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michael @banovsky.com · Apr 9
Team Knowing What Car It Is Just From The Interior Before The Shot Switches To An Outside View Of The Scene In A Movie, TV, Reality Show, or Viral Video
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This is one of the wildest things I learned researching my book. Planners predicted that cities would be economically ruined unless they built freeways through the city center.

In fact, the opposite happened: The cities with successful freeway revolts came out the strongest economically.
byerussell.com Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 6d
On freeways, this stuck out to me:

“It increasingly looks like the cities and neighborhoods that successfully fought off freeways were the best off.”

The US had so many walkable, compact downtowns then we tore most of them apart. What if keeping these was the norm, rather than the outlier?
September 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #493: 1986 Fiat Uno Turbo Extreme by Langenberg – Box body

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Fiat Uno Turbo Extreme by Langenberg
Weird Car of the Day #493: 1986 Fiat Uno Turbo Extreme by Langenberg – Box body
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September 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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1991 was a trip for sure
September 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #492: 1991 Pollmann Familienspass 91 - High art

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Pollmann Familienspass 91
Weird Car of the Day #492: 1991 Pollmann Familienspass 91 - High art
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September 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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I’ve never played a Zelda game, the elf in the green isn’t even Zelda? wth
September 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #491: 2002 Fiat Doblo Sandstorm 4x4 concept – Da rude van

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/fiat-doblo-s... #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Fiat Doblo Sandstorm 4x4
Weird Car of the Day #491: 2002 Fiat Doblo Sandstorm 4x4 concept – Da rude van
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September 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Peel P50
jalopnik.bsky.social Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 9d
What car absolutely destroyed your back every time you drove it?
September 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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September 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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sonderwunsch satay
September 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #490: 1996 Marvia 911 Carrera – Call 112

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Marvia 911 Carrera
Weird Car of the Day #490: Marvia 911 Carrera – Call 112
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September 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #489: 1997 Mercury MC4 Concept - Conceptual wisdom

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/mercury-mc4/ #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Mercury MC4
Weird Car of the Day #489: 1997 Mercury MC4 Concept - Conceptual wisdom
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September 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #488: 1989 Magna-Vehma Torrero – Calling car

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/magna-vehma-... #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Magna-Vehma Torrero
Weird Car of the Day #488: 1989 Magna-Vehma Torrero – Calling car
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September 4, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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one of my readers has been to this person's property in Midtown Manhattan, where he has multiple Mirages stored in a Batman-like sub-sub-basement garage (among other notable classic cars)

exciting and all, but I wanted to know how he managed the elevator banter
September 2, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #487: 1992 Axiam Mega Club – Gets out

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Axiam Mega Club
Weird Car of the Day #487: 1992 Axiam Mega Club – Gets out
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September 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #486: 1964 Hillman Zimp by Zagato – Zimple life

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/hillman-zimp... #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Hillman Zimp by Zagato
Weird Car of the Day #486: 1964 Hillman Zimp by Zagato – Zimple life
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September 1, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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I love my friend @banovsky.com’s writing.

You might love it, too.

His newsletter is here: www.weirdcaroftheday.com?ref=weird-ca...
Car enthusiasts love to give their opinions on how so-and-so vehicle should be configured, but the move to unibody construction made one-off or limited series bodywork difficult and so have resigned themselves to the sonderwunsch cuck chair, taking any slantnose offered and liking it.
August 28, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #485: 2003 Lil Big Rig Lil Kenny – Half-scale, full-size

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Lil Big Rig Lil Kenny
Weird Car of the Day #485: 2003 Lil Big Rig Lil Kenny – Half-scale, full-size
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August 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Not to toot my own horn or whatever, but the wcotd archive is STACKED with fun shit, ex:

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/alfa-romeo-s... -> paywall removed for y'all ;)
Alfa Romeo Scarabeo by OSI
Car of the Day #241: 1966 Alfa Romeo Scarabeo by OSI – Cutting Wedge
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August 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Weird Car of the Day #484: 1985 Lotec Ambassadeur – Special sauce

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/lotec-ambass... #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Lotec Ambassadeur
Weird Car of the Day #484: 1985 Lotec Ambassadeur – Special sauce
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August 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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nobody:

my autistic ass having a vocal stim at 2am: "BAMBOLEO! Bambolea…"
August 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #483: 2004 MINI One by Yayoi Kusama

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MINI One by Yayoi Kusama
Weird Car of the Day #483: 2004 MINI One by Yayoi Kusama
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August 27, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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"what kind of cars do you like?"

Well…
DENAG (Japan) body kit on a Mercedes-Benz W202, complete with terrible wire wheels
August 27, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #482: 2006 Ford Five Hundred GT-R by Washtenaw Community College – Extra credit

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Ford Five Hundred GT-R
Weird Car of the Day #482: 2006 Ford Five Hundred GT-R by Washtenaw Community College – Extra credit
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August 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Weird Car of the Day #481: 1986 Bedford Bambi by Autohomes - Living large

www.weirdcaroftheday.com/bedford-bambi/ #wcotd #weirdcarbs
Bedford Bambi
Weird Car of the Day #481: 1986 Bedford Bambi by Autohomes - Living large
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August 26, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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One of us!
One of us!
One of us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpV4...
August 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM