By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Back in the early 2000′s when I was spending all my free time cruising around in a Camaro Z28 or 5.0 Mustang , I had a few buddies that were into watercooled Volkswagens. Although I didn’t know a whole lot about these exotic German imports, I still remember being impressed by the cars my friends would show me in magazines like Performance VW. Most of the Volkswagens I saw had an aesthetic appeal and an attention to detail that couldn’t be found in the vinyl-clad Hondas and Acuras that represented the other side of the “import scene” in those days. This 2001 GTI 1.8T owned by Alan Farrell of Ireland is exactly the kind of VW that caught my eye back then, slightly modernized of course. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Mike Garrett

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Watch the video! The guy has an M3 and his wife drives an Austin-Healey.

By Sam Barer

Sound Classics

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a simple world where good cars are good, great cars are great, and bad cars are bad? Unfortunately, there’s a whole spectrum of gray between History Onyx and White Knight.

The most difficult cars to judge are often those models that replaced truly fabulous vehicles. Fair or not, some acts are tougher to follow than others. Just ask the Rolling Stones, whose 1973 number-one album Goats Head Soup(containing “Angie” (also a number-one) and “(Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) Heartbreaker”) was bashed as a lame effort by critics and fans who had been listening to the band’s instant classic Exile on Main Street album for the last year.

Just like in music, there are plenty of good, bad and ugly follow-ups to great cars. To help sort out the reality from perception, I present Sound Classics’ list of the Toughest-Luck Classic Car Follow-up Efforts.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

You know the drill: Come up with a caption for the picture below by noon PST next Thursday. If you submit the funniest one, we’ll send you some CarDomain swag. Three entries per member max. Good luck!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Snapped these pics last week while walking back to my car after work. I thought they looked kind of cool together.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I saw this in the theater back in December, but it finally made its way to YouTube.

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Now, I don’t have any statistics on my side, but I’d be willing to bet the vast majority of M-Class BMWs never get driven anywhere near their potential, just as few SUVs ever leave the pavement. Most types who can afford these Bavarian bad-asses probably see the M badge as just another logo that betrays wealth, like a Gucci or D&G emblem on a pair of shades. So it’s pretty cool to see this M6 going for broke in a parking lot. I mean, doesn’t it look so happy lighting up the tires? Fortunately, there was a lot of room to work here, and the little romp left the car intact. This M6 in Dubai didn’t fare as well.

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

My Dad grew up Irish in Italian-dominated South Philly, and he used to joke that his hyper-expressive Italian buddies wouldn’t be able to talk with their hands cuffed, because they seemed to need 15 distinct gestures to say anything. Anyway, provided there aren’t any weapons in the vicinity, I don’t think there are many things funnier than a pissed off Italian. So I loved this clip of an R8 rolling through Ferrari’s home turf.  And even though I don’t actually think Audi’s halo car looks so hot in red—Enzo’s Cavellinos have a lock on rosso—it makes sense for this spot. Enjoy.

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Ok,  so I have to admit that one of the funniest things I read in this week’s Caption Contest submissions had nothing to do with the photo. At all. But Maffew’s comment—“In before lame and useless ‘priceless’ quote”—totally made my day, so even though he didn’t win, we’re going to hook him up anyway. Well played, man. So that brings us to this week’s winner. It was close, but ultimately I went with Robb65 who submitted;  “Mr. Henderson quickly resigned as shop teacher after witnessing his students creation.” Turn in next week for the next installment of our cruelty-free Caption Contest!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

We used to sponsor these guys’ FWD drag car, and now, it looks like they’re NASCAR-bound. JingDaddy Motorsports has acquired and prepped a pair of sportsman-class Monte Carlos, and from the looks of it, their two-car team is just about ready to tear up the track and Colorado National Raceway–and according to their ride page, Pike’s Peak as well. Visit JingDaddy’s page to check out the racecars’ amazing builds, which involved each car being reconstructed from the ground up and fitted with GM 604 crate engines!