it can't possibly be as good as a commercially manufactured truck…

It's a unique piece of hand-sculpted art.

i thought that was a pic of delorean, so i wrote something about him. now i deleted it.

> DO THEY HAVE A "WANTED: DOUG DEMURO" POSTER HANGING UP IN EVERY SHOWROOM?!?!?!

A car is only cool if it has more turbochargers than cylinders.

As a Yank living in Australia (and a Commodore owner), I thought the holden hub cap pieces were awesome and a really cool touch :)

> sleek/sleeper/cop avoidance look.

Sexy bike, I always liked those :)

Wait...isn't that vid that crazy kiwi bike, not a buell?

> limited spares available

Wow. A $40,000 Buell. Actually, that doesn't matter..but christ, that's ugly.

> Why am I calling this an anti-gay nation state? Because part of those "traditional values" is the total lack of discrimination protection in public accommodations for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in same-sex relationships.

It seems Russia is actually interested in developing a new engine platform in partnership with the Krauts.

> with the supposed turbo V12 providing the basis for eight-cylinder and six-cylinder engines, and for the platform of Putin's limo to be scaled down into SUVs, minibuses, and sedans, all to be produced in Russian factories.

Ha! My next door neighbor, who was a true blue aussie wild child back in the '70s, was telling me about exactly this! How if you owned one of those three door station wagon things (i forget what you called them), no parents would ever let you go on a date with their daughter.

He said he got around that by driving a…

NO. BAD ADVICE. DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.

> no such thing as a cheap mercedes

Which would do the 'ring faster?