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BMW, there is the X1, X3, X5 and of course the X6 and there is the BMW GT, in short it has the best of all worlds.

It’s a part Salon, Part SUV and part coupe. The front of the 5 series, the rear of the X6 and the interior of the 7 series, but who will it appeal to? my guess it’s for the people who get bored quickly every time  you look at the BMW GT you will see a different car. Now we might debate the GT’s design but how this car drive perform is great it drove better than my X6 ;(

Anyway check out the video clip we did with Ali Alghanim hope u like it, cheers! ;D. [You can watch it at YouTube too]

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According to This LA Life, this golf car belongs to Christopher Nolan, the director of Batman: The Dark Knight. It would be crazy if the jet engines in the back actually work! Source: This LA Life

According to This LA Life, this golf car belongs to Christopher Nolan, the director of Batman: The Dark Knight. It would be crazy if the jet engines in the back actually work! Source: This LA Life

A few days ago, I passed by GarageGT to check out their latest Evo 9 project track car. When I last saw their project car, it was a stock daily driver. But after months of R&D, this is what they added to the car (All parts are Tomei): 2.3L Stroker with complete forged internals Intake [...]

The world’s first Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi (UAE) will open its gates to the public on October 28, 2010. It’s considered world’s biggest indoor theme park, plus, the place of the worlds’ fastest rollercoaster ride which will reach a speed of 240 Km/hour to give the feeling of a Formula-1 car.

In addition, there will 20 Ferrari-inspired attractions such as rides, a 4D fantasy adventure, a racing academy, children’s play area, restaurants offering Italian cuisines and various shops.

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Every morning no matter how early I leave from home it almost takes me 2 hours before I could get to my office. An hour on the road and the other 30 mins to an hour before I could park my car in the car park. The only solution I have is to leave at 6:30am which will take me then 45 minutes to get to Kuwait City and that's when I don't have to wait outsite the car park for another hour. But I am

Do you link the songs while listening to them to the person who first recommended you to listen to it? I do a lot..At times I feel its weird but its just me...90% of the songs on my play list are from people around me who are still with me today or I have known them in past. While driving when I am listening to them I often remember that person. No matter what memories I have with these people I

I was driving towards Marina for some business to finish when I spotted the new Porsche Cayenne Turbo. The rear lights look ugly. I feel they look like any Korean made SUV or like a Nissan Murano.I am a big fan of Porsche but didn't like the new look at all...

First you tale gate my car.Second you cut my car missing it with few inches.Third when I ask you to drive safely you scream at me in return.Forth you have the guts to come behind my car and raise both your hands and show me your fingers.WTF!!What did I do?Called 112 to complain (I must say they have an excellent customer service and I am really impressed)They asked me to go to the police station

 

Accident 1

A friend spotted two cars accidents in the same street connecting Qusor and Qurain within about 3 hours.  The first accident was at 8PM and the second one happened around 10:45PM which resulted serious damages.

Accident 1

This intersection or street is famous for crazy accidents that involve serious impacts of deaths , injuries, damages … etc I’m not sure about feasibility but I think there have been some initiatives to replace those intersections with roundabouts which would always force drivers to slow down.

 

Accident 2

Accident 2

Accident 2

Accident 2

Despite of the occasion, this holiday was full of sad stories. Yet, we thank God for the current state and wish everyone safe journey.

Let’s do not forget to our Policemen, Firemen, Medics, and everyone took a part saving/helping someone … Thank you all and that’s the spirit

[Thanks YoYo]

