The Tightest Parallel Parking – Guinness World Record of 27 cm
You think you’re a pretty awesome at parallel parking, don’t you? Well we all do really, it’s in the blood, but now one kiwi male can actually lay legitimate claim to being the world’s best at parallel parking.
Local hero Peter Bell has parked a Toyota Corolla in a space that’s just 27 cm longer than the car, on the set of the NZ Smashes Guinness World Records TV show at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. He didn’t just back it in nice and gentle either, Bell ripped up the handbrake and put the Corolla into a 180-degree spin into the park in one tidy piece of work.
The previous record for the tightest parallel parking was held by the Chinese and it was set at 32 cm, which represents the space remaining between the parked car, and the two vehicles in the front and at the rear. Bell’s first attempt took him to a new tightest parallel parking world record of 31 cm. The following attempts got him even further setting the new Guinness World Record of 27 cm.
Watch the video below to see the record breaking parking and to see the show’s host Mark Ellis almost wet himself with fake excitement.
Top 10 Most Expensive Car Crashes of All Time
In the article there was an attempt to review the most expensive world car crashes. No matter it was done by a celebrity or not it still remains attractive when a beautiful metal horse was wrecked. Here is the list of 10 world famous and most expensive car crashes:
1. Jay Kay, the leadsinger of Jamiroquai band, happened to destroy his beautiful magenta Lamborghini Diablo SE30 (estimated $360000). Kay couldn’t manage the control when trying to turn. He was thrown onto the edge of the road as well as fined £750. But we don’t care for Jay. And here is the result of the car crime. The magenta horse … or what was left. Next time, Jay, buy a new exotic hat instead, it will be less expensive.
2. Charming mean girl Lindsey Lohan seems not to put much value to her black friend Mercedes-Benz CLK-350. She broke the car trying to escape the paparazzi. Oh yeah, she proved to be a real mean girl. If she were a good girl, she wouldn’t be hunted by these people. The celebrities can easily buy or crack any car. The actress also decided not to fall behind. They say easy come easy go …to the service parts. Bye bye, my little toy car, hope, we’ll see you on the heavens. It’s interesting if she deals with the men the same way.
3. Mr. Kerimov was listed as one of the richest individuals by the Forbes. Suleyman Kerimov is a Duma Member. Mr. Kerimov, 40, the owner of $7.1 billion treasure, once guessed he couldn’t be worse than the US celebrities. He bought a luxurious Ferrari Enzo car. When driving it after the rain he ran into the tree near the seashore in Nice, France. The car was traveling at high speeds though the maximum speed allowed there was only 35 miles per hour. And we see the result of crashed $ 1.2 million.
This used to be a good car…
14 Coolest Ice Car Sculptures
August 16, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Science and Technology
Ice car sculptures may not last long or run on the road either, but they still make a mark and loved all over the world. Here we have brought you images of 14 ice car sculptures from across the globe.
McLaren F1 car
The full-scale replica of McLaren F1 car get ice form from 2 tonnes of ice and was made to mark the McLaren’s 40th anniversary in F1 in the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.
Ford Mustang
This ice sculpture is Iacocca’s Own: The 2009 1/2 Iacocca Silver 45th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang.
Alfa Romeo’s MiTo
Alfa Romeo’s MiTo sculpted completely out of solid ice was carved out with a chainsaw. The sculptor was made to promote the MiTo in front of almost 3000 intrepid Alfa Romeo fans in 2008. Read more
Funny Animal Shaped Cars
Have you ever seen any strange car designs? These are probably the strangest examples. Design of these cars is inspired by animals forms. Here are a few examples of interesting animal shaped cars, which stand out from the normal & make their presence felt on the roads. Check them out!
Cat cars
Lobster car
Dragon cars
Dog cars
Creative Advertising Campaign: Urban Bowling
May 14, 2010 by admin
Filed under Misc, News, Science and Technology
What would happen if you parked a Nissan Qashqai at the bottom of a hill and roll hundreds of bowling balls in its direction? Sounds like an insane scenario? Maybe some companies are getting insane when it comes to car testing, at least that is what we thought about Nissan when we’ve seen the kind insane (and cool) crash tests they’ve done on this beauty.
