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Raytheon's Phaser Microwave Beam Weapon is Certifiably Insane, Can BBQ Hypersonic Missiles
Raytheon's Phaser Microwave Beam Weapon is Certifiably Insane, Can BBQ Hypersonic Missiles

31 Jan 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There was a time when militaries using laser technology, or any type of "energy beam" in their weapons systems, was a practically absurd idea. One that may have even been laughed at. But you have to understand something about the Unite...

 
Celebrity Chef Cooks Wagyu Steaks in His Tesla For Clout, Probably, Undeniably Tasty
Celebrity Chef Cooks Wagyu Steaks in His Tesla For Clout, Probably, Undeniably Tasty

29 Jan 2022, 21:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Nick DiGiovanni made his name as a contestant on season ten of MasterChef. We're talking back to when the show was hosted by the dynamic duo of Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich at the height of their respective mean streaks. These days, Nick r...

 
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen: The 356 Engined 4x4 that Could Have Challenged Jeep
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen: The 356 Engined 4x4 that Could Have Challenged Jeep

29 Jan 2022, 13:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Porsche may not like to talk about its founder's time as a military contractor for the German armed forces of World War II. Most reasonable people would be understanding and be empathetic as to why. But since we're wrapping up Porsche...

 
Pricing for 2022 Nissan Titan Confirmed, Many Bargains To Be Had
Pricing for 2022 Nissan Titan Confirmed, Many Bargains To Be Had

29 Jan 2022, 12:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Recently, automotive YouTuber Doug DeMuro called the 2022 Nissan Frontier a "new truck that feels old." We wonder very much if he would feel the same way about the Frontier's big brother, The 2022 Titan, especially after hearing some...

 
The V-1 Flying Bomb Was Almost Even Deadlier With a Porsche Jet Engine
The V-1 Flying Bomb Was Almost Even Deadlier With a Porsche Jet Engine

29 Jan 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Buzz Bomb, Doodlebug, and Vengeance Weapon. These are some of the names attributed to one of the Second World War's most fascinating aeronautical projects. Not for its contribution to the advancement of aviation, but from the sheer amounts ...

 
Here’s Why This New Flying Car May Actually Succeed (and Why Vintage Ones Didn’t)
Here’s Why This New Flying Car May Actually Succeed (and Why Vintage Ones Didn’t)

29 Jan 2022, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We human beings are stubborn folk, soaring to the skies in our newfangled flying machines, against the will of the Lord Almighty. But since not being born with wings and beaks isn't a hindrance to manned flight anymore, why not merge autom...

 
Can This DIY Guru Finally Get an Abandoned Airplane Started After 20 Years?
Can This DIY Guru Finally Get an Abandoned Airplane Started After 20 Years?

28 Jan 2022, 21:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Any airplane left to sit out in the hot sun and elements for 20 years isn't going to start up again like magic. It's going to take so many more hours of labor than many of us would ever realize. That said, watching the Rebuild Rescue Chan...

 
350 V8 Swapped 1937 Packard Super Deluxe Eight: Top Hat and Monocle Not Included
350 V8 Swapped 1937 Packard Super Deluxe Eight: Top Hat and Monocle Not Included

27 Jan 2022, 20:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We often hear from prospective classic car buyers that it's near impossible to buy a nice classic car that runs and drives decently without breaking down. Well, to that, we say, look at what we just found on eBay. Because with enough patience,...

 
The Contents of This C5 Corvette's Oil Pan Look Way Too Much Like a Chocolate Shake
The Contents of This C5 Corvette's Oil Pan Look Way Too Much Like a Chocolate Shake

27 Jan 2022, 19:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We've been following the ongoing saga of the WatchJRGo YouTube channel since he first picked up what we have every reason to believe is the cheapest C5 Chevy Corvette in the USA today. So far, there have been engine knocks, ripped leather seat...

 
2022 Range Rover PHEV is Opulence and Luxury with an Eco-Friendly Twist, Pricing Unveiled
2022 Range Rover PHEV is Opulence and Luxury with an Eco-Friendly Twist, Pricing Unveiled

27 Jan 2022, 17:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Range Rover's undergone more changes than some entire car companies have made to their entire lineup. From a capable but unreliable 4x4 to the ultimate name in luxury performance SUVs. Land Rover understands the time for change is yet agai...

