Category: Cars

I’ve never seen a real one in real life, but these are so cool. I didn’t know the story behind them or that they did models other than the Golf.

Walking around downtown Walnut Creek and found the Tesla dealer… yeah, I’ll take one for me, and one for the Mrs. pleez.

NPR ‘Car Talk’ host Tom Magliozzi dies at 77 | syracuse.com. Aw, man. RIP. CarTalk was one of my gateway drugs for NPR. ps, his obituary is also a delightful read.

Can’t unsee….

Caught a review of this on Top Gear the other night. Mercedes-Benz to Produce Limited Run of G63 AMG 6x6s—Just Not for America - Photo Gallery of Car News from Car and Driver - Car Images. PS - be …

Why yes, you can pay off my old lease 2 months early and give me a way nicer model for the same monthly payment. 2014 Mazda6 Touring Hello to my new, far less boring ride. Highlights: Mmm, rich …

Well, it used to be secret. 5 mile straightaway, whoa! Super-Secret Volkswagen Test Track — Google Sightseeing.

For the last week, I’ve been rolling out in a 2013 Mazda3 hatch, while my regular ride (‘11 Mazda6) gets some body work sorted out at the dealer. I test drove a Mazda3 before I got my Mazda6 and found …

Add a body kit, some choice accessories, and blam, super car! Sub5ZeroTop 20 Replica Cars. Interesting, I didn’t know the Ferrari in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was a fake.

I’m not sure why, but some of the most exotic cars I’ve seen in person, are at my local grocery store. Today, it was a Maserati Ghibli. The configurator on the site doesn’t include pricing …

A little old, but impressive none-the-less.

Maybe you’ve heard of figure 8 racing before… But how about with school buses? 21 buses at a time. Bring on the mayhem! With zillion similar videos on youTube, I think I can now cancel cable.

nice!

Looks like a Prius to me…

First, returning to my car in the garage, yesterday, I found the guy parking behind pressed his license plate holder into my rear bumper (cars were still touching.) Enough to leave a mark and probably …

Mom Drives A 900 Horsepower Mitsubishi. I’m pretty sure my Mom never got up to 140. Like the comment that she was disappointed she couldn’t get it into 5th gear because there was too much traffic.

Micro Mayhem! from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios on Vimeo. I recently acquired IStopMotion. I don’t suspect that I’ll be able to make anything of that caliber, but hope to make something marginally …

 Kombi’s last rites: How a camper van changed the travel world | CNN Travel. Whoa, I didn’t know they were still building ’em. Crazy.

Only 10 more horsepower? Come on, lets do something to warrant the stripes.

Coming to US in 2014, the GSR special edition.

Guessing that’s probably not possible on 2013 Beetles.

Finally got caught up on maintenance for the wife’s Jetta. New wheel bearings in the front and replacement trunk latch in the rear. $922! Yikes, I forgot how expensive VWs are to keep. Thankfully, …

Slick!

Edd China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. from Wheeler Dealers on the Velocity channel.

Recently, the lease on my trusty Passat ran out. I tried hard to get another VW, but it didn’t pan out. There’s no 2011 Passat (new for 2012), couldn’t get to the payment I wanted on a Jetta …

Interesting, VW is making pondering a new performance version of the CC (via). The enhancement is via a new 3 stage turbo that lets you dial in your fuel economy versus performance; nifty idea. On the …

Some interesting video of the Top Gear guys running a Bugatti Veyron all the way up to its maximum speed of 253 mph. Interesting facts: To safely get up to the top speed they needed a straightaway of …

A bunch of fun videos regarding VWs this week: VW vs. Toyota Soccer Top Gear rocks. See the I-Go vs. the Fox. V-Dubsrock Part 1 Hehe. “This amplifier has airbags…” With Nigel Tufnel from This Is …

Phew! Had my court date for that tinted window and license plate cover violation yesterday. After waiting about an hour for my turn to come up it was pretty much a non-event. The judge asked me what I …

Figured it was probably better to get legal faster than worrying about some glue stuck to my window. So, last night, I detinted the front passenger window. This one was a little harder to get started, …

Recently, my 8 year string of good luck came to an end and I got a ticket for illegal tint on my front windows. It was one of those traffic safety checkpoints. I thought I’d be OK (as I’m pretty sure …

USA Today reports (via) that the VW Safe Happens commercials (see my related post) are really paying off: Requests for brochures up 37% at call centers Requests for brochures up 56% on their website …

VW recently announced (via) that they’re bringing back the Rabbit name for the car currently known as Golf. I’m looking to economize a bit in my next set of wheels, and enjoyed my previous Golf so …

Even weirder than the freaky gti commercials (who are done by the same ad agency as the burger king ‘king’ series; like this), I caught this commercial hilighting jetta safety. Wow, really gets your …

New York Times had some pointers to cool Dukes of Hazzard cars: ‘69 Charger Replicas Pick up yours for about $32 grand. 2006 Charger Painted up like the General Cool step by step pictures. Loved the …

Jinkies, if the Chrysler 300C wasn’t powerful enough for you, stay tuned for the new SRT-8 high performance version. The regular v8 is rated for 340Hp (for reference, that’s twice as much as my Passat …

I heard previously that some dealers are giving used (just off lease) cars away with the purchase of a new car to reduce their inventories. The article below goes to the next step, giving away low …