By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

I made the short trek last weekend to the Winter Park section of Orlando. It was cold out by Florida standards, but was at least warmer than it had been the past two weeks. Last Sunday’s event was the first of it’s type (for this area) and the title stated it clearly. Simply Clean….. Proper stance, perfect wheel fitment, quality paint job…. Almost everything a car enthusiast should dream of! There were of course big horse power cars, so they filled in the missing link that we gas mileage savvy people left out. But lets think about this for a second. One one-thousand… Do you really need 500 horsepower when your car sits 1 inch off the ground and has a 95% chance of losing a bumper at every divot? Well, I know I sure as hell do! I can’t think of anything better than the ability to yell louder than the passenger screaming in the seat next to you “SHUT UP! I F*CKING GOT THIS!” as you drive over your front lip, while laughing hysterically…Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

I was reading Yoshi Shindo’s Passat story the other day and it really jumped off the page at me when he said he had “never been the greatest fan of VWs”. Not that there’s anything wrong with liking what you like. It just reminded me of something my boy Steve told me about the VW scene awhile back. He said (I’m paraphrasing): “There’s nothing new about aggressive offset and rolled fenders. VW guys have been doing that for over 30 years.” Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

Recently my buddy Dave Mucci made the trip from Chicago to Ocean City, MD, all for the love of automobiles! I figured it’d be pretty whack of me to write an article about H20 International since I’ve yet to go myself, so I asked the man, the myth, my buddy Mooch, to provide some guest commentary. Some of you may be familiar with Dave’s work in 0-60 Magazine, doing detailed engine illustrations. The kid is one hell of an artist, but he isn’t a writer by trade and I’m not much of a grammatical genius so bear with us. Hopefully you will be too engaged with the dope photos to give a crap. For the photography, Dave enlisted the help of Patrick Mizenko who took tons of killer photos. Thanks again to you both!!!

Enough rambling – on to the story!! Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

The results of our annual People’s Choice Awards are in! Congrats to all the winners and a big thanks to everyone who voted. And a huge shout out to Bud, our 2008 Showoff of the Year! So, without further ado…

1.      Best Tire Manufacturer: BFGoodrich

2.      Best Wheel Manufacturer: BBS

3.      Best Exhaust Manufacturer: Flowmaster

4.      Best Car Audio Manufacturer: Alpine

5.      Best Motor Oil: Mobil

6.      Best Video Game: Midnight Club LA

7.      Most Mod-Friendly Car: Ford Mustang

8.      Most Exciting New Vehicle Launch: 2010 Chevy Camaro

9.      Best Racing Series: Formula D

10.     Showoff of the Year: OrangeKrate