Category Archive: General Discussion

Jan 02

Buying a used car part 1: the visuals

Buying a used car can be a great way to get a great car at a reasonable price. The advantage of buying a used car over a new car is that you can often get a fairly new car, with low mileage for significantly less then what a new car would cost. However when buying …

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Jan 01

CAR OF THE YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone!  It’s time to announce the 2011 car of the year.  drum roll please! The Lamborghini Aventador. Why?  Just look at it.  If there were any doubts that the decades old deal with Audi would tame down Lambo they are all gone now.  Behold the new poster for children everywhere.

Dec 31

Intercoolers

Okay, let’s talk about the Intercooler. Possibly the most argued about, and misunderstood, car component there is, short of the humble blow-off valve (which we’ll discuss another time). The internal combustion engine that we all know and love is known by industrial engineers and science-types as a heat engine. The torque that a car engine …

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Dec 30

Friday random thoughts and news

It’s the last Friday of the year and I had an idea.  Instead of three or four posts covering some news topics, maybe I should just make one, with smaller tid bits in them.  That way, you don’t to wade through several news posts to get to the reviews and other stuff here.  Genius! Have …

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Dec 29

If there was one gallon of gas left in the world….

An interesting topic came up the other day and it was if you had in your possession the last gallon of gas in the world, and had access to any car what car would you choose? Let’s ponder this for a little bit.  Would you want something that gets good fuel economy to stretch your …

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