"Vintage VWs" by Flickr Photog T. Schneider We just may have found Charles Mudede's next film subject. Edward Smith, a 57-year-old from Washington, whose sexual preference leans towards the automotive rather than the bestial. Smith's self-described romantic feelings toward cars began at age 15. (Auto erotica indeed!) Since then, Smith claims to have had sex with over 1,000 cars, though he is currently in a monogamous relationship with his girlfriend--a white Volkswagen Beetle he has......

Forget what everybody's saying for a second and remember that driving a car still can be fun. Open country roads, bright-shining sun, no cops in sight--there isn’t a replacement for this experience. Gas be damned. Orcas Island, an hour-long ferry ride from Anacortes, is only 27 miles of road from one end to the other, but don’t mistake the limited land mass for a lack of good gravel and pavement. No stop lights, minimal......

"Mac vs. PC" by Etchasketchist, with permission. Cool! Microsoft's getting busy this spring, as well they should. Reports of two separate deals struck by the corporate behemoth with NBC Universal and Hyundai came rolling in late last night, as well as a flurry of speculation and analysis on the failed Yahoo buy-out. Despite last-ditch efforts, is this the beginning of the end for Gates & Co? The NBC deal means you'll be able to......

There is something seriously wrong in this city right now. The fight between drivers and bicyclists has been brewing for years, but recently it seems to be reaching a boiling-over point. It pushes what we consider to be sane people, on both sides of the argument, into a state of rage that we honestly find a bit frightening. It needs to stop (and by stop we don't mean that we want to see a bunch......

The cold wind of actual necessity is blowing up Seattle's skirt. Much like our childhood erector-set constructions, the Viaduct has a certain amount of "give" in it (though hopefully not due to the same reason: our dislike of tightening every single nut on things we were just going to take apart anyway), but the news last week that it has sunk 5 inches at its saggiest point has bells going off because 6 inches is......

Last night around midnight a Seattlest contributor witnessed a lot of weird stuff going on around the sliver of I-5 under Freeway Park that's visible from his kitchen window: * A car with its lights on was pulled over to the side of Hubble Place by the guard rail separating the freeway from the street and sat there for a few minutes until its occupants got back in and drove off. Were they pissing? What......

At the Microsoft Strategic Account Summit yesterday morning Bill Gates dropped some future knowledge on the assembled ad men and tech types. A few of those nuggets we found particularly interesting and insightful: Prediction #4: There Will Be No Street Cars in Our Large Cities. All hurry traffic will be below or high above ground when brought within city limits. In most cities it will be confined to broad subways or tunnels, well lighted and......

Doesn't matter whether you rebuild, retrofit or dig. Doesn't matter if the State Dep't of Transportation pretends they need to maintain the Viaduct's current capacity of 110,000 vehicles a day (even if The Stranger and others make it clear the number is closer to 75,000). No matter what, there's still the annoying question of what happens to all those northbound cars when they get to the northern end of Alaskan Way. Or to the southbound......

If you are afraid of fast cars (Tracy Chapman) or of movie characters existing in reality (Tom Cruise), then don't go downtown today. Because two characters from the upcoming Pixar film Cars---sotto voce: in theaters everywhere June 9th---are making an appearance at Westlake, as real-life cars. Life size models of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Sally Carrera, a snazzy 2002 Porsche 911 (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) will be on display......

The hilarious star buggerers at Defamer posted something a few days ago that, as good little media consumers, we should have seen and recognized immediately This item ended up taking it's sweet time in getting onto Seatttlest's radar, though.. Defamer posted an image of George Clooney's new fully electric ride. No Clooney in the photograph, unfortunately. Sorry ladies. Environmentally friendly auto enthusiats rejoice, though. What you are looking at is a camera phone snap of......

Saturday October 1st is the International Mountain Biking Association's annual "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day". Plenty of research shows that parents who lead by example and participate in sports and outdoor activities will have kids who do the same--so get off the couch, turn off the XBox (you're 37 years old for the love of God), and go plunk your offspring on a set of wheels. Don't have bikes of your own or easy......

Monday will be the beginning of Metro's dress rehearsal in preperation for the closure of the downtown bus tunnel. What that means to drivers in the business core is not quite clear, despite a number of reports from the daily papers. The truth is probably that officials will be winging it on Monday, which should make for some incredibly weird and arbitrary instructions from the corp of traffic cops who will be on hand. Please,......

On Saturday night you might want to check out Deerhoof at Paradox. They create weird, art rocker/art-y noisy that is still poppy and accessible, which is an admirable skill. They music is just flat-out fun. In fact the only real problem we have with the band is that they have one of the most confusing sites on the internet. It's just flat-out cryptic. To get you ready for the show, this site has a load......