Ford F650 By Geiger Cars

Geiger Cars, run under the sharp tutelage of Karl Geiger, is well known for its imported American cars that it tunes to customer satisfaction. All the way in Munich, Germany. Geiger has now imported the massive F650, presumably by ship via the Atlantic, for tuning. The vehicle’s proportions are simply incomparable. When we first spotted the big blob of Ford metal at the 2006 Detroit Motor Show we knew somewhere somehow would find it the most interesting thing since the model T Ford. Indeed.

Measuring some 21.3 feet (6.5 metres) in length and weighing 5.2 tonnes of curb weight on the scales, the F650 needs a truck driver’s license to drive. Comparisons have been made, by Geiger, to vehicles like the HUMMER H2 which sadly falls short on the size front.

The engine itself is a diesel motor, covering some 6.7-litres. The 320 bhp will hardly scare away anything in this day and age, especially if it’s 320 horses expected to run more than 5 tonnes of steel. You are better off racing a train. However. Here’s the thing. F650 from Geiger isn’t too interested in kiloWatts anyway since a truck’s main function in life is to haul cargo, dead or alive. What matters in this league are Newton metres or pounds in feet as it were, where we count 737.6 lb-ft of them. All from this six cylinder unit! Only the likes of Mercedes-Benz 65 AMG and Audi V12 TDI engines make such numbers. The vehicle is driven by a 6-speed automatic gearbox.

Musical Rumba Table

Remember summer camp when you were pounding on the dining hall table? Now, you can get a few friends together and pound out improvised drum beats on your coffee table. The Musical Rumba table lets you choose up to 12 different percussion instruments from the bongo, snare, tambourine, cowbell, and more that fit under each 2’ x 2’ or 4’ x 4’ panel.

Soon your family will be on MTV promoting your next CD, The Living Room Sessions: Unplugged.

Pricing starts at $800 at MusicalFurnishings.com.

Selfy The EasyBed

One of the hits at the International Exhibition of Inventions was Enrico Berutti’s self-making bed, Selfy the EasyBed. The name might be lame, but the genius behind it isn’t. You don’t even get your hands dirty, as two lateral arms move up two rods and handle all bed linen, while two tube mechanisms at each side swathe the duvet linen and a button activates straps to tighten the sheets.
Order: “Make your bed, young man.” Response: “Shut up mom; those days are over!”
Last seen at the International Exhibition of Inventions and we don’t know when the self-making bed will hit the market.