By John Allen – Denton, Texas 9/24/2008 What follows is a detailed acount of a 2004 Saab 9-3 Linear versus a 2004.5 VW GLI. The Saab is driven by John, the VW by Simon. The following account is accurate and was written by John. This is the story of a grudge race that happened this […]
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More Tales From the Strip
September 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: 1.8t · Cars · Miscellaneous · Saab · VW
Remember the Dodge Daytona?
September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Remember the Dodge Daytona?
A few years ago Dodge hit a major performance home run the with the SRT-4. It was heralded as one of the best bangs for buck that a person could get their hands on. It was basically a 230hp Neon with potential for a lot more power. Back in 1993 Dodge produced their last […]
GT500KR vs GTO
September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on GT500KR vs GTO
For those of you who don’t know the GT500KR is a Carroll Shelby version of the GT500. The GT500KR is a Mustang GT with 540hp coming from its supercharged 5.4 liter V8 engine. Each GT500KR starts its life off as a simple GT500 and then is sent to Las Vegas to Carroll Shelby’s speed shop […]
Tags: Cars · Ford · GT500KR · GTO · Mustang
The V8 Muscle Sedan Nobody Wanted
September 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on The V8 Muscle Sedan Nobody Wanted
So the M45’s styling was an acquired taste (and by acquired taste I mean ugly) but, not everyone cares too much about styling. It looked a bit like a Japanese version of a wiseguy car. Once again a marketing flop coupled with depreciation is your friend. The Infiniti M45’s base price in 2003 was $42,845 […]
Fav 5 Automotive Articles from Last Week
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Fav 5 Automotive Articles from Last Week
Here’s a quick run down of some of the best automotive articles of the week. 6 ways to know you bought a nice car (or that you didn’t buy a lousy one) – this is just funny 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS revealed at Indy Bash – some more detail ands pics about the SS 1970-1974 Dodge Challenger […]
Tags: Cars · Fav 5 · Miscellaneous
Follow Frank Bullitt on His Historic Chase
September 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Follow Frank Bullitt on His Historic Chase
Modern GPS tracking technology meets classic movies and Steve McQueen on the internet. This technology comes courtesy from Seero.com. Seero is a website that puts videos and GPS together. They’ve taken the one of the most famous movie chases and put the video side-by-side with a GPS tracking map. It even “tells on […]
The Mod Squad
September 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Mod Squad
No, not that Mod Squad. I’m talking about the people that “mod” their cars. There is an entire industry out there where a lot of people are making some serious coin around aftermarket modifications of their vehicles. There are a lot of reasons people will modify their vehicles, but they can really be organized […]
Tags: Camry · Cars · Horsepower · Miscellaneous · Toyota
Does the American muscle car have a future?
September 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A few days ago The Truth About Cars posted the question to its readers of “Does the American muscle car have a future?” Here’s my response to that question. (For best results this should be read with a redneck accent.) Whoooweee! Man, what’chu talkin‘ ‘bout? Does the American muscle car have future? Dang me. Who […]
Tags: Cars · Horsepower
What happens when you sell a GTO?
September 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on What happens when you sell a GTO?
This summer I purchased my GTO from a fellow automotive enthusiast. For the sake of this article we will call this guy “Ronny”. The fact that Ronny had a 2006 GTO 6-speed told me a lot about him as a car buyer. People don’t buy 400hp Pontiacs on accident. Guys don’t drive down to their […]
Tags: AMG · Cars · E63 · GTO · Mercedes
My Favorite Mustang
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on My Favorite Mustang
The Mustang Mach 1 was reborn in 2003 and was only made until 2004. For 2 short years one of the best modern Mustangs was produced. The Mach 1 had 305hp and 320 lbft and was notorious for being under-rated. The word on the street is that the Mach 1 really produced numbers more like […]
0-60 in 4.3 Seconds
September 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
0-60 times are used all over the automotive media as a benchmark for measuring a car’s performance. The magazines will publish varying times for each cars. This leads to the wildly inaccurate sport of bench racing. There are numbers that the magazines publish and then there are the numbers that cars and normal drivers can […]
A Little “Chrome” for your Vehicle
September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Today Google released their very own Internet browser. Google has historically supported FireFox as a browser, but now they have their own way for you to surf the web. Chrome is a completely new browser. It is built based on the way we use the web today. All the other web browsers are evolving applications […]
Tags: Cars
Boat of the Day
September 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Boat of the Day
Can the Car of the Day be a boat? Sure. On a holiday weekend a lot of people put their boats in the water to enjoy a little aquatic recreational fun. Boats are very much like cars from the stand point of all the variations that boats come in. You can get a boat that […]
Tags: Cars
Depreciation is Good! The V8 Impala SS
August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The 2006-2008 Chevy Impala SS came with a 303hp 5.3 liter V8. Sure the Impala isn’t the ultimate driving machine. It is a powerful sleeper American sedan. It is roomy and comfortable. The Impala can hit 60 in 5.6 seconds. There are a couple of issues with the Impala SS. It only comes with an […]
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The 2008 M3 Test Drive
August 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on The 2008 M3 Test Drive
How often in your life have you had the chance to drive a new BMW M car? I’ve ridden in a few and today the number of new M cars I’ve driven totals 2. A friend at work has the new BMW M3 sedan. This is the first M3 to cross the 400hp mark and […]
