Know how James Bond got that beautiful Aston Martin he drives? Well I’ll tell you right now he didn’t get it by paying for tolls like a sucker. With increasing prices on toll booths in Philadelphia, New York and other greater metro areas, people are always looking for a way to save a buck.

Now for $121, you can score a remote control RF license plate cover for your vehicle. While you’re driving, just hit a button and a piece of plastic will slide to cover your plate. It looks like it’s designed for European-style license plates but I’m sure with a little DIY modding, you can get it to cover up yours. Seems well worth $121 to me if you’re a speed demon.

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This past weekend, I spent my Saturday visiting the Philadelphia-based Simeone Foundation Museum, Fred Simeone’s personal collection of historic race cars. The museum is packed with cars from the early 1900s up to 1970 (with a few oddballs thrown in for good measure.) I took over 120 pictures at the museum, highlighting every detail. What a lot of people don’t know is that these cars are mostly one-of-a-kind or extremely rare. For instance, there’s a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe that Phil Spector used to own. It’s worth about $4 million bucks I hear.

To be honest, you should just click ahead to visit the Simeone Foundation’s website to learn more (there’s just too much to go over) and then visit my Flickr photoset for all the hot photos. Anyone into cars, mechanical engineering, design, racing or history will surely enjoy a magnificent collection of automobiles. After the jump, a taste of my photos and the museum.

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Love to drive fast? Break the law? Good! Audi is aiming to get you into one of its cars in the next few years with a feature that should keep you seated. The Travolution system will communicate with traffic lights to let the driver know what the current state of the light is and when it’s changing colors. While most drivers will use it to roll through red lights with ease, Audi claims it’ll “streamline traffic flow, increase gas mileage, and reduce emissions.” Fair enough.

Unfortunately for us, the system is being tested in Ingostadt, Germany. No word if it’ll ever make its way over to the US but one can dream.

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Don’t fuck around on the green? Want to show that prick in accounting that you really mean business? Then stop playing with your cock and head over to Bad Ass Golf Carts. For $12,000 to $18,000, you can own a golf cart that’s more equipped for a trek across the Sahara rather than teeing off.

There’s several choices available. Need seating? Grab a limo that seats six. Consider yourself the greatest American to ever live? Grab the Hummer model. Now if only you could get a little nitrous going on these bad boys…

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Though it’s not the first vehicle designed to ride on abandoned railroad tracks, the RailRunner is certainly the best looking. Using the power of pedaling, this two-seat vehicle can take you up and down town. Need more room? A 4-seat version is indeed available.

The wheels closely resemble Skyway Tuff II wheels that were used on many BMX bikes back in the 1980s, so I’m assuming they can take some abuse. Slowly, but surely, a few groups of Railriders are meeting up throughout the US to fly down tracks and enjoy the rush. I’d love to give it a try, though I’d be scared shitless if a train horn was heard in the distance.

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Soldering can be a really tricky thing to master. Between having to have a clean workspace, a nearby electrical outlet, and a huge risk for burns, it sometimes feels like an accident waiting to happen.

Luckily, there is a project that is easy, fun for the entire family and solder free. The Snap Circuit Rover allows you to easily snap together electronic parts to create a working remote-controlled vehicle. It’s truly a fantastic way to teach your kids about electrical engineering while building a toy that can bring your beer from the kitchen to your tennis ball couch. The manufacturer, Elenco, makes a whole range of robots and vehicles that don’t require solder.

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