SPEED HERO Blog — over looked cars
An undramatic reading. My First Book, and more!
So I opened a box to hear my mother proclaim: "That was your first book!" I knew what I had to do. I had to read it with you.
If that wasn't enough for you, here's 32 minute of me being hyped on boring cars. I love boring cars. [youtube=http://youtu.be/q2oxw0sLGmM]Out of Sight, out of Mind
So it's 1982, you and your cocaine disco mistress have bought a second home on your pyramid scheme money making skills and Florida is looking to party with you every night. But, the budget is tight and you don't want the second love of your life to cash in on o your fortunes by having a back seat for illegitimate children. What do you buy? A Ford EXP of course. Here's a car that had no reason to exist. A 2 seater, FWD affordable sports car,...
A Bunch of B & S sprinkled with Muster
Station wagons? Too many seats. Sports cars? Too fast. Pickup trucks? Too tall. Cube vans? too useful. The pride of Australia comes the mix of them all: The Ute. Short for Utility Coupe. An attempt to make a vehicle socially acceptable for any occasion, the origins come from Ford Australia in the form of the V8 Utility. Continued as a tradition in the land down under, the Ute has remained a staple of form and...
Consider the following
You suddenly find yourself, lost in the market of choices for automobiles. You need a Drifto Magic Carpet Whip pretty much as soon as now. Where do you go? All your Option 2 heros cars are played out, filled with hip-young-YOLO kids and you can't get a brake on a nice granny getter import for the sake of your existence! So what do you want? -Mad Sick Torque, your going to swap the engine anyways. -Rear Driven Wheelies. -Tons of aftermarket support, chilling on the shelf at...
Chicken Egg: Boxes of Box.
Boxes, little boxy boxes everywhere. Which came first! The similarities between the E30 and the E7 are too obvious to discount. The Similarities continue. There is plenty more. So which came first you ask? Between the E30 and E7, the E7 was actually released in 1979. The e30 was released 3 years later in 1982. A sign of Japanese espionage? The truth is...