Automobiles

  • The Self-Healing Car

    It may start out as a squeak or a clunk, but it only happens sometimes.  Maybe the brake pedal isn’t quite as firm as it once was.  When it rains it seems to be more sensitive to puddles, as the… Continue reading

  • BMW Design Stretches the Imagination

    This is a very interesting design project by BMW design.  I’ll let the video talk for itself.  I think its a great concept. Continue reading

  • About My Evolution VIII MR

      Starting with a 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR my quest was to put together a high performance street car that I could take to a road racing track and find out what it was made of. This entry… Continue reading

  • How to Save Lots of Gas

    If you really want to reduce your fuel costs then don’t drive.  Simple, but true, try walking, biking or talking someone else into using their gas. If you are going to drive your own car and use your own fuel… Continue reading

  • VIR – Playing Hooky

    I spent half of this past Tuesday and all of Wednesday and Thursday enjoying the rolling hills of Virginia International Raceway this week.  I am going to follow up with a more comprehensive piece on the time spent there, but… Continue reading

  • Let’s Rescue Danica from Herself

    CART and IRL have merged, or rather CART has tanked and IRL agreed to pick up the pieces: drivers, teams and all.  The IRL is now living by the golden rule – he that has the gold makes the rules. … Continue reading

  • This is one Splinter you will Like

    Just off a country road and tucked into the woods north of Durham, North Carolina, the spirit of the deHavilland Mosquito has been rekindled.  This time it will be taking to the roads and not the skies.  Prior to the… Continue reading

  • Does Speed Kill?

    A better way to put this situation is that it’s not how fast you are going as much as how fast are you stopping.  The human body can only take so much deceleration before it ends up injured.  In an… Continue reading

  • The Evolving Story of the Evolution MR

      The Evolution is going through more changes.  True to its name it is evolving into a car that capitalizes upon its starting point and is becoming more of what it is.  So what is the Mitsubishi Evolution?  Its heart… Continue reading

  • NCSU Supercar – Wood You Believe

      A car is being designed and built by a group of NCSU (North Carolina State University) students lead by a 27 year old graduate student by the name of Joe Harmon.  But this is no ordinary car.  It is… Continue reading