Danny McAskill

Danny McAskills first blow up video is the stuff of internet legend. This new one is just as epic. I suppose this involves a road trip so it is somewhat car related. There!

Digital Kitchen

One of my favorite companies out there is Digital Kitchen no other place seems more like a dream factory than their studios. Their work really speaks for itself.

Here is a taste of what they do:

BMW Unscripted - Sabine from DIGITALKITCHEN on Vimeo.

Sabine is super cool right?

-WYDD

Jörg Brüggemann- Photographer

Wow, the kids who I wish I were friends with over at Photo Donuts killed it again with another great photographer Jörg Brüggemann — who's site is awesome and who's series Getaway Cars is very awesome as well. Brüggemann's photos are very What Your Dad Drove, if your dad happened to smuggle diamonds.

Klaud Wasiak: Transportation Designer

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Yellow Charger

flickr via Photo Donuts

Via Reddit

via Reddit photo by Aluminum_zirconium

Formula 1 coming to Austin, TX

The fine gentlemen over at Autoblog wrote up a wonderful post about F1 returning to the United States at a brand new facility outside of Austin, TX. The track design looks awesome (if not a bit copy-catish but if there is anything worth copying it is an awesome corner) and Austin has to be one of the best host cities for an international automobile race (Texas BBQ + 200mph state of the art race cars, the gods are envious). And it's a real race track in what is essentially prime NASCAR territory, fuck yeah! I'm getting all teary eyed just thinking about us simple folk dawning our beer helmets and learning how to pronounce names like Barraichello and how "flappy paddle" gear boxes work. Oh my!

Allow me to equate:

This:

Plus this:

equals :-)

Just think about it Ferrari's subliminal cigarette ads will reach a whole new demographic even! I dunno about you guys but the though of cold ones, baby back ribs slathered in Stub's sauce, and 18,000 RPM engines makes me want to light up a refreshing smoke. Ah sweet America, let 900 horsepower engines ring their sweet symphony across your McCafe engorged bosom.

—Construction of the new course is set to begin in the coming months with the first races to be scheduled in 2012.

Station Wagon Drift Porn

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Disclaimer: What Your Dad Drove (WYDD) wholly endorses anything involving a station wagon. Extra points for anything German and sideways.

via autoblog

Silver 996 Porsche 911

Photo by the author

Turn 8 and 8A, Laguna Seca Raceway

Turn 8 and 8A, Laguna Seca Raceway, "The Corkscrew" (pictured: The author and a couple of 911s from the Porsche Owners Club)

Matt Henry

Photographer Matt Henry via Photo Donuts

The Mile High Medical Marijuana Hauler

I was writing a letter to some pen pals in Iowa when I stumbled on the whole medical marijuana debate and by stumble I mean I complained about how pot and beer are the only two topics covered at any partly I've been to lately. Scratch that Beer, pot and the merits of Dubstep (a newer form of electronic music or so I've heard). While a bunch of Colorado State students were arguing which music festival was the one worth attending based on the availability of the "Primo weed" I got to thinking: What would your dad drive if he was in the medicinal pot business?

Here are three of my selections:

The Subaru Station Wagon (in green of course):

If you live in or around Boulder, CO you see them everywhere. The pleasant, unassuming, all wheel drive Subaru Legacy wagon. Now if you're trying to grow your green and sell it for some green the weather here in Colorado might not be the best. The Subies all wheel drive, low center of gravity and ample storage makes ideal for hauling any essential Colorado gear from guitar amps and snowboards to "glass" and grow lights.

The Ford Transit Connect:

Ok, lets say you want to add a little more legitimacy to your all natural medicine business and the rusty old subie isn't quite cutting it. This is where the Ford Transit Connect comes in. With 135 sq. ft. of storage and a 1600lb. (thats a lot of cheeba) the Transit connect has plenty of space to meet the demand of even the largest Phish concert. Not to mention those huge white panels are just waiting for your cousin Twitch to stencil on a wicked Grateful Dead tribute.

The Van:

You knew it was coming. Nothing beats the overall versatility of the good old fashioned panel van. Whether Ford, Chevy, or Dodge(picture above) vans have it all, robust construction, room enough to haul anything in (or live in if your dispensary goes bust, or gets busted) not to mention the wonderful mobile privacy where you and your fellow patients can hot box away your ailments in a plush space, drowning in 8-track heaven.