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News
22/03/16
Henry Ford was born in a farm in Dearborn, Michigan, North America on the 30th of July, 1863. When he was young, he always loved technology that was around. He befriended the people who ran the steam engines. And he taught himself how to fix watches. He also used the watch fixing as a guide to learn the principles of designing all sorts of machines. He was a keen leader, and learnt most things by trial and error. In 1879, at the age of 16, he moved out of his family’s farm, to work at an automobile company, which made trains and rail cars in Detroit.
News
22/03/16
What could possibly go wrong? I help to organise https://coventrymotofest.com/ with a bunch of other petrolheads, it’s FREE to visit and I get to close the public roads in the centre of Coventry so we can run all sorts of interesting stuff. Like racing trucks. Google it, it’s really quite cool, AND - you can win two tickets to the British Truck GP - see the Motofest site for details. Here’s the blah blah blah;
Opinion
21/03/16
1.Flume- Sleepless feat. Jezzabell Doran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-yAX9ijuM An awesome rhythmic track with a great beat and positive vibes. Perfect for summer cruising. 2. Jamie xx- Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7gmVWgEpRc
BMW 1-series Forum
21/03/16
Just found this on Google. Should be useful: Active Cruise-Control ACC 158 Active Cruise Control Disabled, Sensor Error ACC 238 Active Cruise Control Disabled, Hill Descent ACC 441 Cruise Control Deactivated ACC 442 Vehicle may Roll Away ACC 443 Vehicle Rolling Away ACC 483 Active Cruise Control Temporarily Disabled Crash Safety Module ACSM 76 Crash Safety Module ACSM 434 Seat Calibration Required Active Front Steering AFS 70 Servotronic Failed AFS 273 Active Steering Fault AFS 321 Active Steering Deactivated
Garage
21/03/16
Maserati GranCabrio Sport by Vilner “If only Maserati could produce an interior of this quality that looked even half as spectacular.” Maserati GranCabrio Sport by Vilner “I’ve always adored the car from the moment I got it. It shares a lot of technologies with Ferrari, but the largely vinyl interior has always been easily damaged and degraded. The new interior by Vilner is simply wonderful. If only Maserati could produce an interior of this quality that looked even half as spectacular. It finally has an inside to match the outside.“
Supercars and Hypercars
20/03/16
Canada’s Unkown Supercar When you think about Canada, you think of maple syrup, politeness, but definitely not supercar . Here’s the story of a Canadian supercar that not many people know about.
Opinion
20/03/16
Yesterday, after reading a Jalopnik article about a car called the DAWB 6, I went to this museum. It is situated just outside Belfast, and it also hosts Cultra Hillclimb once a year. As well as cars, there are many trains, trams, buses, and even a couple of aeroplanes, most of which were used in Ireland For me, most of the train stuff wasn’t very interesting, but there was this railcar, which would have been used throughout Ulster. It is actually just a bus with a couple of modifications, meaning it was very cheap to make. And it’s the most comfortable bus I’ve ever sat in.
General
19/03/16
I believe the worst nightmare of any car enthusiast is when you’re just minding your own business, and suddenly the police is in your rearview mirror. If you live in a country where the laws are strict, anything is a go when they’re writing you a ticket. But the police has some cool cars of their own: It’s now all boring VWs and Skodas, or the old tales of Fiat Cromas still being used. Whether they are a secret weapon against fellons, or impounded cars turned into police cruisers, check out some of the mean machines that the Portuguese police forces use every day!
Concept Cars
18/03/16
When you think of Mazda, you probably think about rotary engines. And when you think about rotary engines, then you probably think about fire-breathing RX-7’s or the 1991 Le Mans-winning 787B. To honour its international motorsports heritage and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the rotary engine, Mazda came up with a very extreme concept car; the Mazda Furai. A car named after the sound of the wind.
Readers' Reviews
18/03/16
I was never really a bike guy. I never had a bike before. When I was a student in Indonesia, I use a car or sometimes a public transport, in Australia (college), I had a Subaru RS. In my entire life, I’ve only ridden a bike around 5 times on a public road, the rest is probably on a track. In all honesty, I had a trauma of riding bikes and that was because I fell off a Harley (don’t know what kind). But that all changed around 2 days ago when I finally bought my first very own bike, a BMW S1000R.
Opinion
17/03/16
In the recent list of worst American cars over the years, this sparked my interest to see if (contrary to popular CarThrottle opinion) there were bad cars to come out of Japan. I have thoroughly tested all of these cars with science. What kind of science you ask? Chemistry, biology, astronomy, you name it. I know the comments will be filled of “This car should’ve been!!” or “Why isn’t/is this on there!!!” or “Rabble Rabble Rabble!!”.
