OMG - I’m not really sure what to say about this thing - really.

It’s got zero articulation, chain drive, balloon tires, it floats, can climb vertical walls (to a point) and has absolutely no roll-over protection.

Calling it a tractor would be too polite - but hey, I’ll bet someone’s commuting with it in Russia…

Totally off topic here gang, but useful, so here ya go…

Found this today - figured I’d share:

Desktop Conversion Tool

You get a plain-jane looking little tool that allows an almost limitless number and types of conversion to be made:

feet >> meters - that kind of stuff

Here’s what’s covered:

density
distance
energy
flow
light
mass
power
acceleration
amount of a substance
angle area
computer
concentration
pressure
speed
temp
time
torque
volume - wet
volume - dry

…and you can set up a “Custom” section, too, if you so choose to build your own conversion of some sort…

Heck, NASA is even using this on the Space Station.

It’s free. You can donwload an .exe file (look away Ben) or download the zip, uncompress, then install.

This is a great little tool, IMO. Probably not the only one, but handy to have and you can’t beat the price.

Well, I saw an old ad today for the Dodge GTX sold in South America in the late 60’s. That got me to thinking and I found this little number on YouTube.

It’s a scene from something - the whole thing is in Spanish, but hey, there’ snot much talking, yet a whole lot of tires squealing.

It’s a decent chase scene with all the hallmarks of low-budget shooting:

Holy crap - if you live anywhere with winter, this has to be your worst nightmare - uncontrollably sliding downhill into other vehicles - on glare ice.

Zero traction in any direction.

This unique perspective really shows what can happen in town - all in about 2 minutes…too bad they didn’t keep filming the fire truck near the end…

I know this has nothing to do with Jeeps - and even less to do with Land Rovers and Rangies, but here we go just the same.

If you enjoyed even one scene of the first Jackass movie, you’ll love this trailer:

http://www.jackassmovie.com/movies/trailer.html

I cried just watching the trailer - I know it’s pretty base stuff, but when Johnny Knoxville puts on the blindfold and stands in front of the bull wearing a red shirt - well, two guesses what happened…I damn near peed myself I laughed so hard…

If you thought it was totally dumb and a complete waste of time the first time, you’ll agree again after watching this one - but you will watch it - right?

I mean, who wouldn’t watch a tooth being yanked by a DRAGSTER!?