To all those companies and developers focused exclusively on iPhone apps: Watch your back. The Android platform is catching up, and none too slowly. As Android’s growth continues to explode since the release of the Droid, only the most foolish of app shops are not planning to expand beyond Apple’s walled garden. One developer, in fact, wrote that his app, which was showing modest, double-digit daily sales late last year, now reports that his app is making $13,000 a month. When that kind of opportunity exists for a single app, why would developers put all their eggs in one basket, a.k.a. the “Jesus phone”? Sponsor A few weeks ago, we told you, “As of December 2009 4 percent of all smartphone owners now use a phone running some version of the Android OS. That’s an increase of 200 percent since the previous survey released in September. “Respondents were also asked about their plans to purchase a smartphone in the future. Among those who planned to purchase within the next 90 days, 21 percent said they would now choose Android.” It’s this growth that helped fuel the success of Eddie Kim’s app, Car Locator. In a blog post today, the developer revealed that his Android app “started as a little side-project while I was vacationing with my family, turned into a few extra bucks for lunch money every day has continued its upward trend and is now beyond my wildest fantasy of what could have been possible. ” Car Locator is a pretty simple application: Users save their location when they park their cars, and the app navigates them back to their cars later. The app was available in free and paid versions with varying feature sets. The paid version originally sold for $1.99, and the price was later increased to $3.99. Kim has done no marketing for the app, but it did win third place in Google’s Android Developer Challenge 2 . When Motorola’s Droid was released, Kim saw his first major spike in sales: “In the first 2 months, the app saw sales of about $5-6/day. Nothing too fancy,” he wrote . “But starting November 7, there’s been a significant uptick in sales, peaking on November 9, where the app saw $44 in sales. Sales have since settled to about $20/day, but it’s probably too early to tell if this will hold.” Little did Kim realize that his sales had just begun. To date, the free app has been downloaded 70,000 times, with paid app sales at about 10 percent of that figure. “The application was netting an average of about $80-$100/day, until it became a featured app on the Marketplace. Since then, sales have been phenomenal, netting an average of $435/day, with a one day record of $772 on Valentine’s Day. Too bad I didn’t have a Valentine’s date this year – we would’ve gone somewhere real special!” (Catch that, ladies?) Kim also stands by the Android platform, saying, “Some may be quick to point out that a featured Android application is only able to net $400/day, while top iPhone apps make thousands However, I still think that Android is only a fraction of what it will eventually become . Each release of a new Android handset gets me excited, as it means a wider reach for the Marketplace.” Folks, if you’ve been longing for a much-hyped app to make its way to the Android Market, forward this article to the developers and marketers in charge. There’s money to be made there, and the userbase is only getting bigger. Discuss

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That my friends it the beautiful behind of the next gen Porsche Cayenne. 2011 to be specific. Alas Stuttgart has produced a 4×4 worthy of Ali Q’s approval and hopefully of yours as well. This new German beauty dropped 400 pounds (I don’t like pounds) and apparently Porsche is rolling out a hybrid capable of speeds [...]

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this is a cool segment from Autocar called “Will it Drift?” they test different cars too see if they drift in this Vid They tested a London black Cab’s Drift capabilities and i am surprised with the result’s

The Stig at office building

The famous mysterious driver of BBC’s Top Gear, The Stig, has been spotted multiple times on Google street view … Some say he drinks a lot of petrol

The Stig at street side

I think BBC should start a Google street view based game called finding the sting! The winner should get to know his secret identity; some people think there’re more than one Stig where Michael Schumacher is suspected to be one of them.

@ Loch Ness

@ Hammersmith

This year there is a wide variety of machines, I’m curious as to the performance of some of these machines on the track, and this has a lot to do with the drivers and I know there will be a lot of surprises.

List of Machines

• Audi R8
• Audi R8
• Audi RS4
• Audi RS4
• Audi S8
• BMW M3
• BMW M3
• BMW M5
• BMW M6
• BMW M6
• BMW Z4M
• Cadillac CTS-V
• Caterham G7
• Caterham G7
• Caterham G7
• Ferrari F430 – Scuderia
• Honda CR-X
• Honda S2000
• KTM X-Bow
• KTM X-Bow
• KTM X-Bow
• Lamborghini LP560-4
• Lamborghini LP640
• Lexus IS-F
• Lotus Exige-S240
• Mercedes SLR
• Mitsubishi EVO-8
• Mitsubishi EVO-X
• Mitsubishi EVO-X
• Mitsubishi EVO-8
• Nissan 350Z
• Nissan 350Z
• Nissan GTR
• Porsche Carrera GT
• Porsche Carrera S
• Porsche GT3
• Porsche GT3RS
• Porsche GT3RS
• Porsche Turbo
• Porsche Turbo
• Porsche Turbo
• Porsche Turbo
• Gemball GTR-600
• Porsche GT2
• Porsche Turbo
• Toyota Supra
• VW R32
• Westfield 210
• Westfield 210
• Westfield 210

GulfRun Taxi

• Lotus 211
• Radical SR4
• Wataniya Telecom – Westfield 210

I found this on the door handle of my car. For me this is new but I am thinking has this lady been stalking me or what? How would she know that I am guy and not a girl?

