Our philosophy: never let a proper snowstorm go to waste 🙂
Enjoying some quality outdoor time before the start of our day
•February 10, 2010 • Comments Off on Enjoying some quality outdoor time before the start of our dayRather impressive car control skills on display here
•February 9, 2010 • 5 CommentsEarly 911 being wrung through the 2009 Historic Six Hours of Spa. The amount of constant fractional steering input adjustments that need to be made to this short-wheelbase, tail-happy classic sports car with no power-adjusted steering is rather incredible.
Via Crank and Piston
Eye candy: Alfa MiTo GTA
•February 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Eye candy: Alfa MiTo GTAJust a render, but what a fine one. The wheels (reminiscent of the 997 Carrera S factory options) are too big (bigger ≠always better), but we’ll let it slide in light of the overall sexiness. A consummate hot hatch.
Reader Tom sent in these photos after the snowstorm in the mid-Atlantic
•February 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Reader Tom sent in these photos after the snowstorm in the mid-AtlanticHere’s an example of someone doing it right.
Well played!
See the rest of the set (and Tom’s commentary) here.
A small selection of cars from the Ring
•February 9, 2010 • 1 CommentFrom the always great nordschleifenfan…
You might remember this beastly 993:
(Here was the other view- the one that other cars are more likely to see.)
Looks hot, but what is it? We believe it’s a RHD Ford Sierra Saphire (British):
This purpose-built Z4 [M] CoupĂ© is stanced to perfection (and makes us want one pretty badly), but we’d love to see it without the luchador livery:
The perfect single all-around car? E92 M3 (though what we’d really love is an E91). We’re really digging the look of this example, too, with the Melbourne Red paint, blackened kidney grilles, and anthracite (black?) wheels:
Ring taxis and a GT3 RS caught in a train:
Photos: nordschleifenfan
Aussies hooning the piss out of a W109 300SEL 6.3
•February 8, 2010 • 4 CommentsOffered without comment (we will withhold judgment).
If you ever wondered what a precocious 10-year-old's car control skills were like behind the wheel of a GT3 RS..
•February 8, 2010 • 1 Comment..here’s your answer.
The gist, from what we were able to piece together on the Internets: dad runs a mechanical shop and performance driving school. The brothers, ages 10 and 14, get as much seat time as they want in dad’s cars (997 GT3, GT3 RS and so on) and also perform simple tasks on the P-cars that come into the shop. Dad wants to start the boys’ performance driving training young, and they get full support from both parents.
Must be nice.
(via drivr.be)
Assorted grab bag of stuff we like
•February 8, 2010 • 7 Comments
Cinematic cars: Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 from “Lost Highway” (1997)
•February 7, 2010 • Comments Off on Cinematic cars: Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 from “Lost Highway” (1997)Couple of good scenes comes from David Lynch’s “Lost Highway.”
Robert Loggia’s character may have been preaching about the rules of the road in “Lost Highway”, but no drunk driver or Cincinnati DUI attorney would ever have driven the way he did.
Guest contributor: Brandon Miller on his Five and Dime
•February 5, 2010 • 9 Comments
I had wanted an E34 5-Series BMW since I saw my first one in high school. While looking for ideas on mods, I found one for sale, and I finally decided to pull the trigger. I contacted the owner, who parked it in his garage until I could get the funds together. After a few weeks, she was mine.
Motoring Con Brio 