What do you do with 10,000 pens and a Mercedes that needs a paint job? Obviously, you glue the pens all over the Mercedes and create a Mercedes Pens. The Mercedes Pens is something of a celebrity at Art Shows and at Car Shows, however it is at Art Car Shows that this vehicle has […]
Entries from October 2008
Mercedes Pens?
October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Mercedes Pens?
Tags: Mercedes · Miscellaneous
BMW M Coupe
October 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on BMW M Coupe
One of my favorite cars of all time was the BMW M Coupe. I lusted after, shopped for and test drove this ultra rare BMW. This car was only made for 4 short years and less than 3000 came to the US. Only 690 got the newer M3’s engine rated at 315hp. That is a […]
Sport + Ugly = Spugly
October 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sport + Ugly = Spugly
The Spugly Car of the Day is the Pontiac G6 GXP Street Edition. I’m actually a fan of all things GXP even the G6 GXP. GXP represents the best Pontiac has to offer in each model. The G6 GXP features a 3.6 liter V6 good for 252hp, not the most powerful V6 on the market, […]
Tags: Cars · Pontiac · Spugly Cars
$27k Maserati
October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on $27k Maserati
Here’s an interesting Autotrader find. A 2002 Maserati Coupe with 49k miles for $27k miles. It looks like the current economic environment isn’t just hitting the SUVs, but is also causing some deals to show up in the used exotic car market. The Maserati Coupe has 4.2 liter V8 with 385hp for more details […]
Fav 5 III
October 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Fav 5 III
Well its time for an another run down of my favorite autmotive posts for the week. http://www.ridestory.com/content/2009-pontiac-g8-gt – Ridestory begins its real world review of the Pontiac G8 GT. Ridestories’ reviews are like reading the review of your friend who loves cars. http://www.manualgear.com/en/driven-170-Aston+Martin+DBS.html – Do you like James Bond’s car? Here is a quick write up and […]
911 vs GT-R
October 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on 911 vs GT-R
Last week Porsche and Nissan have been bickering over the Nissan’s GT-R Nurburgring lap times. Porsche actually purchased a US spec Nissan GT-R to run around the famed German track. When the dust had settled Porsche run the Nissan around the track with time of 25 seconds slower than Nissan was able to run their […]
Tags: 911 · Cars · GT-R · Porsche
Maser “Life”
October 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
NBC’s Life has been featuring some great cars for its lead character Detective Crews. This week we got to see Charlie Crews’ newest ride a Maserati Quattroporte GT S. The Quattroporte S gets a Ferrari developed 4.7 liter V8 with 430 hp motivating this six-figure sedan. You can read more about the Quattroporte S […]
Tags: Life · Maserati · Quattroporte · TV Cars
Diesel Do
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Diesel Do
There have been a few diesel stories making the rounds in the last few weeks. A VW TDI Jetta has set a new world record. After 20 days and 9,400 miles John and Helen Taylor averaged 58.82 miles per gallon. The record is actually for a cross-country drive. The Jetta actually was getting better gas […]
Cars of “Life”
October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
The NBC TV show Life started its second season this week. Life is a very underrated show. Wikipedia says this Life centers around Detective Charlie Crews, who at the start of the first season (set in 2007) is released from Pelican Bay State Prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence. In 1995 he was wrongfully convicted of the […]
Tags: Bentley · Buick · Cars · Life · TV Cars
Remember the Contour SVT?
October 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Special Vehicles Team at Ford have been tuning vehicles for some time now. They’ve tuned plenty of Mustangs, a few trucks, the Focus and even the Ford Contour. The Contour SVT was 200hp 2.5 liter naturally aspirated V6. At the time it was called the best handling FWD sedan for sale in America. […]
Tags: Cars · Contour SVT · Ford
