2010 Ferrari California of Former Tunisian Dictator Ben Ali

President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia escaped the country into a self-imposed exile on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 after his 23 year rule ended with a popular uprising. Some of his cars were not so lucky. He owned several Ferrari's including this 2010 California that was destroyed during the uprising. Photos of the damage courtesy of WreckedExotics.com.

Smithsonian Museum Hidden Car Collection

Supercharger, front wheel drive, all-aluminum body, 1929?!! Miller race car was just 6 to 8 decades ahead of its time. Thanks to Jalopnik for bringing this video to our attention. We are amazed to learn that the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. has an extensive and very historic car collection that is virtually impossible to see!

Cadillac CTS-V 9.85 Sec. 1/4 Mile @ 140 MPH (225 kph)

From our friends at Jalopnik comes this video of a 4-door Cadillac CTS-V absolutely blowing the doors off a Camaro at a drag strip. The Cadillac runs the quarter mile (0.4 km) at 9.855 seconds at a speed of 139.70 mph (224.83 kph)

2008 Mazda 3 with Auto Bodywork on Front Bumper

Today's Car of the Day is a 2008 Mazda Mazda3 that came in with scrapes to the front bumper cover. The customer hit a pole while parking and scraped the paint off the front bumper cover. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the scrapes, sanded the bumper cover, primer sealed, and painted the entire bumper cover to match the rest of the car. Now the Mazda 3 looks like nothing ever happened.

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Rubber--Who Knew Tires Could be This Frightening!

Rubber, The Movie (or possibly a clever set of tire ads. . . either way, we liked it)

2008 Nissan Sentra with dent on the drivers door

Today's Car of the Day is a 2008 Nissan Sentra that came in with a big dent on the front left door. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the damaged area to factory specifications, painted the left front door and blended the left rear door to match the rest of the car.

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Steve McQueen's LeMans Saturday on TMC

The greatest race in the world (apologies to Indy, NASCAR & F1 fans), this year's 24 Heures du Mans runs from June 11 to June 12, 2011. Steve McQueen immortalized the race with his 1971 movie "LeMans" (airing on TCM-Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, January 22, 2011.) Jalopnik & Wikipedia report that the movie was not well received at the time and nearly bankrupted McQueen. But it is considered a classic today, very accurately portraying the grueling race and the legendary rivalry between Ferrari and Porsche.

2006 Dodge Charger with Collision Damage

Today's Car of the Day is a 2006 Dodge Charger that was in Collision in the front end of the car. Almost Everything Autobody replaced  the dented right fender, missing right turn signal, and broken right front bumper bracket that were damaged in the accident. Almost Everything Autobody painted the right fender and front bumper cover to match the rest of the car.

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Why Texting While Driving Remains a Bad Idea

BMW 850i Collision from WreckedExotics.com

Here's another amazing set of photos from WreckedExotics.com. In this case, a kid was texting while driving and plowed into this BMW 850i hard enough to knock it up a utility pole.

BMW 850i Collision from WreckedExotics.com

Key Scratched 2005 Ford Mustang--Factory Matched Color

Today's Car of the Day was vandalized.The car was relatively new and in excellent condition except for severe scratches on the passenger side. Almost Everything repaired the key scratches and repainted the passenger side of the car with the exact match to the original factory paint. The repairs came with Almost Everything's Lifetime Paint Warranty. No flaking, peeling or loss of gloss for as long as the customer owns the vehicle.

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Now This is Drifting!

Another gem from our friends at Jalopnik. I learned to drive in a 1973 Volvo 145 Wagon so I know first hand how impressive this is. I mean, getting the wheels to spin at all on an old Volvo really takes some doing  ;) Maybe there was just a lot of black ice on this track. . . which gets us back to this was impressive-Frank

Fender Bender Fix for 2002 VW Jetta

Today's Car of the Day is a nice little Jetta that tangled with a not-so-nice solid object. The fender was destroyed and the mirror left dangling. Almost Everything replaced the fender and the mirror. While the customer was here, he decided that it would cost him just a little more to fix some other dents & scrapes and paint his entire car.

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Axis of Oversteer

Great name. Great blog. Go visit! Here's a sample titled "Racing on the Moon, Chased by Helicopters." They are describing the latest Dakar Rally that ended today. Almost Everything's just become a regular follower and we're adding a link on our site. Absolutely brilliant collection of photos, car & race stats. Our kind of folks.

Racing on the Moon Chased by Helicopters from Axis of Oversteer

Here's another sample from the Axis of Oversteer site of the one-off Ferrari P4/5 Competizione designed by Pinifarina and built by ProTo for James Glickenhaus. This is the second P4/5 for Glickenhaus. His first was built in 2006 as a road car based on a Ferrari Enzo. This second Competizione is intended for racing and is based on the Ferrari 430 Scuderia. The Pininfarina design is, in our humble opinion, far more comely than either the Enzo or the 430.

ProTo built Glickenhaus-Ferrari P4/5 Competizione 
from Axis of Oversteer

Bentley Driven Off Cliff in Hollywood

From our buddies at WreckedExotics.com, this new Bentley Continental was stolen near Hollywood and intentionally crashed off a cliff on Mulholland Drive. The crash happened at about the same spot where 3 other cars have been thrown off the cliff according to ABC News. These included two of Charlie Sheen's Mercedes Benzes, a 2010 S600, and an 2010 S500.

2006 Maserati Quattroporte with Auto Paint Service, Wet Sand & Polish

Today's Car of the Day is a 2006 Maserati Quattroporte that came in with scrapes & scratches plus some minor original paint imperfections. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the scrapes and painted the rocker panel using the same type of high quality waterborne finish used at factory. We then "cut and buffed" various panels to eliminate surface scratches and to provide a more premium gloss finish.

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X-Raid Mini All4 Racing Wrecked in 2011 Dakar Rally

Monster Energy/X-Raid Team Mini after Crash, from MotoringFile

Dakar Rally—for decades the most punishing race in the world.

The Monster Energy/X-Raid Team Mini All4 Racing apparently hit an edge & then flipped 3 times before coming to a rest. Pilot Guerlain Chicherit suffered a head injury but is expected to recover.

Sadly, the accident happened on a test run during the rest day between stages 7 & 8 near Arica, Argentina.



For more information on the crash visit MotoringFile and to learn more about the legendary Paris-to-Dakar Rally, visit Dakar.com