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Selling a Historic Race Car

Well, the time has come for me to sell my semi-famous historic vintage race car. It has raced *tens* of miles at such locations like Sebring and the grand Daytona International Speedway™. So why do I have it? I have no self control. This is a 1988 Nissan 300ZX, dawning the classic colors of bright…
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Mercedes F1 Shaving Drivers Before Race To Save Weight

Soon after revealing their livery, Mercedes has decided that the weight savings has not gone far enough. “We’ve run countless simulations around our virtual test track, and found that we have yet to notice a significant enough lap time delta after shedding 5 grams off from not having a full livery.”, one engineer stated. The…
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2014 Honda Pilot – Basically a Pagani Huayra

From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona Hear me out. Peeling back the layers of a car to society’s most basic perception of it, there is a special commonality between Honda’s long-standing family hauler and the winged V12 monster from Modena. A substantial part of my life thus far has been spent in the front…
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2022 Corolla SE Hatch – Rollin’ in da ‘Rolla

It’s a rental Corolla. You know the drill by now. So to preface the story of automotive negligence and abuse, how’s about a little bit of actual information eh? The 2022 Corolla SE is a perfectly fine little car. The paint quality is nice upon inspection, the revamped styling over the prior generation makes the…
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Nissan Reveals New Restoration Project…

Nissan has been on a kick recently restoring historic and important Nissan cars through their “”NISMO restored car” program. After completing a beautiful BNR32 last year, performing a full chassis-down restoration, they’ve focused their energy on another historic Nissan… The Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet was made in 2011 and a mere 6,000 were ever produced. This…
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Toyota Developed GT3 Car Looking for Parents

Toyota stunned the world last year revealing the GR GT3, a brand new platform designed specifically for GT3 regulations. However, Toyota is still figuring out it’s hardest detail: “Developing a race car was the easy part,” a Toyota representative told us, “however figuring out what exactly we’ve created has been fairly difficult”. A team of…
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In The Defense of Simple Cars

From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona Every car is brought into this world with purposes. Multiple, sometimes countless intentions of function, form, and a method to convey each. But in the end, at the mercy of the general public, each will be remembered a certain way. Machines have identities, souls, and traits that the…
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2018 Ford Fusion AWD Platinum – My shower today was more interesting.

Yet another rental, I drove this though southern Alabama to Pensacola, FL. It’s a perfectly fine lump of transportation, but you will be bored to death by its mediocrity. There is however, one major little thing that will piss me off to no end with that car. I’d like to preface this with a statement…




