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  • 2010 in review

    The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year.… Continue reading

  • The Three Wise Acres from Top Gear Manage to Offend!

    Somehow the Boxing Day special of UK’s Top Gear managed to offend – muslims! Continue reading

  • Top Gear America – TG in the USA

    Last weekend I watched the premier episode of the BBC’s production of the US version of Top Gear.  The History Channel is the host network and its basic form and format is familiar to anyone who has followed the original… Continue reading

  • The Toyota Pickup – an AK-47 on wheels

    Known in other parts of the world as the Toyota Hilux it is bar far the most popular vehicle for most rebels and insurgents.  Top Gear staff noticed that the truck was a constant in many news videos of conflicted… Continue reading

  • The Missing Bullitt Charger – it is getting closer

    Arnold has been making great progress and has released these photos.   The wiring is in along with the brake system.  New tires are on as well as the famous wheel covers.  There are a few more details and then the… Continue reading

  • Car Memories

    I think the strongest memory of cars for me is the MG TD that my father drove.  I was four years old when I first sat in the passenger seat.  The smell of an old English car still brings back… Continue reading

    Car Memories

  • A New Heart

      This year you have seen me invest in a new paint job and a set of wheels and tires for my 1992 Toyota Pickup.  I even chose it to convey me on my recent road trip to Cape Cod… Continue reading

  • Bumps in the Road

    The other day I got a phone call from a friend with a concern about his Subaru Legacy GT Spec B.  I had helped him improve the handling with some better springs, Whiteline roll center correction kit, and some nice… Continue reading

  • Who’s Driving?

    Its 2012 and you’ve just bought yourself the latest and sportiest version of a “whatevermobile” and you can’t wait to show it to your executive buddies and trophy girl friend. It has the latest stability control and an LCD instrument… Continue reading

  • Italian Day in Raleigh, NC

    The first Saturday of the month Raleigh has an informal car show at Briar Creek. Legend has it that it started as a get-together for owners of Italian cars – hence the name.  Lamborghini, Ferrari, Fiat, etc. car owners would… Continue reading