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Tokyo Auto Salon is easily one of the biggest and baddest car shows in the world. Car culture encompasses a lot of different styles but Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the few shows left that has everything from highly tuned imports to the ultra luxurious Rolls Royce. Luke’s video of the Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 does an amazing job of capturing the car culture in Japan, it’s simply people enjoying what they love.

I haven’t seen many 190s around town but back in the day these cars were thee sport sedans you wanted to get. As the predecessor of the C class, the 190 set the standard for luxury sport sedans in the eighties. This rapping duo certainly think that the 190 was legendary, releasing a tribute video named “The Mighty 190″.

Some where in Hong Kong the VW Owners Club set up a flash cruise in the streets of the bustling city. Well it wasn’t just any cruise, the owners played the famous Imperial March track and arranged themselves so that the leader of the pack is a black Scirocco (Darth Vader) while several white cars follow behind.

Well here’s a different type of drifting video, meet the Bloodmasters a drifting club based in New Jersey who’ve released a balls out drifting video. Don’t know what I mean? Think Jackass meets drifting – chalk full of stunts, close calls and ridiculous amount of 240SXs. Instead of picture perfect drifts viewers are treated to un-rehearsed, crude but spirited driving.

In a bizarre move, Nissan has released an iPhone case coated in their magical self-healing paint. Nissan has used this paint on their vehicles since 2004 and it’s extremely practical with all the road debris people face. The iPhone case is able to repair its scratches in less than an hour but I still can’t get over how tacky the thing looks with the Juke logo and Ministry of Sound logo (WTF).

Source: Engadget

The sticker section of our shop is finally getting some much-needed attention, after my original circle logo stickers sold out I ordered up a couple of new stickers to take its place. First up is the Weights sticker pack, originally featured on the Slow Down shirt but I thought it would be just as good in sticker form. We’ve restocked the original circle logo design since it’s a staple but also included a new inverted design in red. Hope everyone enjoys the new stickers!

When you think of Finland you think about their amazing driving abilities and rally drivers, not slot car racing. Autorataharrastajat ry is a venue in Finland where slot car enthusiasts come to meet for intense racing action. We’re not talking about your child hood slot cars here, these fly around the track in less than two seconds.

I remember back in the day when tuning companies use to post clips of their exhaust systems so that customers could get an idea of what they would sound like. These clips were pretty mundane, usually less than one minute long with a couple of fly bys. Vivid racing didn’t want to do your typical exhaust video, instead they put some production value into it and the results are spectacular.

Drive released one of the most entertaining videos I’ve seen in a while. Chris Harris takes an ordinary Mercedes Benz C63 and slaps on four spare tires on to it, increasing its “power to rubber” ratio. As you can imagine the dynamics of the vehicle changed but for the better of course, in the end Chris was pleasantly surprised at how well the vehicle maneuvered around the test track.

For some, parking isn’t easy, not everyone is talented enough to fit cars into tight spaces. But there are the very few who couldn’t park if their life depended on it. Unfortunately for this lady someone was around to capture her attempt at parallel parking into a space that’s roughly twice as long as her smart car. This is one of the worst parking videos I’ve seen yet.