Sports Cars
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A Balanced Approach – on to the brakes
As I mentioned earlier it is great to go fast, but such a relief to be able to stop or slow down when you really need to. Hydraulic brakes have made some big improvements over the years. The transition from… Continue reading
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Let’s have a … Fiesta!
Back in 1977 Ford tried their hand at a world car. They were aiming squarely at the market that Volkswagon’s Rabbit and in a lot of ways they had developed a winner. In the early seventies the American automobile industry… Continue reading
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Car Movies
This should piss a few folks off. Naming the top car movies always stirs up quite a bit of debate. Here is my list. But first let me explain. Favorite car movies are not just movies with cars in them,… Continue reading
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Cars and Life
It didn’t sink in at first. I was too busy trying to learn and unlearn. It was the first time I participated in an HPDE (high performance driving experience) event. I was not a complete novice. After all, I had… Continue reading
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About the Photograph in the Header
Enough folks have asked about the photo in the header that I thought I had better explain about it. The red car in front is mine. Or at least it was mine at the time. It was a 1997 Mitsubishi… Continue reading
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Helping Out
One of the guys at work was looking for a new car. He was interested in finding something sporty with performance. He had heard about the Subaru WRX and the Evolution from Mitsubishi. I told him I could take him… Continue reading
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Jim’s Garage
Welcome to Jim’s Garage. This is mainly about cars, but not just cars. It is also about life. That’s because, since the beginning of the twentieth century, our lives have become more and more intertwined with the automobile. I grew up… Continue reading
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