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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

MYSTERY CAR



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CAR OF THE WEEK

Mazda 787b



This car won the 24 hours of LeMans in 1991 in such a dominant fashion that it's rotary engine was banned at the end of the 1991 season. In my opinion, this is one of the best sounding cars of all time, both at idle...


And at full speed...

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Why I love cars...

Most people don't love cars, most people think of cars as an appliance, a tool that's used for going to the store or taking the kids to soccer practice, I'm not one of these people, I'm different... Cars excite me in a way that's hard to explain to someone who drives a mini-van or a 2002 sedan, usually in beige, there are lots of reasons to love the Ferrari 458 for instance.
 
Driving a Ferrari is an experience, from the way it sounds and looks, to the exclusivity and the way it must feel to explore what a true sports car is actually like at illegal speeds, or just cruising around town and watching peoples mouths fall open. You can experience almost any emotion when it comes to cars. The excitement of a Porsche Boxter in the middle of a high speed corner...
 
The comfort and opulence of a Rolls Royce...
The pure speed of a McLaren P1

Or pure beauty...

I like cars because I like mechanical things, and loud noises, and shiny things, and things that go fast, and things that look cool, and things that make me look cool around girls, and things that make other people jealous. Sometimes though the best cars don't go 200 miles per hour or cost a million dollars, sometimes its about the memories and the moments.
No one cares about a silver 1995 Subaru wagon... right? I do, I learned to drive in it, I almost wrecked it and lived to tell the tale, that car represented freedom at age 16, the joys of pre adulthood. To me it was a member of the family and it made me sad when it left for a newer model even though the new one was technically a better car. The new car didn't matter though, it didn't matter because it didn't make me feel as good. I didn't love it, and it's really hard to explain why... 


Tuesday, March 24, 2015

MYSTERY CAR




Can anybody figure out what this car is?

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Car of the Week


CAR OF THE WEEK
3/23 - 3/27
2015



Our first ever car of the week is one that holds a special place in my heart, the 1937 Chevy. Both my Dad and I currently own one of these and we had a family member who also owned an all original example.



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