Mike, TheMekanic take on Auto News, Gadgets, Tips and more ….

Look at how narrow this guy’s car park is. Do you reckon you can do better?

With a car park that size, you can’t buy a car any bigger, LOL. Btw, that was great parking skills.

If you are into cars (which I’m sure you are, otherwise you wouldn’t have ended up on this site , right) I’m sure you would have heard of the Fast and Furious. Guys with supped up nitro enhanced cars that can avoid bullets. I’ve not that into FF but I’m old enough to remember movies like the Cannonball Run, which is based on an illegal race across America.

Well, here’s the real deal. Alex Roy of Team Polizei 144 who drove from New York to LA in under 32 hrs. This means an average speed of about 130 mph including refueling.

Mods done to the car include radar detectors, jammers, CB radio, thermal imaging camera i.e. night vision, GPS and other goodies that would make a gadget nut have wet dreams.

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