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Well, it’s been a while now, and in that while many people’s names have been bandied about as to who The Stig really is. You’ll know him (or it) from the excellent TV programme Top Gear. It’s the driver that has astounded people time after time with his amazing skill at car control, speed and being able to wrestle any machine into doing his will.
The mystery surrounding his identity has always been a big debate amongst many a car enthusiast. Continue reading ‘Top Gear’s The Stig - Finally Revealed - Or is He?’
Although I’m at York Raceway, England, I could be in the USA right now. It’s a seriously hot day with some seriously nice muscle cars. There’s not a cloud in the sky and only the occasional patch of funny-smelling fog wafts past us. Wait, that’s not fog! It’s a heavily tuned 1960s Chevrolet Chevelle warming up its tyres. Ahh, the joy. I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning. Continue reading ‘York Raceway - UK Spring Nationals’
The Training Begins
Remember the last time you saw a supercar on a dealer forecourt? The depth of shine on them is usually so deep that you feel you could dive in and swim about in the colour.
It’s something even more than a ‘factory fresh’ look, so how on earth do they get them looking that good? I had an invitation to go on a detailing training course run by some of the best in the business, and was about to find out!
A visit to the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, only the day after a trip to the fabulous Porsche museum?
This is almost too much to take. Almost, but then again can you really have too much of a good thing when it comes to cars? We’re about to find out. Continue reading ‘Home of the Silver Arrow - A visit to the Mercedes-Benz Museum’
“Turn here! Yes, it’s definitely here. Look, there’s a Porsche 911 Turbo in the next lane to us heading down that road so it must be the right place.”
Oh flipping heck. We missed it. We were far too busy taking in the two huge Porsche buildings to notice we were in the wrong lane. We get the car turned around. This time we get it right. Continue reading ‘The Porsche Museum - A Mecca for Car Enthusiasts’
This is how they should be filmed
When adverts appear on the TV now, I have to either change the channel or turn off the sound to go and do something far more interesting for the 5 minutes or so that they are on, like stand in a corner and stare at the wallpaper pattern.
However, I love cars, and therefore will occasionally watch the commercials for them. I should say did watch them really though. They are now so boring and devoid of anything interesting at all, that I’m drawn to wallpaper pattern again. Take, for example, BMWs latest offering for their Z4. Now this is a fairly good looking car, if you get the right combination of paint colour and wheels. Continue reading ‘Car Advertisements for TV - Get Real !’
Photo Credit - tdeeken
Love cars? Well, obviously you do, that’s why you’re on this site. Anyway, carry on reading, we’ll get to the point in a minute.
If you’ve already heard of, or are a member of the (hugely) popular website Flickr, that’s great. You already know what a gold mine it is for car fans. For all of you out there that haven’t yet discovered the joys of Flickr, you’re about to strike gold.
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Guest writer Louis Galanos continues his account of the Sebring 1970 12 hour race.
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Guest writer Louis Galanos recalls being at the legendary 1970 Sebring 12 hour race where he also met the equally legendary and ultimate cool icon Steve McQueen.
#19 Ferrari 512s of Mario Andretti and Arturo Merzario side by side with the Porsche 908/02 of Steve McQueen and Peter Revson
In 1970 my fiancé and I were college students and also race officials for Sports Car Club of America.
We volunteered to work the Sebring 12-Hour race and arrived at the track two days before the race so we could get a good camping spot in the paddock as well as see some of the fabulous cars and drivers before the hoards of fans descended on the track on race day.
Once we were settled in at the paddock and got our work assignment for the race we decided to take a tour of the paddock and pits.
Continue reading ‘Guest Article: 1970 Sebring 12 Hours - A Race to Remember’
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The Beautiful Bentley Continental GT Speed
I’d arrived on a sunny morning luckily, and was able to see the Bentley sat glistening in the sun, in all its glory. What a stunningly beautiful car it is too. Continue reading ‘High Speed, High Style - The Bentley Continental GT Speed’
Part 2 - The Drive
Ah yes. The drive. Something I’d really been looking forward for a long time. How often does a person get to go in a Phantom on the road? Not very often is the obvious answer.
I’d only seen the car to photograph and sit in for the first part of the article. This time I’d come back again for the ride. You know when you’re a kid, and you know you’re going on holiday the next day, you get that feeling in your stomach and it’s hard to sleep? That’s exactly how I felt the night before. This was something special. Even non-car lovers like this Rolls-Royce. It’s the sheer presence of it that does it for them.
Continue reading ‘Rolls-Royce Phantom. Perfection. Part 2′
Koeniggsegg CCR
It’s an ever changing economy, one which is seems to heading for oblivion, and one where governments are encouraging (and nigh-on telling) car manufacturers to start looking for alternative fuels and energy sources for their vehicles. Doom and gloom encompass us from all directions in the media, and it does bring people down.
Ferrari F40
Lets change that outlook into a more positive one. In the world of exotic supercars, most of us can only dream of owning or even getting a drive in one. Still, we love to look at and listen to them. Who doesn’t stop and stare when seeing or hearing a Ferrari or Lamborghini. We’ll talk to the owners of these insanely expensive cars about them. Complete strangers that you’ve never met. It can make a dull day into one of joy.
Continue reading ‘Economic Doom and Gloom? Say Yes to more Supercars!’
CG-Lock. Fitted
The CG-Lock. What is that thing? What does it do exactly? I’d seen this piece of kit being demonstrated at a few motor shows in the past such as the MPH/Top Gear Live show and Autosport International, but I’d never had enough time to stop and take in the information about it. So when CG-Lock themselves sent me one, I was ready to have a good look at it.
First impressions. A small packet containing some bits of random-looking metal arrived, along with some information and assembly notes on the CG-Lock. I’d already been on the internet before it arrived and checked out a few videos of it in use and was impressed with how it performed on screen. Now I had the chance to test it myself. Continue reading ‘Lock Down! - CG-Lock Tested’
