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Stavros
07-03-2015, 10:47 AM
It happened in Mannheim 129 years ago today: a man called Karl Benz drove the first petroleum-powered automobile through the town reaching the breakneck and terrifying speed of 16 kmh...fast forward and today 45% of the world's crude oil is used to make gasoline to power motorised vehicles.

Could one say that the railroads made America, and that automobiles destroyed it?

Jericho
07-03-2015, 11:33 AM
reaching the breakneck and terrifying speed of 16 kmh

If only.
Lucky to reach that speed these day...fukkin traffic! :hide-1:

Ben in LA
07-03-2015, 01:22 PM
Now we have pornstar Nikki Benz...who ironically drives an Audi.