January 28, 2010
Fireball’s Alphabet of Awesomeness… The B’s
By Fireball Tim
Movie Car Design Master
B. …B is a good letter. It stands for BITCHIN.’ Or maybe BOLONEY. Fried Boloney. Or how about BADASS. That’s a good one.
The word “be” suggests the present moment. As in “I be bitchin.” Which you KNOW you are. Not grammatically the best of usages, but hey, we’re car people and we say things like that.
So, here’s the best of the “B’s.” Not all of them, as the list would go on around the moon, but just a teaser. So, after you’ve checked them out… “Be positive and make something of your day.”
The B’s. Oh, and join in on my upcoming CAR SHOW in Huntington Beach.
Continue reading "Fireball’s Alphabet of Awesomeness… The B’s" »
January 22, 2010
Great Autoextremist Rant This Week
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
I don’t always agree with Peter De Lorenzo but this week I’d say he’s spot on. I especially agree with his take on Honda. Check it out–Three Troubled Brands: Shocks Linger in the Aftermath of the Detroit Auto Show.
January 17, 2010
Time Attack 135i
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Berk Technology just put together a very cool ride page for their time attack 135i. Look for the little Bimmer in the Redline Time Attack and Super Lap Battle series this year!
January 5, 2010
Snow Racing: BMW vs. Camaro
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Both rear wheel drive vehicles appear to handle incredibly well despite the slippery circumstances! Read more about this unusual racing at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
December 30, 2009
Mercedes Dealer’s Tactics Added To My List of Horrible Car Shopping Experiences (And I Still Need To Buy A Car!)
By Sam Barer
Apexstrategy.com
I’m here to tell you that automotive journalists do not like to car shop. Sure, we love most things on four wheels, but I, like most of my industry-mates would rather get a prostate check by a broken-knuckled rugby player-turned-urologist than to interact with on-the-prowl car salespeople.
For me, specifically, it’s because I know way too much. I spend more time researching cars than the frequently-wrong-but-never-in-doubt people who sell them. As for the business and sales tactics side, much of my life I’ve been surrounded by dealership owners, salesmen, service managers, and attorneys who represent them. Let’s just say that I know all the tricks, which would be enough to turn most people to public transportation.
My personal log of horrible car shopping experiences is longer than Danny Bonaduce’s 12-Step “people to make amends to” list.They range from the frustrating: arranging for a test drive of a Honda S2000 over the phone with a sales manager at a Honda dealership in Houston, only to be told upon arriving twenty minutes later at that I could “drive it after I bought it”…to the surreal: having a clown-shoe car salesman at Bruce Titus Chrysler in Olympia, WA challenge me and my 2002 Corvette “to a race for pink slips” first against his (meaning the dealer’s) Crossfire SRT6 and then against his “Shelby” (meaning 2.2-liter Turbo I-powered Dodge Shelby Charger) when all I was there to do was take a test drive of a 300 to see if I liked it better than the Toyota Avalon…which I didn’t.
I can’t even remember how many times I’ve been asked “what will it take to get you into this car today?” And if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a car salesman make a claim about a specific vehicle that was such a blatant falsehood that any kid with a car magazine subscription or Internet access could call the bluff, I feel like I could pay cash for a Maybach.
Still, my wife’s twelve-year-old Oldsmobile is in dire need of replacement. She’s going to take the 2006 Toyota Avalon, which leaves me needing another four-door sedan. Like it or not, that means car shopping and the chance of adding to the list of dealer horror stories.
Continue reading after the jump!
December 16, 2009
Turbo Yugo
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Originally named the Zastava Koral, the Yugo was an hit around the world. Turbocharging one with a swapped BMW 325 engine takes the Yugo experience to a whole new level. Read more about the turbo Yugo at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
December 9, 2009
December 7, 2009
Cool Woodie Wagon
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Sometimes the rides posted in Doing It Wrong are really doing it right. Like this woodie Bimmer wagon. I dig it. One more pic after the jump (and note that this thing is a 3-door).
November 30, 2009
The Best Gran Turismo Rig Ever – BMW E30 M3
By Ben Schaffer
The Real JDM
This is by far the best Gran Turismo game rig ever. Actually it was already one of my favorite E30 M3 BMWs before I even saw the front of it and realized that it is being used to play video games in! Garage Studie is responsible for this masterpiece. I have a feeling I’m going to need to stop by there during an upcoming trip to Japan. See the full Studie shop tour post here.
Continue reading "The Best Gran Turismo Rig Ever – BMW E30 M3" »
November 24, 2009
1,000 Horsepower BMW M3
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Turbocharged and full of mechanical goodness, the 1,000 horsepower BMW M3 is a statement of speed and tuning perfection. A quick start of the motor and the beast within breathes performance bred strictly for Autobahn domination. Read more about the 1000 horsepower BMW M3 at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
