Gurminder Bains

The concept of restoring and modifying iconic cars is not an entirely new idea, its something that has been done by the likes of NISMO and HKS, even manufactuers have taken this onboard and developed their own performance subrands such as AMG and the M-Division.

Hi, I’m Gurminder and you’ve got a problem that I can sort. You wanna know what your problem is? You’ve spent too much time reading mediocre drivel, thinking that its good. It’s a tragic story, no one has taken the time to help you learn about the things you and I love, cars. Now because I’m nice, I’m going to help you out, so sit back relax and read.

Running. It’s actually quite good for you, and if your good enough you can make a decent living out of it. Some people run to get healthier, some run for fun and some run to clear their heads. I run for all those reasons and more, I run because it gives me a chance to listen to my music and it gives me a chance to spot some of the great cars on the British roads.

Hello and welcome once again to Generations Of… If you remember last time we were exploring my favourite series of cars, the beast from the east, which is of course the Nissan Skyline. In this second series we are moving not far from Japan, in fact we are going down under to the land of the Kangaroo and of course the Dingo, but were not here to list the animals and creepy crawlies of Australia that’s David Attenborough’s job. We’re here to talk about the other thing they are known for… No not drinking, I mean cars!

Welcome, to what is something that I’ve wanted to do since I declared to myself that the R34 was no longer my baby, what is my baby is the Nissan Skyline GTS-R a car that is so underappreciated that even though only 800 cars were made prices for these cars fetch around £20K. So, here are some facts about a stock GTS-R its RWD but that’s soon to change, it uses a RB20DET-R straight six producing 210HP, which back in the late eighties was what you’d expect from a sports car. That RB20 is also going to go, as is the interior, gearbox and pretty much all of the innards of the GTS-R.

Another one! No this is not DJ Khaled, it’s me Mr Bains once again writing about my favourite series of cars, some of the more eagle eyed of you may have noticed me saying that I wasn’t going to do a post on the Infiniti badged Skylines but as I mentioned in the closing paragraph of the last post I’d be doing an injustice to the Skyline series if I was to purposely skip the Infiniti badged Skylines based upon my views. However, you’ll be pleased to know that those views have changed since creating this post. So sit down, relax and read.

Unfortunately, this didn’t get released on Friday thanks to a unexpected grocery trip, but since I’m such a great guy, you guys can have parts two and three today!

Welcome, to what is a new series of blog posts by none other than myself! In this series I will be exploring certain cars and going through their generations, so where better to start than with my favourite series of car. The Nissan Skyline, this introduction of the series will be exploring the generations of the Skyline from start to finish and then moving on into why each generation is special and why it is the best generation, at the end of the posts in the finale there will be a vote to see which generation the good people of CarThrottle love the most.

If you’re anything like me after a hard time at work or college I like to switch on my XBOX and put in Forza and slay some tires. Recently Forza and Turn 10 have really smashed it out of the park with Horizon 3 however, I still feel as though Forza needs to up its game. Now the next scheduled Forza game should be Forza Motorsport 7 and will possibly be available around 2018 or later. My incompleteness with the Forza series has led me to write this post about some changes and additions that need to be made.

Welcome, to my second #Different build, this time round I’m going to be fantasising about the BMW M3 (E36) a car which has recently become my favourite M3 and in fact my favourite BMW. So what can I do to change this 90’s German barnstormer, well as you’ll find out soon, quite a lot.

You know when we all just feel like having a nosey at what’s in the classfields well, today I was in a nosey mood so here are the top 5 cars that I found for sale in the UK, I challenge you guys to find your top 5 cars in your country using the tag in the title!

As petrolhead’s many of us have that one car that we have lusted after since day one, the car that we look at endlessly on the internet, the car that gets us weak at the knees everytime we look at it, the car that we one day aim to buy. During my time of being a CTzen I have very rarely spoken about my dream car the Nissan Skyline GTR R34 but after some consideration its come to my attention that my knowledge, passion and reasoning need to be heard.

So here we are again with the F-Type SVR that was pipped to the post in it’s comparison post by the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S. However a new rival has emerged from the shadows, the Mercedes AMG GT R a more powerful, lighter and greener (No not economically!) version of the AMG GT-S so as promised I said that I would compare these two sports cars on steroids! So without further ado, welcome to fight club, population me, you and two angry ‘hardcore’ sports cars

While every other hot hatch manufacturer has been trying out a new recipe for their hot hatches the Japanese have been perfecting the old one. Well, how does the Honda Civic Type R stack up against its rivals, the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S and the Seat Leon Cupra 290. These are the maddest FWD hatches on sale right now so expect tyre squeal, big wings and lots of Honda jokes in the comments! Lets do this!

The BMW M2 is the latest offering from BMW’s M division, it is essentially a baby M3/M4 and for some car enthusiasts it reminds them of the E46 M3. To see if the M2 can live up to the expectations of many I have decided once again to compare it to some already well established sports cars. Firstly we have the the Porsche 718 Cayman S which is one of the best handling sports cars there is, secondly we have the Nissan Nismo 370Z which is oldest car here but still one of the best and finally there is the beautiful Alfa Romeo 4C. So can the M2 beat these great sports cars? Lets find out!

There have been many rumours surrounding the Ford Focus RS with many people saying that it is the best hot hatch ever. Well, as usual its my job to compare how the RS measure’s up to its closest rivals! In the blue corner we have the Volkswagen Golf R which was the best hot hatch on sale until the RS apparently stole its crown. In the red corner we have the Mercedes AMG A45 the fastest and most powerful hot hatch on sale right now! Lets do this!