November 2011
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NEW TUMBLR (:
PLEASE FOLLOW MY NEW TUMBLR: truthfully-gone.tumblr.com
October 2011
3 posts
happytaquito
staff:
A lot of good news this Fall. One being a lot of sponsors and companies supporting tumblr as we grow.
One huge company being Apple. Apple has chosen to give us an unknown number of Mac Books to give away.
Check out http://www.apple.com/mac/ to read all about it.
http:/staff.tumblr.com/post/Appple-MacBook-Giveaway/ to participate!!
yayy! i just got mine! :D
lolsaod23:
WOW look at this video, something really needs to be done :\
reblog this, it needs to be seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nKaU1LJxw
March 2011
1 post
Gumpert Tornante? Yes, please.
February 2011
14 posts
A road you won't want to speed on
-Grant Hollingsworth
With a name like, “Thrill of the Ride,” I figured it was about time this blog had some content about…riding. Seems logical.
This past weekend, my family and I took a trip on the Natchez Trace Parkway from Collinwood, TN to Tupelo, MS; a distance of around 100 miles. Now, that is less than 1/4 of the entire length of the Trace, but it was enough to occupy...
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The Mexican Hotness You've Never Heard Of
-Grant Hollingsworth
Meet the Mastretta MXT. (MX = Mexico, T = Transversely mounted engine) If this is the first Mexican designed and built performance car you’ve heard about, don’t worry. You haven’t missed anything. This is the country’s first real crack at the performance car market…and what a crack it is!
Now, Mastretta cut its teeth building urban buses in the 90’s, as well as a...
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Five great rears
…..because everyone enjoys a nice backside.
Aston Martin One-77
Audi S5
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Jaguar XF
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
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“’ ~ Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is...”
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
On my first day back, I’ve given you items on Ferraris and a Pagani. How about we take a turn here and discuss a car some of us (by us, I mean you….not me) might actually be able to afford? This car is the Chevrolet Camaro; more specifically, the recently-revealed ZL1 version.
-Grant Hollingsworth
This most-recent version of Chevy’s pony car was unveiled last week at the Chicago Auto Show. Let’s...
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New Pagani - The......Huayra???
-Grant Hollingsworth
After the maniacal Zonda, Pagani had a monumental task in building a successor. Codenamed “C9,” the new Huayra is fittingly named after Huayra Tata, the god of wind of the ancient South American Aymara. Fitting, because Pagani’s latest creation will reach 230 mph thanks to a twin turbo 6.0L Mercedes V12 tuned by AMG. If the Huayra were to become its namesake, it would trump...
Current State of the Market
-Grant Hollingsworth
In the time I’ve been away, the automotive market has gone through vast change. We’ve seen the fall and rise of GM, broad implementation of hybrid/electric technologies, the start of the modern pony car wars (although at this time…..that’s kind of a one-sided, uninteresting affair), and the legitimization of Korean brands. The market has become exponentially more...
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I'm back.....with a link
“I couldn’t care if I never drive a new Ferrari again…”
After an incredibly long time away from this site, I come back with a simple link. After reviewing this piece, written by Chris Harris of EVO magazine, I was left in utter disbelief at the lengths to which Ferrari manipulates virtually every aspect of its publicity. Click below to read this man’s pent-up...
November 2009
1 post
Ilmor Engineering designs 5-stroke engine
A British firm named Ilmor Engineering, with offices in the UK and Michigan, have designed and proven a radically new engine design. They have developed a turbocharged gasoline powered 5-stroke internal combustion engine that will (should) help revolutionize the industry. It is amazingly efficient. You might recall the efficiency of engines I talked about in an earlier blog. This one, however, is...
October 2009
9 posts
E-Interview: Dave Irwin's 240z Part 2
First, I’ll let Dave tell the story of how he was matched up with his Z, and then we’ll finish the question and answer segment.
My love of all things Datsun started after I blew up my 75’ Mustang 2, for the second time. Two motors, three C-4 trannies and two rear-ends later, that car had had enough of me and vice-versa. It turns out, you’re not supposed to shift an automatic like a...
E-Interview: Dave Irwin's 240Z
In the first segment of E-Interview here at TOTR, we have Dave Irwin’s gorgeous red 1970 Datsun 240Z. The car has been highly modified, although still retains a daily driver appeal as evidenced by this truncated list of specs:
- KYB struts
- Eibach progressive rate lowering springs
- 23mm front and 19mm rear anti-roll bars
- 4 piston front calipers and all braided stainless hoses
-...
2011 CTS-V Coupe (ahem...Vette)
For those of you worried about the future of performance-oriented 2 door Cadillacs after the discontinuation of the XLR, don’t fret. The 2011 CTS-V coupe will more than fill the void. Making its debut in May of next year with a 2011 model year designation, it proves that even in the present market, there is interest and ability to build high performance with only a couple doors. After doing a...
2010 Suzusho Supasse V
“Kit car.” It’s a phrase met with drastically different connotations in the automotive world. Some think of kits from the 70’s and 80’s that sent backyard carbillies to the local scrapyard to lift parts from crushed, rust covered trucks and vans for various important bits to complete the build. Others, more rightly so, think of small, lightweight cars with great power-to-weight ratios and...
C6: Z06 vs. ZR1
VERSUS
Granted, I’m only 20 years old, but I’ve been a Corvette fan for a long time. I remember when the C5 first came out in ‘97. I saw them in magazines and on tv and I instantly liked them. It turns out that my dad’s boss (and my future boss) bought a silver automatic coupe in...