I found this on the door handle of my car. For me this is new but I am thinking has this lady been stalking me or what? How would she know that I am guy and not a girl?

One Word: I am lovin it!

If you enter the Avenues parking lot next to Magic planet and under Dean & Deluca, you will find LED parking indicators so that you would know if this parking raw has an empty space for your car to park (green is empty, red is occupied and blue is for special needs).

Now remember its only 1 section of the Avenues parking lot not all of the parking.

Check out the pictures I’ve took … security almost got me :s

The light indicators are turned at the way of the incoming traffic for better visual for the driver.

I dont know why !!

Some people dont respect the Traffic rules in Kuwait !!

Keiichi Tsuchiya is the best drifter in Japanese history. Try typing “Drift King” in Wikipedia, his full profile will come up. Tsuchiya was born in January 30, 1956 and is known for popularizing drifting in the world of motorsport. As a racer, he had two lives, the professional circuit driver who participated in Japanese National [...]

Keiichi Tsuchiya is the best drifter in Japanese history. Try typing “Drift King” in Wikipedia, his full profile will come up. Tsuchiya was born in January 30, 1956 and is known for popularizing drifting in the world of motorsport. As a racer, he had two lives, the professional circuit driver who participated in Japanese National […]

Keiichi Tsuchiya is the best drifter in Japanese history. Try typing “Drift King” in Wikipedia, his full profile will come up. Tsuchiya was born in January 30, 1956 and is known for popularizing drifting in the world of motorsport. As a racer, he had two lives, the professional circuit driver who participated in Japanese National [...]

صباح الورد والجو الحلو ، شالاخبار جميعاجم مليون مره قلنا لا تكتبون وانتوا تسوقون بس ماكو فايده والنتيجه هذي ...اختي الكريمه قاعده تكتب واهي تسوق جان يطيح التلفون ونزلت تييبه ولما صعدت ولا اهي فوق الرصيف ومقطعه يد التاير ، دقت تبجي السياره فيها صوت ومادري واطلع السبع الي اهو انا من البيت وكان عندي امتحانين واروح اعطيها سيارتي وابدل السبير وارجع البيتكنت طالب مجد فاتح اوراقي وعفشي ومستعد للحرب بس

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I saw an Ariel Atom in Mission Valley last night! The first time I heard of this car was a couple of years ago on Top Gear. The Ariel Atom is made mostly from carbon fiber and is equipped with a supercharged Honda Civic engine pumping about 300 horsepower. It’s almost impossible to see them [...]

Today I witnessed 2 accidents
Accident #1

Where: At AWL Bazaar
When: Afternoon
How: A guy tried to backup and park on the sidewalk not realizing there was a light pole, BAM!! he hit the pole with the corner of the car and slowly drove forward.  I think he hurt his pride more than the car

Accident #2

Where: A traffic light […]

Today I witnessed 2 accidents Accident #1 Where: At AWL Bazaar When: Afternoon How: A guy tried to backup and park on the sidewalk not realizing there was a light pole, BAM!! he hit the pole with the corner of the car and slowly drove forward.  I think he hurt his pride more than the car Accident #2 Where: A traffic light [...]

I love my new car and I have named it beast (wa7sh) I just can believe it doesn’t have a cup holder

I have long hated Chrysler! Anything under its name I just hate; except for the SRT series and the legendary Viper. Some of you might have heard that a little Italian car company called Fiat bought out Chrysler a few months ago and as soon as they did, they announced that they will be changing […]

I have long hated Chrysler! Anything under its name I just hate; except for the SRT series and the legendary Viper. Some of you might have heard that a little Italian car company called Fiat bought out Chrysler a few months ago and as soon as they did, they announced that they will be changing […]

I have long hated Chrysler! Anything under its name I just hate; except for the SRT series and the legendary Viper. Some of you might have heard that a little Italian car company called Fiat bought out Chrysler a few months ago and as soon as they did, they announced that they will be changing [...]

both in economic and physical terms. Continuing on from the last post and the one before it, today’s post is actually based on some newer and possibly more accurate data on Kuwaiti crash victims (Yes, Rosseneri or Rossenneri or Rossineri …. I mean us ….. no need to fret or throw a fit …..). Kuwaiti drivers are a unique species indeed we drive fast and tend to have a rather unique body habitus in that we’re either stick thin or rather rotund/fat/fit/obese/steroid laden and 300 like.

