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Got this in an email today from the owner of the world’s smoothest Saab convertible, Golfhunter. It also appeared on his Flickr account, so I figured it was good to show here.

There were quite a few photos with this treatment floating around at Christmas. I’m not sure I understand, but I like. Here’s hoping there’s a lot of truth to the message:

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I really like this. I think collage could be the TS presentation method for 2009. I like it a lot!

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There’s a fun story in the Australian news wires today – it combines my love of Alfa Romeos and my love for a good steak. Given that it’s a new year, certain government files from 30 years ago are now unsealed and we can see what our former lords and masters got up to back in the old days.

One record from 1978 shows a government plan to circumvent Australia’s own vehicle quotas as well as European trade restrictions of the time, by swapping Australian beef for Italian metal!!

The plan called for 7,000 tonnes of Australian beef to be shipped for use in the staff cafeteria feeding Alfa Romeo workers, in exchange for 2,000 Alfa Romeo vehicles. The beef would get consumed by the workers and the cars would get consumed by rust. Sounds fair, eh?

At an average slaughter weight of around 300kg per Angus, that makes for around 23,600 cows, or 11.6 cows per Alfa. Sadly, the plan wasn’t followed through so we had to stick to getting screaming boxers the old fashioned way.

I wonder how many T-bones I could get for my Alfa 33?

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Perhaps the Detroit company that survives 2009 will be the one that makes the fewest dumbass mistakes.

In a well-meaning bid to thank the US taxpayer for the recent receipt of billions in bailout money, Chrysler took out a number of full-page ads in American newspapers. These can cost six-figures each, so naturally Chysler has taken a fair kicking for the gesture. Some time they’ll figure out that exhibitions of largesse are not votewinners in these situations and the best way they can thank taxpayers is to build and sell some decent vehicles so they can ay the money back.

Thankfully, GM saw the error of Chysler’s ways and issues a two line press release in thanks. They’ll spend the rest on real ads, even if they’re stupid ones (suprised?)

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