Cars

  • The Hard Reality of Time

     With intense determination I had decided to fulfill my dream of driving on a road racing track with a high performance car that I had developed myself.  I had raced in autocrosses when I was much younger, back in the… Continue reading

  • Tis the Season

     It is that season when we move our minds to just what kind of present we can get for that car nut that we know. Here are a few suggestions that you can wrap your budget around. Books: One suggestion… Continue reading

  • Project Legacy GT SpecB – part 2

    This week we had a visit from a car that we had worked on some before.  It is Ted’s 2006 Subaru Legacy GT SpecB.  This is quite an interesting car from Subaru.  It comes with a lot of luxury items… Continue reading

  • The US According to Jim’s Garage

     Crude oil prices are creeping to the $100 a barrel and OPEC is upping production because they realize that they must be careful not to exceed the market’s ability to absorb fossil fuel’s impact upon our citizens’ ability to pay… Continue reading

  • Fast Cars Driven by Fast Drivers

    CRT | Amazing fast driver kills 31 cars in ONE lap! What I really like about this is the driving… Continue reading

  • Tango via YouTube

    Tango EV Electric Sports Car Here is a video of the Tango with a presentation on the attributes. Continue reading

  • Volvo P1800 – What do you do after 2.6 million miles?

      I’ll be frank and let you know right from the start that I have little or no love for Volvos.  With perhaps a single exception (a sedan from the 60’s that Noel owned) I have found them to be… Continue reading

  • The Lone Wolf is Ready for the Semi-Finals

      Back a few entries we showed a project car that was entered in this year’s DARPA Challenge.  It is based on Lotus Elise donated by Lotus Cars and being developed by a group known as Insight Racing in North… Continue reading

  • Lunch with Chris Szwedo

                          “In the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, far from the pace of the Interstates, is a place that is as private and hidden as its ability to capture the adrenaline in our imagination. Where every year men and women gather… Continue reading

  • Bonneville Salt Flats 2007 – A DSM Diary

      Photo by Thomas “Porkpie” Graf, Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved A good friend of mine has an AWD Eagle Talon with nearly 300,000 miles on it.  His daily driver is also used as a Bonneville racer.  Here is his tale… Continue reading