We as a nation tend to stereo typically drive fast, break fast and turn fast. We also tend to be chubbier than your average person (that not necessarily being a bad thing, alot of people tend to enjoy a bit of meat on their significant other), however it does tend to pose a rather interesting implications on how likely we are to survive in a car accident.

With that in mind I spent the last week looking for good statistics on fat people in fast cars and believe it or not there are actually some doctors who spent time writing papers on the subject and observing injuries on the fat, thin and younge (sadly, none of them were Kuwaiti despite the amount of car accidents we have in the country no one has bothered to do any in depth analysis on the effects of speed, car type, or body build in Kuwait …. so this was/is the next best thing) but fear not both studies concentrate on a similar population.

The frist was conducted in Florida and used data from about 30,000 crashes and divided them up into men and women then fat, thin and average. They also included passengers and divided them in a similar manner and based on their figures if you were a fat or thin man who was driving you were very likely to die in a fast 2 seater even if the air bags were deployed (about 1 in 100 give or take). However your risks of dieing were no where near as bad as women’s (about 40% higher) and were less if you were short fat person or a ten year old weighing about 70 kg in the passenger seat and before you say that these figures are subjective and based on improper data collection, they went on to replicate these results in crash test dummies by strapping weights onto them. What fortunate is that young fat men and young fat women were less likely to die if they wore their seat-belts (they were almost as good as the average 25 year old drunk or under the influence of drugs …… no really ….. read the article …….)

What’s interesting is that the other study conducted purely as a biostatistics study (no influence by trauma surgeons, ER staff or laymen or any companies, completely funded by the public) came up with almost the same conclusion. They found that women (and to a slightly lesser extent, men) required more care, sustained more major injuries and had more injuries that were undetected than the national average.

So surprisingly we are doing something right, wearing seat belts (despite the discomfort, ruffles shirts and 2 seconds delay involved in doing so) is actually probably the only thing that is guaranteed to save you (well not you , cause you’d probably be dead ….. your family and friends ……) alot of grief.

Another interesting thing is that none of the studies try to see how many people in the obese population sustained minor injuries and they only mention that the most deadly combination is a fast car and a thin short person, nor do they factor in driving proficiency when stratifying men and women…… i.e. they don’t blame women drivers …….*

So in conclusion, I’d like to apologise for boring you with this rather mundane three parter on road traffic accidents and how/why we can prevent them (the readership fell quite sharply, so did the hate mail) but it is a subject that is quite near and dear and something I think people might want to read up on, especially people in healthcare; all three who actually read the blog…………

*Yes, eleventh street; it was a cheap jab and meant to be joke…..apologies ……

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The all new mercedes-Benz SLS is really awesome but when you add to that the famous AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine to it that makes it a true monster on the road ! The AMG engine provides the car with 571 Hp and it accelerates from 0 to 60 in 3.8 sec. The car design is [...]

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I tend to follow car blogs a lot, to see whats coming next, what are the numbers of the next machines. What else manufacturers have lined up or the troubles some of these companies face. One of these new blogs is Brake Banzeen, I have been following this Kuwaiti blog for some time now and I like it, he tends to have some information before those main car blogs do and sometimes he has some really good juicy videos to watch that make my mouth water seeing some of those machines, like the details on the new M5. If you like cars or anything with four wheels then this blog should be added to your list, I hope he transfers to a main address rather then a wordpress address soon.

Link: Brake Banzeen

When I’m washing my car  i filmed this video with my High Definition camcorder

Then i convert this video to slow motion using Final Cut Pro

Enjoy it

I don’t know if its just me or maybe it’s everyone…but whenever I think Russian cars I think of a Bentley Arnage with red orange chrome rims with spinners, a huge carbon fiber spoiler (just like the one from the new Porsche GT3RS) and a very poorly made body mod; basically everything that can be [...]

Lets say you just happen to get a Bugatti but then you remember that you have twins and a hot wife; where are you going to put them when you go out on a lovely Saturday family outing? In your back seat of course! because you don’t have a Veyron, you have the even sexier [...]

This colors hurts the eyes. The 2010 GT3RS stickers on the side of the car are utterly ridiculous. The wing beams does not even blend with the design of the rest of the car. WHY? I honestly prefer the old orange and black 2007 designs. Three reasons. One, the older version “GT3RS” sticker went along with the [...]

