Rarely does a product come around that is both utterly ridiculous and friggin’ cool at the same time…but this little gizmo looks like it might just be one of those products.  It turns your wimpy 4-cylinder into a fire-breathing V8.  It’s a little electronic device that plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter and transmits V8 [...]

With all of the heat that Toyota is getting for unintended acceleration caused by gas pedal problems, I just had to post this picture that I came across on QuattroWorld.    Too funny!

Saab has been saved from closing down at the eleventh hour by a Spyker Cars, which has struck a deal to buy the ailing Swedish carmaker from GM for an initial $74m in cash.
While I’ve never personally owned a Saab (nor do I ever foresee myself owning one in the future), I respect the automaker’s [...]

You know you’re a ‘car-guy’ when you take parts that are lying around in your garage and turn them into furniture to display in your home.    Something tells me the skilled craftsmen who built these items aren’t married.
Here are a few of our favorites:
Engine Block Coffee Table

Crankshaft Lamp

Wheel Coffee Table (it’s a 14″ wide [...]

As I read through the coverage of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show on the popular automotive blogs (Jalopnik, Autoblog, etc), it’s abundantly clear that the most popular blog post isn’t about a car at all….it’s about the lovely ladies that stand next to the cars.  And car makers aren’t stupid…they know to put the models [...]

For those of you who don’t mind a little political opinion sprinkled in with your car shows/movies, I recommend that you check out ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’.   It’s an interesting documentary that looks at the demise of the General Motors EV1.     The major question that the film tries to answer is who is to [...]

There are certain tools that every weekend mechanic simply must have in their toolbox.    A good shop light, a good torque wrench and a good car jack are among those must-have items.    Another item that I couldn’t live without is a magnetic pick-up tool.   Whenever I work on my car, I always drop a screw [...]

I came across something disturbing today……the government has posted a list of vehicles that we’re submitting for the Car Allowance Rebate System, commonly known as the ”Cash for Clunkers’ program.   The engines in these cars have been destroyed by filling the oil tanked with sodium silicate solution, which basically seizes all of the moving parts.
I [...]

With all of the over-the-top eye candy at SEMA, it’s really hard to stand out from the pack.   I couldn’t help but notice these crazy tires developed by Resilient Technologies, who has been working with the military to build a tire that is impervious to bullets and other explosive devices that military Hummers endure.  They [...]