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| A Man With an Irresistible Urge to Run Wide Open Wed, 16 May 2012 13:37:17 GMT In 1964, Craig Breedlove became the first person to set a land-speed record of over 500 miles per hour, and then he topped 600. Now, at 75, he’s shooting for 800 m.p.h. |
| Conserving Utah’s Fragile Salt Flats Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:01 GMT Many racetracks have colorful back stories, but it is doubtful that any racecourse has a history to match that of the Bonneville Salt Flats. |
| Behind the Wheel | 2013 Lexus Gs 350: Action-Oriented Sedan With a Predatory Spirit Wed, 16 May 2012 13:37:03 GMT The 2013 GS 350 looks mildly odd and alien, but this fourth-generation GS, with its 306-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6, is the most entertaining midrange Lexus sedan in memory. |
| Motoring: Opening Doors That Won’t Budge Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:01 GMT Cars that lock out their owners and leak coolant are among the mechanical problems covered in the latest technical service bulletins. |
| Wheels: Porsche Releases Test Photos of 918 Hybrid Hypercar Wed, 16 May 2012 10:38:45 GMT Wearing a spirited bit of camouflage, the 918 closely resembled the slippery 918 RSR hybrid racecar concept unveiled at the 2011 Detroit auto show. |
| Wheels: Wheelies: The Fraternité Edition Tue, 15 May 2012 14:52:10 GMT President François Hollande of France was chauffeured to his inauguration on Tuesday in a Citroën DS5 Hybrid4. |
| Wheels: New York Leads on E.V. Issues, but E.V.'s Have Yet to Follow Tue, 15 May 2012 21:16:25 GMT A new study indicates that for all the city's efforts to ease the way of plug-in vehicles, public adoption is lagging behind. |
| Wheels: In a Global Marketplace, Toyota and Volkswagen Make Room for Niche Vehicles Tue, 15 May 2012 11:29:00 GMT The Toyota Pixis Epoch kei car will be sold exclusively in Japan, and the Volkswagen Sharan ambulance will remain in Europe. |
| Wheels: Syd Mead: A Hollywood Futurist With Roots in the Car Business Mon, 14 May 2012 16:44:29 GMT A rare retrospective of the artist's work, touching on themes he explored designing vehicles and settings for "Blade Runner," "Aliens" and "Mission Impossible III," is on view in Manhattan. |
| Wheels: Monday Motorsports: Jimmie Johnson Delivers 200th Cup Victory to Rick Hendrick Tue, 15 May 2012 23:35:47 GMT The performance by Johnson, the five-time Sprint Cup champion, snapped a winless streak dating to last October. |
| Wheels Blog: MojoMotors: A Virtual Middleman Between Used-Car Lots and Shoppers Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:52 GMT The site promises to save a shopper money above the lowest advertised price for any given car, but the discount is not necessarily substantial. |
| Wheels Blog: After Awkward Debut, Volkswagen Passat Finds Its Stride Wed, 16 May 2012 21:21:23 GMT The car was criticized for dull styling upon its introduction, but sales indicate Americans have found plenty to like about the redesigned midsize sedan. |
| Wheels Blog: Talbot-Lago and Concours-Winning Horch Are Standouts in RM's Pebble Beach Catalog Wed, 16 May 2012 16:22:25 GMT The Ontario-based auction house described its early consignments as "the epitome of great automotive design." |
| Green Blog: A New Skirmish in the Ethanol Wars Wed, 16 May 2012 17:49:35 GMT A study backed by automakers contends that an ethanol blend approved by the Environmental Protection Agency damaged some car engines in tests. |
| Harold A. Poling, a Chairman of Ford, Dies at 86 Wed, 16 May 2012 19:23:01 GMT Mr. Poling rose through the ranks with a management style that brought stability in tough times. |
| Practical Traveler: 7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars Wed, 16 May 2012 18:08:57 GMT With prices expected to surge during the busy summer car-rental season, here are some ways to keep costs down. |
| Drilling Down: For Oil Workers, Deadliest Danger Is Driving Tue, 15 May 2012 21:20:04 GMT Highway crashes are the largest cause of fatalities in the oil industry, partly because of safety exemptions that allow truckers to work longer hours than other drivers. |
| Luxury With a Dash of Pizazz Fri, 11 May 2012 20:35:57 GMT The new GS 350 is a bit funny looking, but it’s a Lexus that’s actually fun to drive. |
| Born to Run Fri, 11 May 2012 19:39:26 GMT Craig Breedlove was practically a household name in the 1960s, when he set speed records of 400, then 500 and finally 600 m.p.h. at the Bonneville Salt Flats. |
| G.M. to Quit Facebook Ad Campaign Worth $10 Million a Year Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:57 GMT The loss of $10 million in ad dollars does not represent a financial disaster for Facebook, but it is a public relations headache so close to the company’s initial stock offering this week. |
| Bucks Blog: Goal: A Cheap, Reliable Used Car With No Monthly Payments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:11:36 GMT Edmunds adds a 1996 Lexus to its test fleet in an attempt to help people find reliable used cars for less than $5,000. |
| Critic’s Notebook: ‘Outlaw Empires’ and ‘The Devils Ride’ on Discovery Mon, 14 May 2012 20:27:18 GMT “Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires” and “The Devils Ride” on Discovery look to the lawless for new shows. |
| Carroll Shelby, Builder of Cobra Sports Car, Dies at 89 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:47:01 GMT After he quit driving, Mr. Shelby began building his Cobras in 1962, and his company became one of the most successful independent sports-car builders of the era. |
| Wheels: Long-Running Recalls of Ford Windstar Minivan Are Expanded to Virginia Fri, 11 May 2012 15:20:11 GMT The two recalls concern the rear axle and front lower control arm, both of which might snap and cause a driver to lose control of the vehicle. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.