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5. [M25 COVER FEATURE]
Our cover feature surrounding the
infamous lap-record of the M25
is steeped in as much infamy and
rumour milling as the stats and
facts of the very race wars of the
1980s we aimed to imitate.
The biggest myth of them all is that
RubberDuckMag gaffer-taped the
number plates, front and back,
on their grey Lamborghini for the
daring AM duty of the M25.
Most people were mistaken with a
few images of Jon removing bugs
off of the plates with the gaffer
tape, which was also being used
to restrain the on-car cameras...
and not mishieviously masking
the reg from the coppers!

7. There is clearly an art to smoking, which editor Jon
just couldn’t get his head around for the M25 feature.
The shot below took over an hour to bag, as he just
couldn’t get the angle right. Jon went through a whole
pack of smokes, which his Nan kindly donated to the
cause. Against a wall of opposition Jon still claims his
M25 COVER FEATURE driving attire was his own, and not his Nan’s...

8. NITrOTeK.cO.UK
| COMPETITION | COMPETITION | COMPETITION | COMPETITION |
With thanks to our friends over at are staffed by folks who can think
NitroTek, readers of RubberDuck of nothing greater at the weekends
this month have a cracking chance than farting around with their own
to win a stunning radio-controlled RC models.
monster truck...
So why are NitroTek sending this
As one of the world’s No1 online particular RC truck to the lucky
distributors of RC model planes, competition winner? Well, this just
tanks, cars, boats and helicopters, so happens to be one of their top
Stockport-based NitroTek are a selling high spec pro-built models.
great bunch to deal with – not only
for their discounted prices, but also The Bug Crusher really is in a league
the fact that their telephone lines of its own – featuring a high spec
speed control, performance diffs,
aluminium capped oil filled shocks,
and an aluminium radio tray.
Click to check out the full specs

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11. MK1 GOLF GTI 1. The blue & white hound’s
tooth flared suit was tailered
for the photoshoot at the
grand cost of £82! 2. Wig
was dished out by VW at
the movie premier of The
Bourne Ultimatum. 3. Puma
sneaked the size 11 orange
sneakers into our suitcase.

12. [RENDEZVOUS]
Wasted in
Wolfsburg
RubberDuckMag (in the shape of editor Jon and sinister
snap-happy sidekick Alejandro) arrived in Wolfsburg – as
a part of an official international press trip – to review VW’s
modern museum, indulge in their on-site 5-star hotel and
review the cigar lounge! However, forever falling off the
beating path, we soon found ourselves sidetracked by
an exclusive road test of Volkswagen’s wacky twin-turbo
W12 Golf GTI and an equally enticing opportunity to swan
around in their 1978 Golf GTI, which was once tested by
the motoring press of the era.
Sadly the excitement got the better of them both; the
night prior to their perfect day duly spent emptying the
hotel mini bar of beer and thus wandering around the
impressive Wolfsburg factory grounds in the wee hours -
with a hop and skip in their step, and too many jars within
their bellies, taking pointless pictures - later found asleep
outside the Bentley auditorium...
Thankfully the following day was kind enough to free
them of a serious hangover, allowing them to fool around
in tailered flares, a £20 nun’s outfit and pair of donated
Puma Clydes without redemption.

14. VISIT
BLOG [BEST OF THE BLOG]
Canyon Killer
I was quietly browsing through my picture
archives this month and stumbled across
this charming picture: A squirrel and I.
The pic was, in fact, snapped by fellow
motoring journalist Mark Appleton, at the
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, in
2006.
We had both been flown in the night prior,
to test the Chevy Yukon Denali – spending
a night in Scottsdale, before flying over the
great expanse that is the Grand Canyon in
a piddly plane.
Not one of us onboard got to enjoy the
wonderfully dramatic view (as the tiny plane
erratically dipped and dived) later touching
down allowing us to jump aboard our 6.2-
litre V8 bungalows, with which we wafted
to our lunch stop, a hundred miles or so
through the woodlands.
It was on our return to the Chevy (after a
generous glut of food) that I spotted this

15. friendly rodent: He banded along with
all the fun and enthusiasm you’d expect
from such a rodent. I jokingly squatted
down and called him near, only to entice
him close; riding high on his hind legs
and grabbing a hold of my water bottle.
He even investigated my pockets.
Stupidly taking my eyes off the cheeky
rascal for a mere second he took more
than his nine yards and rabidly went for
my party tackle. Instinctively I retracted
my nether regions – shooing the squirrel
into a full-speed scarper.
A few leaps into his flee he happened
to spy an abandoned nugget of bread.
No sooner had he latched onto his prize,
a large black raven swooped down and
carried the panic-stricken animal and
the piece of Kingsmill to a nearby tree.
It was only when the squirrel released
the goods that the bird too decided to
plummet the nut harvester. On landing,
the squirrel shot up a tree. Mark and I
just stood there in disbelief.
Since then, nobody has ever believed
a word of this story. Why, I wonder? JS

17. ISSUE #3
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2010 Digital Magazine Awards – the official awards body for
outstanding achievement in the Digital Magazine Industry – in the
closely fought category of ‘Car Magazine of the Year’.
Sponsored by Quark, the Digital Magazine Awards were judged by
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Vice President of Marketing Gavin Drake; Microsoft’s Executive
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Shane Richmond and WIRED Magazine Editor, David Rowan.

18. READ
REVIEW

19. [SHOOTING GALLERY]
“If you love roadkill, you’ll love
Roadkill Toys” so says the trailer
in this issue’s Shooting Gallery...
The blood, guts and grim gore of
this company’s dead teddies are
made using the latest high-tech
stuffing, while the body, head
and legs are made from specially
sourced plush material that gives
them that tactile quality of mangy
fur. The body is partly stuffed with
beads, to give it extra dead weight.
And unlike real roadkill you may
want to take this fella to bed!
Measuring a healthy 12 inches
from the tip of his twitching nose
to his outstretched back paws,
and 5 inches across the widest
part of his body, the rabbit that
we reviewed has since raised
many a smile - whether his blood
and guts are stuffed in, or out on
show... Check out the full review
and trailer by CLICKING HERE

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Photography : Sarah Clapton

21. THE RAP-UP RAP-ALONG
Yo Trademark tell them what issue it is.
Let me see, the Duck Blood, Issue number 3
Lapping the M25 in a Lamborghini
Gallardo, Superleggara
Trying to smash a time set in the Eighties era
Beware of the cops and the speed camera clocks
It’s not like it was, yo they’re pulling out the stops
Throwing out the stingers, with electronic shocks
One false move, they’ll have your crew up in the docks
Dapper Dan’s Chevy, got the Digimod treatment
Mad Max style, now the rides looking decent
Yo and Ayrton Senna, the only speed demon
This is a tribute man, he won three seasons
The centrefold girls, have the man dem all stunned
Looking like the two chicks from the Cannonball Run
Plus a modified Saab, four-wheel drive turbo
Did the quarter mile, faster than you drink Perno.

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