One Man, Two Supermodels

Here’s one the tabloids missed: While R&B singer Seal is married to German supermodel Heidi Klum, here he’s pictured in public with an Italian supermodel instead. I’m not one to player hate, so I’ll pose this question to the crowd: if you had to take one, which would you choose? Ladies I realize this is a bit of an exclusionary question but feel free to chime too.

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Me, I’m partial to the German supermodel (that is, the Audi R8). One lucky MyRide staffer spent an afternoon with her and you can watch the video here.

Best Comment So Far:

Take Heidi for sure!The car is gorgeous and you can’t deny that. Heidi represents a lifetime of passion and success in her industry. It’s safe to say she has legendary status in her industry and will continue to be successful as a prominent fashion/modeling figure.

Not to mention by having the income of Heidi to add to yours you get buy any kind of car you want. Talk about cake and eating it too. (no pun intended)

Swedish Royalty, Volvo Loyalty

When it comes to country leaders and their cars, it’s all about political patriotism over preference. George Bush leans back in a Cadillac limo, Nicolas Sarcozy was busted speeding in a Renault, Queen Elizabeth kicks it with her corgis in a Jaguar, and until recently, even the prime minister of India always rode in a vehicle produced by Hindustan Motors. It should come as no surprise that Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, seen recently, rolls a Swedish-made Volvo S80.

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The Volvo S80 is a royal car at an IKEA price, how could you go wrong?

Celebrity Cars for Sale, pt. 2!

What truck has a Skyjacker suspension, 38” tires, a fishing pole radio antenna, and (as of writing) 52 bids on eBay? Larry the Cable Guy’s personal Dodge Ram truck of course! Jump on this chance to become the envy of every NASCAR tailgate, or just do it because you’ll be raising money for a personal cause of Larry’s (and mine), juvenile diabetes. Check it out here, and make sure to watch Larry’s amusing vehicle walk-around. Big thanks to the Auction Cause crew on this one.

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Looking for something that’s a little more stock and a little less “the sticks”? Dodge’s new Ram will hit the market shortly, read more here.

Comment of the Day

I should start out by saying that just because I mark something comment of the day doesn’t mean I agree with it. Case in point, in response to Celebrity Cars for Sale!:

…well, its still a car, just driven by someone who someone else deems important or note worthy. This does not in anyway make it special. In fact given they probably don’t care about it, or maintain it, it will get flogged by all the ’stars’ chore-whores anyway.

Celebrity cars owned by F1 pilots or known motoring ’stars’ - who often don’t need sleep with 10 team owners to get a ride … are worth noting.

Waste of pixels.

Sounds like someone’s a bit cranky! You know what I have to say? See above post.

The Billionaire Car Spectrum

What do you drive if you’re worth billions? It depends. On one end you have “low-fliers” like Warren Buffet, who keeps it modest in a Cadillac DTS. In the middle you have your “diplomat ballers” in their stately armored Rolls Royces and Bentleys. At the far end you have your “GDPs” (net worth comparable to a small country’s GDP) like the Sultan of Brunei, who literally can’t spend his money on cars fast enough (he has over 367 Ferraris). And then…you have what we call “eccentric money” like Richard Branson, who was recently seen driving a tank down a major street in Toronto. I’ll take a Ferrari, thank you.

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This is too good not to do a “Caption This”.

Celebrity Cars for Sale!

Little known fact: not only can you read about celebrity cars on MyRide, but you can actually shop for them too! For instance, this black Mercedes Benz SLK55 AMG belongs to Melanie Brown (Mel B, Scary Spice) of the Spice Girls and can be yours today for under $46,000!

Other Celebrity Cars currently listed on MyRide:
-Holly Madison’s Porsche Cayenne (Hugh Hefner girlfriend, “Girls Next Door”)
-Milton Berle’s Mercedes 380SL
-1989 Chevrolet Celebrity

Comment of the Day

This is why I love the crowd:

From hughvic, responding to “Matthew McConaughey’s / Lincoln’s Saving Grace”

I don’t think that there can be much question but that Lincoln’s is the greater embarassment. That Lincoln would re-badge or even re-skin anything other than a 500 hp Shelby design is a bloomin’ disgrace bordering on Empress Yekaterina’s Potemkin tour. Ford and Mercury should be fielding lines cobbled from downstream surplus Lincoln tooling; Lincoln never should have been positioned downstream of Ford, and forced to survive on the little unwary fish left uncaught by Explorers and Exhibitions and Hemispheres and Tectonics and other such rolling Superdomes that make their own weather to the continual dismay of the ladies who lunch. As for Mr. McConaughey, as long as he cleaves to his lovely Brazilian and keeps up with his nude bongo practice, he can wear a bro for all I care. And should he insist on both the manpurse and the manssiere, then that gentleman might consider a Vector to temper his excess.

MyRide Visits…ESPN’s Winter X Games 12

This year ESPN once again hosted it’s annual Winter X Games competition, an event attracting some of the world’s most talented extreme athletes. This got some of us at MyRide thinking: When your job entails jumping snowboards across 50-foot gaps while performing a variety of mid-air acrobatics with names like “switch 1260” and “backside 540 rodeo”, what do you drive home after a day at the office?

We tagged along with ESPN to ask a couple of the sport’s up-and-coming what they are currently driving, and what their next ride might be as their success grows. Turns out most of the extreme rides are kept on the slopes and not the road.

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Mini-Me Macks a Mercedes

Much respect to Verne Troyer. I say this with no intention of insensitivity, but one might think that the two limiting factors to rolling a Mercedes would be an ability to reach the pedals and having enough liquidity to afford one. Apparently neither of these are limiting factors to the 2’8” actor. While you can only tell it’s a Merc by the sill plate, I remember reading somewhere that his ride is a custom CLK convertible. Judging by Verne’s shirt, looks like he has another car on the consideration list too.

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Trying to rock a convertible on a mini-budget? Check out Pontiac’s Solstice, starting just over $21,000.

The Magical Automotive World of Britney Spears!

As promised, a look into the automotive world of Britney Spears (click above photo)

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