Rally
16/03/16
The final part of a new series featuring extracts from the Toivonen Family book. I would defiantly recommend with book not only to any Toivonen fans but rallying fans in general. Hopefully this will give you an insight to one of the sports greatest drivers. Enjoy Credit Toivonen Book by Esa Illoninen published by Mcklein
Garage
16/03/16
ENGINE: • RSP forged bottom end with Eagle rods & RIPS baffled sump • (HEAD) Ported inlet & exhaust ports + ported inner inlet ports + cut down valve guides + squish removed, Bigger Valves, Tomei solid lifter + valve springs & retainers + Head drain kit. • Jun 270 duration + 10.25 lift cams • RB26 Cam covers with Tomei baffles • Japspeed front mount intercooler • HKS S40i spark plugs • Link G4+ ECU + HKS Twin spark • Anti-lag, launch control, flat shift • RSP induction kit + custom intake box • Rising sun alloy intake pipe
Garage
16/03/16
Engine: Fully forged Laskey racing k24, Manley rods, CP pistons, ACL Race bearings. K20A Rick Woods CnC race ported head, Ferrea Competition+ valves, Ferrea bronze guides, BC springs, BC retainers. AT Power internally driven dry sump system & AT Power custom tank APR head studs, OEM k24 head gasket. FD2 / Euro R cam combination (to suit charger) RRC ported 70mm inlet manifold, Skunk2 70mm Throttle body. Tullet exhaust system from manifold to tailpipe (centre exit in titanium)
Gaming
16/03/16
Video game vehicles have become a large part of the car community, with some games even introducing certain vehicles to the main stream. From first person shooters, to racing games, and even non-racing games with cars the list of amazing vehicles is huge. But what are the ten best video game vehicles? Please be aware that while some vehicles on this list have been included in films, for the purposes of this list I am focusing on it’s inclusion in video games. Keep this in mind before saying anything about a certain entry on this list cough cough #6 cough .
Opinion
16/03/16
My passion for cars motivates me, and when my passion runs endlessly then motivation comes a lot easier.
Concept Cars
15/03/16
When people think of a limousine, they probably think about a big, luxurious and comfortable like car, like a Mercedes S-class or a Rolls Royce or a BMW 760Li… When people think of powerful engines, they often think about race cars, sports cars or supercars… As you probably know, many manufacturers use motorsport-inspired technologies to develop and sell cars. Well, Peugeot does so, but in 2006 they did it in a very odd way.
Opinion
15/03/16
The Lexus LFA is a engineering master piece from japan & here are a few things I love about it. #BlogPost Two separate ducts route intake noise into the firewall from the intake manifold, allowing two different octaves of engine music to penetrate the passenger compartment. As a result, the LFA’s engine note dominates the driving experience.
Supercars and Hypercars
15/03/16
For 69 years people have been bewildered by the essence that is Ferrari. The Italian auto-manufacturer that was every childs go to dream car. Lamborghini who? Over the many, many years Ferrari have built an exceptional variety of Supercars. The most recognised of which be there mid-engined cars we’ve all come to know and love such as the F40, the Enzo, the 458 and 488 and over the past three years we had the member of the holy trinity… La Ferrari.
General
15/03/16
So I was reading some laws concerning lowering my car and it just occurred to me why Denmark sucks as a car country. I’ll try to justify that statement in the following. Also fell free to comment on how you think your country is worse. First of all, when you buy a new car from a dealership in Denmark you pay a wopping 180% of the cars retail price in tax. This is somewhat the reason why we are a nation of secondhand cars. This applies to electric cars and motorcycles as well.
Opinion
14/03/16
Ok. Inspired from someone’s post about top 10 best American cruisers, I have made the European version of this, as I’m a Euro car fan. This is my first blog post. But, sorry for the quality given (maybe the quality of the post is too s * ).
Drift
13/03/16
Watching drifting is like watching someone almost lose control and have an accident. Watching people twin drift just makes the accident appear even more inevitable. Which makes it even more incredible when both cars make it out in one piece. For those of you who don’t know, that’s what twin drifting (twinning) is. In competition the drivers will first qualify on their own, and then the top 16 will battle against each other, so two cars will be on the track at once trying to mirror or overtake the lead driver.
Gaming
13/03/16
My Favourite Modern GT Car:2014 Lamborghini #18 DragonSpeed Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo
S197 Mustang Forum
13/03/16
One thing we all love as car enthusiasts is the beautiful sound of engines, let them range from smaller 4-cylinders to roaring V12’s. As such, I decided to upgrade my 2013 Mustang V6 by getting a set of axle-back mufflers from a company by the name of Trident Motorsports.