Old School Spring Car Mod’s
Posted on Jan 23, 2020 in Antique | Comments Off on Old School Spring Car Mod’s
With the sun shining and the temperature reaching 70 degrees, I decided to hop in my Miata and go run a few errands yesterday. “Running errands” is a great excuse to get out of the house – ahem, office – and get some fresh air. The only downside is other humans like fresh air, too. And many of them have crudely customized cars. Case in point: I was sitting at...
Read MoreInside Stories From the War Between Automakers And Dealers Over Exports
Posted on Jan 16, 2020 in Editorials | 2 comments
There’s not a more uncomfortable phone call for a car dealership’s finance manager to make then asking a customer to come back to have their finance or lease contract rewritten. This is typically caused by sales managers — the people most despised by finance departments — who spot deliver a vehicle based on their wrong guess about the rate or term a lender...
Read MoreThe 100th Indy 500 Is History
Posted on Jan 15, 2020 in Racing | 2 comments
Wheldon’s 2011 Indy 500 winning car By now, most of you have heard about J.R. Hildebrand’s hitting the wall on the last lap and giving the race to Dan Wheldon. Hildebrand made a rookie’s mistake, staying on throttle while passing and going too high on the turn. He crashed but coasted to second place, 2.1 seconds behind Wheldon. Graham Rahal finished...
Read MoreVintage ad: 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am – The Driver’s Car
Posted on Jan 15, 2020 in Featured | 2 comments
Cropped image from 1982 magazine ad. In 1981, Pontiac introduced the third-generation Firebird Trans Am as a 1982 model, the car’s first clean-sheet redesign since the second-generation debuted in 1970 as a 1970 ½ model. Six years in the making, the new Trans Am was smaller and lighter than the model it replaced, and far more aerodynamic. Knowing it couldn’t...
Read MoreInfiniti QX30 concept is ready for Geneva debut
Posted on Jan 13, 2020 in Concept | Comments Off on Infiniti QX30 concept is ready for Geneva debut
Infiniti released the first image for the QX30 concept, a prototype that will be seen next month at the Geneva Motor Show. Similar to the Q30 concept from 2013, the QX30 crossover comes with the company’s new design language and wants to preview the upcoming production model. Infiniti QX30 concept At the exterior, you will see a massive glass roof with a...
Read MoreMost Popular Excuses for Speeding, and One That Could Avoid a Ticket
Posted on Jan 8, 2020 in Safety | 1 comment
Speeding is bad. Don’t do it. That said, I know we all have been guilty of pushing the speedometer’s needle a few ticks above the posted legal limit. Most of us have even been caught and felt the adrenaline rush that comes with seeing the flashing red and blue in the rear-view mirror. Sometimes people panic and try to talk the officer out of writing a ticket....
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