 
Modder Races Bugatti Chiron Against Iron Man in Asseto Corsa Because to Heck With Logic
Modder Races Bugatti Chiron Against Iron Man in Asseto Corsa Because to Heck With Logic

27 Jan 2022, 15:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Of all the things the billionaire superhero philanthropist Tony Stark could be doing with his time, why would he bother showing up in the graphically outdated but critically acclaimed Asseto Corsa racing game to challenge the world's fastest p...

 
YouTuber Tricks Out Subscriber's Civic Si for Free, His Reaction in Priceless
YouTuber Tricks Out Subscriber's Civic Si for Free, His Reaction in Priceless

27 Jan 2022, 14:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We love to see good automotive samaritans rewarded for their good deeds. So it brings us great pleasure to show you the Smpl Builds YouTube Channel. Why? Because they just took a subscriber's clapped out Honda Civic Si and breathed new life in...

 
Internet Finds Alleged Evidence Trevor Jacob Crashed His Plane on Purpose for Clicks
Internet Finds Alleged Evidence Trevor Jacob Crashed His Plane on Purpose for Clicks

27 Jan 2022, 08:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We don't like to assume the worst intentions. Still, it's starting to look more and more like something truly fishy happened on American Olympic athlete Trevor Jacob's ill-fated flight in his single-engined private airplane. Based on...

 
This 1975 VW Is Half Van, Half Conjoined Trailer Home, Ultra Rare Too
This 1975 VW Is Half Van, Half Conjoined Trailer Home, Ultra Rare Too

26 Jan 2022, 21:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's a question that many leisure seekers ask themselves every year. Do they spend their vacation money on a camper conversion van or something stand-alone that can be towed behind your vehicle? In South Africa during the 1970s, Volkswagen ...

 
Charger 392 Scat Pack Challenges C43 AMG, Winner May Surprise You
Charger 392 Scat Pack Challenges C43 AMG, Winner May Surprise You

26 Jan 2022, 18:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Dodge Charger 392 Scat Pack and the Mercedes-AMG C 43 are two cars that find very different ways of achieving what is essentially the same end product. That being a sports sedan that's both capable and exhilarating to drive. But what happe...

 
YouTuber's Lamborghini Countach Rewards One Year Of Ownership With Mysterious Leak
YouTuber's Lamborghini Countach Rewards One Year Of Ownership With Mysterious Leak

26 Jan 2022, 17:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tyler Hoover of Hoovies Garage doesn't get to check a lot of projects in the win column. More of then than not, every hooptie that he buys winds up costing him so much money that it'd be downright sad if not for the ad money making up for...

 
DIY Guru Sorts Through America's Cheapest C5 Corvette, Goes From Bad to Worse
DIY Guru Sorts Through America's Cheapest C5 Corvette, Goes From Bad to Worse

26 Jan 2022, 16:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / WatchJRGo on YouTube isn't afraid of an old-fashioned challenge. But when he picked up what he believed was the absolute cheapest runing and driving C5 Chevy Corvette in America, we bet he didn't fathom just how big of a pickle he'd ...

 
Battlefield 2042's Launch Was an Epic Fail, EA Now Mulling Free-to-Play Game Model
Battlefield 2042's Launch Was an Epic Fail, EA Now Mulling Free-to-Play Game Model

26 Jan 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's not often we get to discuss video game-related news here, but when we do, we'd appreciate it if the game was complete and ready to go when we buy it. That simply wasn't the case for EAs Battlefield 2042. Now riddled with scandal...

 
Half Car, Half Airplane: The Arrowbile Flying Car Was Master of Neither
Half Car, Half Airplane: The Arrowbile Flying Car Was Master of Neither

25 Jan 2022, 21:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / An entire century and more after the airplane and the automobile had their genesis, mankind has yet to merge the two paradigms into a package that was even remotely practical. But that didn't stop people from trying, especially in the golde...

 
This Hangar Takes Old Warplanes and Restores Them to Museum Condition, X-Wing Makes Cameo
This Hangar Takes Old Warplanes and Restores Them to Museum Condition, X-Wing Makes Cameo

25 Jan 2022, 19:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the East Coast's premier aviation museum spaces. With over 150 different aircraft of all sizes and shapes on display, it takes tons of TLC to keep everything looking shiny. ...

 

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