Stunning red E34 M5 on M-Parallels for $21K

•March 17, 2010 • 5 Comments

55K on the odo, Dinan chip and suspension. Would you?

It looks perfectly sorted. Wheels are perfect. Ride height is perfect. To our untrained eyes, looks like it doesn’t need a single thing. On that basis, we’d be tempted, awfully tempted. What a looker.

Ebay, via German Cars For Sale Blog

Orange Alfa

•March 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Orange Alfa

Can’t recall ever seeing one, but we can dig this clean, bumperless example. We wonder if it’s possibly one of two former BaT cars?

Addendum to this post (3/24):

Here are a couple of rolling shots. Wow.

Images: Kevin Britton (top), Matthew Britton (bottom)

"Moon" (2009)

•March 16, 2010 • Comments Off on "Moon" (2009)

Taking a quick break from car stuff. We’re probably late to the party, but here’s a film we enjoyed immensely recently.

This is one of the more compelling things we have seen in recent memory. It’s also beautifully scored and filmed. Described as “indie sci-fi” by director Duncan Jones (random trivia: Jones is the son of David Bowie), one certainly doesn’t need to be a fan of science fiction (we aren’t) or independent film to enjoy this. Recommended.

"We're here as tourists today"

•March 16, 2010 • 1 Comment

Go for a ride with Best Motoring‘s Gan-san (black loafers, white socks and all) as he navigates touristenfahrten Ring traffic behind the wheel of an S2K prototype.

(via drivr.be)

God, we love this

•March 16, 2010 • 3 Comments

1. It’s low
2. It’s wide
3. It’s green

What’s not to love?

We keep telling ourselves we need to do something on the 914-6 someday. Soon…

Image via tcl.

S14

•March 16, 2010 • Comments Off on S14

Here’s some E30 M3-related engineporn. Nice.

Mini on Porsche 944 "Phone Dials"

•March 15, 2010 • 5 Comments

Very distinctive wheels- has that ’80s look, but also looks oddly timeless at the same time. But on a Mini? With that bulldog stance, we think it works.

Image: konkyphotography.com (via tcl)

Winter light

•March 15, 2010 • Comments Off on Winter light

One reason why winter is great for photographer types: the quality of the light is absolutely superb. Here’s one such example.

As much as we enjoy driving in the white stuff, though, we’re looking forward to the start of the summer driving season.

Images: John Rampton/www.car-photographer.co.uk

Assorted grab bag of stuff we like

•March 15, 2010 • 8 Comments

No further commentary necessary, so let’s get right to it.

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Cinematic cars: Ferrari 308 GTS and Porsche 911 SC Cabrio in "Against All Odds" (1984)

•March 14, 2010 • 5 Comments

Hollywood loves to portray nouveau riche southern California guys in Porsches and Ferraris driving like complete douchebags. And it doesn’t get much douchier than what James Woods’ and Jeff Bridges’ characters are doing here, spawning countless imitators (on and off both big and small screens) in the process, as well as prompting the question, does life imitate art, or does art imitate life?

It does make for some mildly entertaining cinema, though.