The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000 mile (5000 km) international rally which takes place on public roads and weaves around the world. Straight off of Gumball 3000 2008, our homey Faisal of Kuwait opens the first car-tuning shop in the Midddle East. Be on the lookout for the Middle East chapter of Frank in ‘09!

Man admits having sex with 1,000 cars.

- “Edward Smith, who lives with his current “girlfriend” – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not “sick” and had no desire to shake his unusual passion.

- Classified as a Mechaphiliac.

- When Smith turned 13, the famous Corvette Stingray came about, “that car was pure sex and just an incredible machine. I wanted it.”

- Mr. Smith, 57, first had sex with a car at the age of 15. As far as women go, they never really interested Smith much.

- “But his wandering eye has spread beyond cars to other vehicles. He says that his most intense sexual experience was “making love” to the helicopter from 1980s TV hit Airwolf.”

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We also found this video of Mr. Smith in action…

A while ago we wrote about a couple blog posts about a simple and brilliant technology that uses compressed air to run an engine (see: O.G. Air Car, Air Car). Now there is word that this technology could be hitting the streets as soon as 2009. Zero Pollution Motors a New York-based start up has announced plans to bring to market their own version of an air powered car based on technology licensed from Luxemborg-based MDI.

Check out the full story on Gas2.org.

As featured on Speed Channel’s Unique Whips, Unique Autosports of Holbrook, NY has customized cars for some of the biggest names in the game. Which game? Just about all of them. Owner Will Castro and team have worked with everyone from baller LeBron James and rapper 50 Cent, all the way to author Tom Wolfe.

Will took a few minutes away from the shop to answer a few questions for Frank151, after the jump…

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Next time you complain about traffic congestion while inside of a car, take a deep breath and be thankful that we have streets with traffic lights.

Here’s some youtubage of city’s with out any.

Y’all ain’t ready….

Via The Associated Press:

MONTERREY, Mexico - A car plowed into a bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.

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Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Dubai-based inventor Abdolhadi Mirhejazi has created the Naturmobil, a unique vehicle powered by a horse walking on a treadmill. (full story via Xpress News)

This kid is 7 years old, and he just got in trouble for stealing a car. He keeps it pretty gangsta though, when asked if he should be punished, he suggests “just a little bit, no video games for a whole weekend.” All though too young to be prosecuted, police say “they do want to get him into the system to get him some type of help.”

Yeah, sounds like a great idea, because “the system” has such an excellent track record of helping young misguided children…