Car Stuff

  • When a Diesel Van Takes on Nurburgring

    Top Gear Ford Transit Nurburgring Sabine Shmitz is an astoundingly gifted driver.  This episode of Top Gear is when Jeremy does a lap in his diesel sedan in less than 10 minutes and his instructor, Sabine, is not impressed… Here is… Continue reading

  • The One That Started It All

    Porsche911 Getaway In Stockholm This is the original. In case you have never heard or seen it.  A Porsche 911 baits some Swedish Police to chase it (in a Volvo?) as it films itself driving the streets around Stockholm. In… Continue reading

  • The Shocking Truth About Car Batteries

    For most of us it is sitting under the hood, a black cube with a couple of large cables connected to it.  Certainly not as exciting as the engine.  The only time we consider its existence is when it fails… Continue reading

  • 2007 Indy 500 – the bronze badge

    It looks like this will be my practice run before my real road trip.  I will take some time off the week of May 21 and drive up to Indianapolis and the famous speedway. Friday, May 25 is “Carb Day”… Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 3

    Hey, aren’t we done yet? I don’t know if cars are ever done, but tomorrow we return this little gem back to the owner.  During all the service and care and feeding the owner was kept up to date on… Continue reading

  • How About Some Help Here

    Folks – I am planning a long road trip around the US and I would appreciate your input.  The purpose of this trip is to get to see some of this big country of ours and not spend the majority… Continue reading

  • This is for Esteban

    Red Bull Racing on public roads in Sao Paulo I wish it had been dry! Continue reading

  • What to do with that old Chevy

    OK, you’ve got this 1965 Chevy Impala that is sitting there with a 350 HP V8 but it is just not tripping your trigger.  What do you do? How about handing it over to the folks at Galpin Auto Sports… Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 2

    This 1996 Miata is a really great car.  After doing the brakes and cleaning up the combustion chambers and intake of carbon it was time to really go over all the maintenance items. We flushed the anti-freeze, changed all the… Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 1

      The latest resident of Jim’s Garage is a beautiful Mazda Miata.  It is a 1996 with just under 33,000 miles on it.  The owner had already had some modifications done primarily to the suspension a few years back.  It… Continue reading