A New Rich Nerd Collectible

10.11.16 - Land Rover Defender from Spectre

While you might onto consider yourself a nerd just because you love the James Bond movies, but one of the vehicles from the movie is available for you to purchase and that makes it perfect to the rich nerd who wants to collect some amazing vehicles that were present in a movie they’ve loved. The most recent James Bond movie was Spectre and it featured a ton of great vehicles, two of which were made only for the movie and aren’t for sale, the Aston Martin DB10 and the Jaguar C-X75, but there is one vehicle you can buy and it was driven by the villains.

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Power Swapping for Excitement

09.27.16 - Car Engine

So many times those of us who spend time around a track or competitions will utter the words “I wish I could put that engine in here.” Gearheads everywhere have thought of what it would be like to have a massive power plant under the hood of a much smaller and lighter model and some have even accomplished the feat. Engine swapping isn’t the easiest thing to do and sometimes it can cause trouble, but when it works the result is simply amazing. Here are some of the most impressive engine swaps ever performed:

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Does Hertz Really Rent Out Racecars?

08.26.16 - 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H

At times you can rent a sports car from a rental car company. This can be a great way to go out on a date on the weekend and drive a car you might never have thought you would be able to drive. Enterprise will rent you the six-cylinder versions of the Camaro or a similar model Mustang and other rental companies have their own version of a sports car you can rent. While these cars from Enterprise aren’t racers that you could put against high powered models they do give you some driving excitement from behind the wheel.

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The Vehicles Loved by Thieves

08.10.16 - Car Thief

Just because you’re making payments on your vehicle or you bought it outright and have the ownership papers doesn’t mean you’re the only one who loves your car. Car theft has been around for several decades and thieves do tend to target specific vehicles over others when they look for a car to steal. Typically the agenda involves the ease of reselling the car quickly and the technology involved in being able to get into the vehicle. Let’s take a look at what the ten most popular vehicles for thieves to steal for 2015 were and see why.

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When You Have the Power

08.06.16 - 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

What are you supposed to do if you happen to be an automaker and you’ve created a monster. Unlike Frankenstein’s Monster we want you to unleash any monster of power, performance or engineering on the world. In order to celebrate the accomplishments of creating something awesome that can be considered a monstrosity you have to fund a variety of ways to show it off so that more of the world ca enjoys your new creation. This gives you the power to create whatever you want and find the right places for your new item that will certainly capture our attention.

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Car Features We Won’t See on the Market Soon

07.08.16 - In-Car CD Player

Over many years the vehicles we drive have changed and developed to offer us the features that we want to have while those that have been passed by have been left behind. Just one example of this is in the audio system we see in our vehicles. Some of us can remember when cars only came with AM radios, others remember AM/FM, and still more will remember 8-Track and cassette tape decks in the audio system of our vehicles. Many younger drivers will not know anything about these features, but they may see another item about to be replaced along with a few more.

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Writing the Ad that Will Actually Help Sell Your Used Car

06.22.16 - Used Car for Sale

Creating an ad that will get your used car sold is not as hard as you might think, but there are some things you should know before you begin this process. It’s important that you have a strong knowledge of how online advertising can work to make sure you will have several shoppers looking at your car; that’s how you will get the best price for the car you want to sell. No matter why you want to sell your car, these simple tips will get your car noticed by more buyers which will allow you to present it with a competitive price and receive what you feel is a fair offer for your car.

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How Far Has 4WD Come?

06.18.16 - 1971 Jeep CJ5

Depending upon how old you are you just might remember the early days of the automotive industry and how you used to have to engage functions on your vehicle. Today we only need to push a button or flip a switch and the electronic devices we have installed on or vehicles can spring to life in order to give us the power and performance we want to enjoy. If you happen to have forgotten some of the work it took to engage systems in the early days, let me remind you.

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The Roots of Acura

06.10.16 - Acura Logo

There have been luxury models for many years and they have come from a variety of places. BMW and Mercedes-Benz have their own story, but Acura was born from Honda which already had the reputation of being one of the most reliable car companies on the market when it took the wraps off its luxury division thirty years ago. Over these three decades the Acura brand has shown us that Honda could build more than just small, fuel efficient models, but could be the right choice for luxury and a brand that would appeal to a younger demographic than any other luxury car brand. Here are some of the cars that have made Acura what it is today.

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Testing the Waters

06.02.16 - Mazda CX-4

When you consider the market of today automotive world we see there is a segment that has stormed the castle and taken over where sedans once ruled. This segment of the market is the crossover SUV segment and it now offers automakers the chance to do many things with their SUVs that have never been done before. Decades ago an SUV was much more utility than sport and were built based on truck platforms, but in today’s market we see most of the SUVs are of a unibody build and have gotten smaller than some of our sedans to be an active vehicle that is fun to drive but offers a bit more space and a higher ride.

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