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Presidential Watch Antics: The Joe Biden Interview
Wednesday saw the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden. After a difficult few years, the country is looking forward to getting back on track, defeating covid and winning, again. We were able to get a few minutes of the recently crowned President’s time the day after the inauguration. What did we talk about? Watches, cars, and hype. Fake Alligator: Mr. President, firstly I want to congratulate you on the hard-fought battle in the election and whatever came after it. President Joe Biden: Thanks, so much, Marc. You know, nothing last year was easy, but this year and for the next eight years we’re going to…
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Fake Alligator’s 2019 Shopping Guide
Every year at Fake Alligator we put together a list of the best things to buy your significant other, worst enemy and everyone in between. Past highlights have included cars, planes, and even busses. This year is no different so without further ado, we give you the 2019 Fake Alligator Shopping Guide! The Tiffany & Co Table Tennis Paddles No Fake Alligator shopping list would be complete without an item from Tiffany & Co. They’ve made and will continue to make the list every year. This year they’re presenting Leather and Walnut Table Tennis Paddles. Their Everyday Objects collection is really one of our favorite things. (Hey, we’re like Oprah!) A set…
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Philipp Plein Ferrari
A while back I posted this exact Ferrari Testarossa on my instagram account. At the time the store was under construction and I wasn’t able to go in to get a closer look at the white 80s supercar. I was wondering by the same corner today and looked in to see the car still in the store. It was! This time it had a leopard print wrap on it. I went inside to check it out further. The guy working in the Philipp Plein store said he didn’t mind if I just took a couple pictures. I asked about the car. It doesn’t have the engine, due to city regulations,…
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ASTON MARTIN delivers Banger DBS SUPERLEGGERA homage to ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
Aston Martin announced a nod to the 50th Anniversary of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. This is the sixth James Bond film released in 1969. Same color, same maker, much higher performance. The same color, Olive Green will be used on all 50 of the edition. Also, this car might win for the best rims of the last 30 years. Pricing is around £300,007.00, shipping this fall. See Aston’s Press clipping here. The Fake Alligator Hot Take Look, folks. I love Aston Martin. Their restrained styling and unrestrained driving experience are amazing. The so bad it’s good color works. I don’t remember it being that color in the film, but…
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Fake Alligator’s Top 10 of 2018
As 2018 comes to a close it’s time to look back at the Top 10 of the year. Top 10 what? Watches? Movies? Books? Limited edition Vacheron Constantin Chronographs? Whatever. Anything and everything.So without further ado…. #10 Elon Musk Elon Musk saying there’s a 70% chance he’ll move to Mars.Am I happy about Man’s ability to live on another planet? Am I happy Space Travel is still a thing? Am I happy that Elon Musk will be leaving this planet? I don’t know the answers here, but him saying that in an interview in late November has my interest piqued. I’ll start saving for a simple trip to space. #9…
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Fake Alligator’s 2018 Shopping Guide
The holiday season is upon us. Time to buy a whole bunch of stuff for your friends and family without any clue if they’ll like it or not. If thay already have it or not. Or buy stuff for people you, frankly, don’t really like. (Anything made by David Wellington, Tiffany, or Hermes (ties excluded).) I know what you’re thinking… Who the hell are you to write a guide on what to buy people, you’re such a curmudgeon, you only like 3 watch brands, 2 car manufacturers and 2 clothing brands. I say you’re right so let’s just say I’m doing this out of social obligation for those who really…
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1966 Ford GT40 Mk II | Monterey 2018
1966 Ford GT40 Mk II Sold For $9,795,000 That is all. Just a lot of cool pictures of an amazing car. Link at bottom to source with more pictures. FORD VS. FERRARI Source: RM Sotheby’s – 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II | Monterey 2018
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Vintage Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $70 MILLION
39 Produced. Crazy rare beyond that. They only produced the 250 GTO from 1962-1964. They rarely come up for sale. So when the CEO of Weathertech saw this 1963 model up for sale, he decided it was time to part with $70 million USD. Here we have the most expensive car ever. Within the same 12 months as the most expensive watch ever (the PNPND) . Here‘s a video of a guy crashing his while racing it last year at Goodwood. The Tour de France-winning 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO. Credit: Raphael Dauvergne Not sure how I feel about this livery. I suppose if you have $70mil to drop on a car…
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The new Lamborghini SUV, let’s act like the LM002 didn’t happen
On December 5th Lamborghini showed off their new SUV, the Urus. 4.0 liter V8 twin-turbo engine with 650 hp and 850 Nm of torque for maximum performance Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds and top speed 305 km/h 4WD system with active torque vectoring and four-wheel steering for perfect handling Carbon ceramic brakes, adaptive air suspension and active roll stabilization for maximum safety and comfort Up to six different driving modes + EGO mode available via ‘Tamburo’ driving dynamics selector, and Mucho Nutso node. [envira-gallery id=”396″] So what the hell do I think about this car? I like the design and think it looks great. It feels like someone at…
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The New Aston Martin Vantage
This is the new Aston Martin Vantage. It gets a whole lotta yes. For $149,995. Key attributes are below, but the main thing is the Lime paint. Indeed. Maximum speed 195mph; 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds Maximum power: 510PS / 503BHP / 375kW at 6000rpm Latest generation aluminum structure is 70 per cent new All-alloy quad overhead cam 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, front-mid-mounted 510PS @ 6000rpm and 685Nm @ 2000-5000rpm Slimline wet sump system enabling engine to be mounted lower in chassis(what the hell does this even mean?) Rear-mounted ZF eight-speed automatic transmission with adaptive shift (This too!) “Vantage. An evocative name for a magnificent bloodline of thoroughbred sports cars.”…
