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more about #apocalypsemobile RAHfanboy: Eye-o9? Hi Ho 9? more » Jeb_Hoge: 180hp my ass...Saturn DOHC engines were rated at 124hp. more » FredicvsMaximvs: Haha, SWEET! An adventurer is you! Good job, Ed! :) more » MushyHeirloom: I never knew how much early Saturns resembled '90s 300ZXes from the front - at least once you tore out the headlights and beat the hell out of 'em. more » Grey_Area: Oh Ed, you are my hero! As a non-driver who hasn't seen as much as a snowflake in 20 years your excellently written correspondence of the harrowing ad... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Could you have been 109? more » Goodnightbabytron: Ed, you're pleasantly modest about your driving abilities, but as someone who lives and drives in northern New York, I want to be sure that the reader... more » Annalee Newitz: Basically Ed is totally rad. more » attackofthe: brother* more » ThisDudeRufus: I'm digging the picture where you can see the photographers shadow. For reals, though, thats pretty metal. I hope you don't wake up in twenty years an... more » jbq: Holy crap, awesome job, Ed, too bad about the end result, but at least it made for a pretty damn great "war story" for all of us to enjoy. I hope this... more » Smeagol92055: I smell a feel-good holiday film. Probably starring Will Smith as you. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Ed, I was wondering how you were doing WHILE I was arguing about the calendar. Thanks for the photos. At least you didn't have to pay to haul it home. more » Ed Grabianowski: Hm, I wrote captions for all the photos, but they aren't showing up. The guy in photo #40 bought the wrecked car from me for $10. For some reason, I f... more » Grey_Area: Ed, come back with your windshield or upon it. Good hunting! more » Ed Grabianowski: Oh, also, quick update - because I registered so early, I get a good starting position. 19th! Out of like 80 or more cars. more » Starlton Heston's Revenge: On behalf of Jalopnik (in whatever manner I represent it)... WE SALUTE YOU!! and best of luck. It's a Tundra out there. more » russdanger: Is the purple/black paint scheme a type of post-apocalypse camoflage, or a psychological warfare pattern to strike terror into the hearts of your adve... more » Annalee Newitz: Go, Ed! Crush the other cars for the sake of the future! more » -
#apocalypsemobile
The Rise (and Fall) of the Apocalypsemobile at the Enduro Smashup Race
On New Year's Day, while you were complaining about the Gregorian calendar or nursing a wicked hangover, I was hurtling around a snow-covered racetrack, en route to destroying a perfectly good Saturn station wagon. -
#enduro
Apocalypsemobile Update: Nuclear Winter at the Enduro
New Year's Day approaches, when brave warriors at an enduro destructo-race will don protective helmets and strap themselves to mighty vehicles of destruction, destined to wage war on the frozen fields of a wreckage-strewn wasteland. -
#melgibsonwasconspicuouslyabsent
Apocalypsemobile Update: Heavy Metal
There's been a lot of work done to the io9 Apocalypsemobile in the last few weeks, not all of it as glaringly obvious as the custom paint job. The car has a certain Tank Girl/David Lee Roth circa 1985 vibe going on - at least it will be a colorful Apocalypse. We've picked up some additional sponsors and made some safety and performance upgrades in preparation for the January 1 race. The project has not been without setbacks, though. More » -
#justslightlybeyondthunderdome
Introducing the io9 Apocalypsemobile
The field is strewn with the battered hulks of 100 cars, some of them spinning their wheels futilely in the half-frozen winter mud. Others are utterly consumed by fire, pillars of black smoke dividing the sky. It's a scene of total post-apocalyptic Mad Max-esque chaos, and in a few months, I'll be right in the middle of it, behind the wheel of the io9 Apocalypsemobile. More »
