By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Some of the members over on StreetFire are calling this a set up, but I don’t think this was planned. Regardless, it’s pretty compelling, and demonstrates just how important it is to keep your cool when things go sideways.

Great car control

By Mike Musto

RideLust.com

Bullrun Season 3 is still motoring right along. As of now 5 teams have been eliminated and tensions are starting to grow. I remember that by this time in Season 1 that those of us who were left started to get serious. We trusted no one and had that eerie feeling that any one of the remaining teams would stick a knife in our back at any moment. Remember that the teams have 200,000 reasons to make sure that you don’t win.

Last week we saw the demise of Team Mini, which in all honesty was ok. They seemed like good people but didn’t really add much to the show. This week we’re seeing attitudes rise and teams getting anxious. Episode 5 began with the teams heading to a small town in Nevada. I think it was called Loony but I could be wrong. The first half of the episode was pretty uneventful as we saw some of the teams up to their usual antics. Chris from Team Hummer was shod in a little Devil hat and was more concerned with picking up gas station chicks then getting to the check point first.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The faux-croc exterior treatment on this Bentley Continental GT, dreamed up by some clown-college visionary of the Russian faux-luxury movement, kind of makes it look like a barfy SEMA interior that somehow succeeded in throwing up on the outside of the car as well. Maybe that’s a little harsh, but the whole leather-wrapped-everything fad is kind of gross, especially since most of the available-to-everyone leather that plasters everything these days right down to a base-model Hyundai interior is just cheap smelly junk from India and China that doesn’t denote even a shred of the”luxury” once associated with the more high-end material. This particular leather, by contrast, comes from Cape water buffalo, a mud-loving critter that swarms in large numbers across much of Africa. The inventors of the Bentley’s big green scab reportedly spent months “perfecting” a way to make the hide look like it was ripped off of a nasty reptile instead of a bovine pest species. Yes, very classy. Via Jalopnik.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

I saw this car for the first time at last year’s Formula Drift Malaysia. For some reason it stood out from the line of black mod cars on display, and finally I managed to get the opportunity to see, smell and touch it up close. Belonging to the son of a traditional Chinese medical specialist in Malaysia, this JGTC-inspired matt black 2000 Nissan Skyline R34 GT-T is a one-of-a-kind custom build and not any kit that you can just buy off a shelf. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Cheryl Tay

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Captured on video swimming down a flooded road, the Mercury Capri takes a quick lap and uses it’s headlights the emulate the breast stroke. What is really happening here? Did the Mercury Capri come with a hidden swimmer’s option? You’ll find the answer at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Does the owner of the wolf car wear a wolf shirt?

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I realize this isn’t such an uncommon sight in some parts of the country, but the spectacle of a discarded engine block on the neatly-mowed grass next to an elementary school in Seattle’s yuppie-hippie Fremont neighborhood struck me as vaguely hilarious. It’s a Nissan four-banger with casting numbers F45 and 60221. I suppose there’s likely something wrong in the bottom end, though the cylinder walls looked pristine with no scoring and minimal ridge, and the pistons were fairly clean. Complete clutch assembly still attached, and it doesn’t even look like it’s been out in the rain too long. If you want it, it’s located on N 41st St. off Fremont Ave.

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to another installment of the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the definition of what a muscle car is, and to discover hidden treasures while doing so. Throughout this series, I’ve showcased a lot of coupes, sedans, a couple of wagons, and a few pickup trucks. This is the first SUV in the series–and look, it’s from a defunct GM brand that has become the symbol of automotive excess during the past several years. Just the name Hummer conjures up images of everything from desert warfare, to over-the-top, chrome-encrusted celebrity rides. The H3 was an attempt to play down the perceived excess that had become the Hummer image, while increasing the market share of the brand at the same time. But the H3 was saddled with an anemic five cylinder motor, which wasn’t rectified until 2008 with a 5.3L V-8 engine transplant. Introducing the Hummer H3 Alpha.

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By David Clarke

highspeedhijinks

At 1:32pm on Saturday March 20th it became official–Spring has begun! Here in the Northeast, that means that the DOT has stopped ruining our cars with salt and the snow banks are revealing the prizes buried by plow trucks (mostly shopping carts and the occasional smart car). For me it means a chance to start cleaning my car the right way and have it last more than an afternoon before getting dirty again. That said, it’s a good time to review some of the basics of a clean ride. Read my tips after the jump!

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By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Wow, what a great show! The energy was incredible and we had a blast with over 20,000 people attending!! The show turnout was far greater than expected, with huge numbers of kids, parents, vendors and super cool cars!

Big thanks to all those that made it such a great show. Brian from RCX, Paul Nigh and his Back to the Future Delorean, SportChassis Trucks, Bryn Faulkner and his awesome Tattoos. I even got to shoot it with Superstar San Diego Linebacker, Kevin Burnett.

Wups. Spent a little too much on diecast. Oh, well…. Check out the highlights ON MY BLOG!!

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