Naturally using bowling balls crash-test is a bit of a stretch 
… But, hey…It is really fun thing to test.
Looks like, when it comes to testing Nisan is going beyond the limits. If you’ve seen the video, you’ll know what we mean. If you haven’t, check out this cool ad campaign video titled “Urban Bowling” by playing the video below: Read more
Top 40 Funniest Construction Mistakes
Doing construction work simply isn’t going well for some people. Construction requires a certain level of pre-thought that a common construction worker simply cannot handle, which can lead to some hilariously funny construction solutions, that are luckily captured by he eye of the camera so that we can enjoy the photographs of these wonderful technological fails. If I was in this people’s place I would want my money back from my construction contractor, because the design of these structure is simply not acceptable.
But we tend to look at the world in a brighter light at Chill Out Point, so for the fun of it we have picked the top 40 such incredibly funny construction mistakes ever photographed that you will simply refuse to believe in. Honestly, we also find it hard to believe. Nevertheless, these are 100% real, non-photoshopped photographs, top 40 funniest construction mistakes ever made. We hope you won’t laugh your head off.
The Worst Placements Ever
We missed a few inches
Which way should we go now?
Some misconceptions in the process of construction
Unusual Ferrari Car-Motorcycle
July 6, 2009 by admin
Filed under Science and Technology
Did you see the new transformers? Well, this design is not transformation, but still it is a remarkable unification. It’s a motorcycle with a car attached to it. So, if you have a girlfriend that doesn’t enjoy riding a motorcycle, which I really doubt, you can still ride your favorite motorcycle and let her ride in a car. This might settle all the car drivers and bikers arguments.
The Best Hybrid Cars
June 25, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured, Science and Technology
The Hybrid cars introduce us to a brave new world of trying to efficiently replace gas as the main energy source. The down fall of all previous attempts to do so was slow and very small cars that simply couldn’t replace the ‘regular’ car. But, today’s hybrids are really beautiful machines that you can proudly drive on the road at a reasonable price, as you will see later on. First things first, what are the hybrids? And why would you want one?
About Hybrid cars Hybrid cars were introduced by various automotive industries as a result of the need for more efficient and environmentally sound cars. Even though everyone has heard about hybrid cars, but there still exists confusion about how they operate and what are the components does it need to function properly.
Basically hybrid cars are operated by three main sources such as, a well performing battery, an electric motor and a gas engine. Each of the sources is very important for the performance of the car. The main benefit of using hybrid cars is that, it proves to lower the harmful emission and better the gas mileage. A lot of difference in their function exists between full hybrid cars and a mild hybrid car.
Based on the gas mileage and its performance, the top 10 best hybrid cars are taken and reviewed in detail. Read more
Good Times In the Car – Funny Driving
Safety first. Right?!
It is usually so, but things can get a little boring when you do everything by the book. The result is that most of the people do all kinds of things in their car. This image series shows a creative outbreak of what extraordinary positions you can find yourself in while driving.
Sometimes, crazy passengers make a car drive an unpleasant experience, sometimes the other drivers make you go crazy, and other times the driver is the one causing trouble…
It’s a bit crowded in here
I’ve always wanted to do that
Drive safely
Top 5 Most Beautiful Cars In 2009
April 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured, Science and Technology
Aside from women and music, cars should also never be dated and unpleasing. It’s true; who is there that doesn’t like a beautiful car? Well, everyone dreams about a nice looking and awesomely running car. Here is a list of five most beautiful that you see treading the road the road this year.
5. Pontiac Solstice Coupe
It’s a fact that most of beautiful cars are expensive, but the Pontiac Solstice Coupe 2009 seems to suggest this is not an exclusive domain for rich only. It’s definitely a lot more than a convertible Solstice that has quite sufficient sheet metal as well as cargo space. With its integrated rear flanks, a liftback window and a traga double-bubble top, the Solstice Coupe is a real beauty.