I’m not a fan of small cars but the Fiat 500 is a car which has peaked my interest and this time around they have come up with the perfect vehicle or somebody else has. Abarth and Ferrari have taken the Fiat 500 to the spot that it needs to be, 180 bhp tweaked out of the normal 99 bhp engine, race spec Brembo brakes and 17inch wheels. I really like that they went for the Scuderia look with this machine, I think it would be a hell of a lot of fun on the streets and track.

When I say diamond I actually meant diamonds; a lot of them. At first the CCXR copy appears to be silver, quite boring and not worthy of the limited-edition title. However, if you were to look closely at the car’s “skin” you would see bare carbon fiber (and this is where the diamonds come into [...]

Guys don't miss watching this... If this thing is real then I definitely want one!Thanks 4thringroad for sharing this :)

The G Class is the most classiest SUV ever in my opinion. [link]

Elm Grove Police Department “Slower is better”

Agency: Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, USA.

Creative Idea

If cars in the future will look like this then …… HALA WALA !!

Some of you might have heard about the MINI Coupe Concept which is set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It looks like this stunning 1.6L engine beauty is set for production along with another model (I’m guessing it’s the speculated SUV that MINI’s been on about). BMW Chairman Norbert Riethofer, recently visited the MINI factory [...]

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It looks like a sporty coupe car but with a little SUV touch on it !! hmm .. interesting [autoblog]

حق الي مايدري انا عندي تاريخ عامر مع بوق سيايير البيت من انا صغير ، لووووول ايي يطلع مني لا تستغربون والي خلاني اكتب الموضوع امس وانا راد البيت خليت اخوي يسوق فينا لي نص الدرب بعدين انا توليت القياده والجماعه بتويتر شقوني شق قلت احط الفضايح اهني وان شالله محد من بيتنا راح يقرى XDبدى الموضوع لما كنت عنطوطو بعمر الزهور 16 ، كنت متعود على السكان وكان عندي واحد من الشباب الله يذكره بالخير معطيني

More power, more torque, better fuel economy, and a bigger engine than the F430. The Ferrari 458 is a beautiful car except for the triple exhaust, which I find not so attractive. Usually cars with two or four exhausts are separated according to the headers. I wonder how this distribution is going to go. Price [...]

I posted the SLS Gullwing a couple of weeks ago. These shots were taken last week! Worldcarfans.com spotted the car being tested Nürburgring, Germany. The sides resemble the modern design of the Z8. The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed.. var fo74_1 = { params : { wmode : "opaque", allowfullscreen : "true", bgcolor : "#FFFFFF"}, flashvars : [...]

Fight By Cars  …  !!

AUDI is celebrating thier 100th anniversary by building a 35m tall steel sculpture !! designed by the award-winning Gerry Judah

Designed by Pininfarina, the Rolls Royce Hyperion resembles the Phantom Drophead except has a more aerodynamic design with a stronger engine. Back in 2008, this car was just a concept, but lately there has been a lot of internet rumors claiming that Rolls Royce are getting this car out of the concept sketchboard to a car [...]

After visiting the showroom yesterday and seeing that the car is crazily over priced here in Kuwait comparing to the prices in states. I am thinking of ordering one from states. Its just a thought and might change at any time but as of now I am just in love with the new makeover of the Mustang. They don’t have the Shelby 2010 in the showroom but the new GT looks really nice.

After visiting the showroom yesterday and seeing that the car is crazily over priced here in Kuwait comparing to the prices in states. I am thinking of ordering one from states. Its just a thought and might change at any time but as of now I am just in love with the new makeover of the Mustang. They don't have the Shelby 2010 in the showroom but the new GT looks really nice.

Found this picture on the worldcarfans.com. It is the new concept of the the original Mercedes SLS. I wonder if they are going to make this car its just a show concept. Its Beautiful! Kind of like BMW’s Z8 coming out of the 507 model. Concept: Original:

If you’re a Testarossa fan you’re going to like some of these pictures. The car was in mint condition! I also saw ‘67 Mustang fastbacks and Stingrays. They also had Louie Mattar’s Cadillac, which he drove from Alaska to Mexico City and from San Diego to New York City back in the 70s. The car [...]

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