Articles by Andrew G.
17/04/17
Okay, I was gone for a minute but I’m back now. Sit the f*ck back down. No, but seriously, I’m back from my trip to Europe, where I saw France, Germany, and a bit of Austria. Of course, I flew with the always wonderful United Airlines (just kidding, they suck). Anyway, let’s get back to it with two great hip hop tracks which have dropped recently. Many people compare the sound of Logic and Kendrick Lamar, but they are both great artists in their own right and at the top of the rap game right now.
01/04/17
Many people have debated over the years whether 1 car is worth a cost based on the number of other cars you could have for the same money. While nobody argues that supercars and ultra high end luxury cars are awesome, there also comes benifits with having a fleet of cheaper vehicles for the same price. Many are so rich they can afford a really nice car and then many more affordable ones, but for the rest of us, we will have to consider whether we should make that big purchase of a car with our life savings or to maintain a diversified garage.
28/03/17
New series! Wow!! Much New!!! Much Deep Thoughts!!!! No, but seriously, this is a series I hope to start about analyzing automotive topics with short blogs. My wish is to provoke thought, but I promise to not take this too seriously or try to act enlightened. So let’s get right into the meat of this topic! So to some the very thought of comparing a brand which has never sold a car over 40k with a German technoligical powerhouse which sells many sports cars of 6 digits or even 7! While there are clear differences, the parallels reveal truths about good car production.
24/03/17
So yesterday I went to Costco, home of organic food, free samples, and most of all ‘buying in bulk!’. I checked out a few cameras, I want an affordable DSLR with a flip out screen for possible vlog videos, but decided the 80D and the Nikon option were too expensive. Side note, I want to get a Canon Rebel T5i, comment below what you think about that. Anyway, let’s not get distracted by my delusions of someday becoming a Youtube filmmaker, and get back to the story.
27/02/17
So today we have a song about a BMW, that’s not so secretly s€xual innuendo. Best described as a clever Hip-hop tune which brings a smile to the face. For the extended song watch below, hope your days goes fine like a nice Bimmer. #mondaymusic
27/02/17
Recently, Nascar has made up new rules so complicated and convoluted, that most fans don’t have the brain cells left to even comprehend, especially after all the Budweisers, and Miller Lites that Nascar’s marketing machine brainwashed them into buying.
23/02/17
To celebrate hitting over 8,800 upvotes, I’m finally releasing a post that’s long been waiting in the wings. We all know the Deloreon to be one of cinema’s most iconic star car. Aside from Michael J. Fox, the Delorean Time Machine is perhaps the number one thing that comes to mind when one thinks about the Back to the Future franchise. So my interesting question is ‘what car could work as a Deloreon replacement?’. Nothing will ever replace the legend of the Delorean, but it’s a fun exercise nonetheless. So lets hit 88 mph and see what we’ve got!
08/01/17
Verizon’s Hum and Progressive’s Snapshot are both little devices you put into your car’s OBD 2 port. Both serve a slightly different purpose, but they are both abominations in their own right. Not only are both horrible for car guys, but both are horrible for anyone who loves freedom and privacy.
04/01/17
Welcome to a new series which will harnesses the power of petrolhead outrage, for your entertainment. For our maiden voyage into automotive rage, we have a predicament that I believe plaque most petrolheads/car nuts: “People Who Don’t Know the Names of Cars”. Yes, that’s right, non-car people, and annoying ones at that, are often the bane of our existence. Even if you are not a car person, you should have something have the same problem with an interest such as computers, video games, clothing brands, music, etc.
26/12/16
With Christmas over this is my one final goodbye. An awesome video of train drifting to Eurobeat really hits the spot. The perfect theme song for rapid driving in all forms. #mondaymusic
02/12/16
Intro A while back James May and Jeremy Clarkson filmed a special on Top Gear in which they set out to see if a communist country ever produced a good automobile. In the end, they found a few bright spots but ultimately came up empty handed. Personally, I like some Soviet vehicles like the Lada Niva and Riva, but I’ll get into how communism ruined these cars. You see, James May and Jeremy Clarkson did a very good job of highlighting the failure of communist nations in producing automobiles, especially ones for petrolheads, but they did not go very far into why.
21/11/16
Introduction Welcome back to car stories. Last time I did this, we had a look at the Subaru BRZ and how it had a profound impact on the car world. Now, I want to dive into an even bigger story of one of the greatest cars ever made. There I said it, the 959 is one of the greatest cars ever made. Continue reading to learn why myself, Bill Gates, and countless automotive journalists adore this car.
19/11/16
Introduction Petrolheads have a plethora of sporty options for 2 seat and 4/5 seat automobiles, but with 3 row vehicles, the options appear lacking. That is why i compiled a list of recommendations to save petrolheads everywhere from driving a boring advertisement for birth control and suggest some people movers for petrolheads. (No particular order)
15/11/16
What is Wagon Mafia? Wagon Mafia originates from a sticker which wagon lovers use to express themselves, and is a name for petrolheads who love wagons, otherwise known as shooting brakes or estate cars.
21/10/16
Introduction Ricers are known for many pointless mods, such as fake hood vents, turbo whistles, Lambo doors, and unfortunately use stickers too. Car meme logic states that ricers believe stickers add horsepower. Jokes aside, ricers are posers, so they use these stickers as a way to be flashy and cool (or so they think). The way ricers use stickers is most often in bad taste, but are stickers generally tacky? I believe stickers have an important place the automotive world and are very useful for petrolheads.
21/10/16
Intro: So I wanted to make some kind of variation to the classic AMC Eagle wagon. At first, I wanted to make a Mad Max Ford Falcon Interceptor mashup with the AMC Eagle. It was a good idea, and I hope create it someday, but I was inspired by a video on “dajiban” Dodge Vans in Japan which are put on Watanabe rims. I noticed that the AMC Eagle would look good as a jdm style, with its square, plainish body which resembled early Japanese classics such as the Datsun 510, Nissan Skyline, and 1st gen Toyota Celica.
10/10/16
Engine Swaps Engine swaps turn the Subaru Legacy into amazing sleepers. Also, engine swaps are very easy with Subaru’s, the hardest part being ECU tuning, but this is to be accepted. The fact that an STI engine or Flat Six Engine can go into the Gen 2 Subaru Legacy is awesome. Snow Drifting The Subaru Legacy looks so majestic snow drifting. I hope to drift my gen 2 Legacy Wagon this winter too. RWD Swap drifting The AWD Subaru only drifts well on snow and loose ground, but with a RWD swap, the Subaru Legacy Gen 2 can give you some great drifts.
16/09/16
Introduction On this site, we all love cars, but I don’t just love cars, I think that the automobile is the greatest invention which captures the spirit of humanity. This is not about whether the car is the greatest invention, but the human image is not transferred to such essential creations of the human race such as modern farming, the telephone, computers, or the internet. So let’s dive into ways the automobile was created in man’s own image.
04/09/16
Hello guys, so today instead of some amateur edit, or clickbait blog post, we have a little bit of both. Everyone loves the GT-R, but one day some higher ups at Nissan got bored and had a curious idea. They asked themselves “What if we slip those GTR engineers a bit of lsd (of the non-mechanical type if you know what I mean), and get them to make something really nuts”. They tested their plan with small doses at first. Eventually, these questionable actions gave birth to Juke R.
07/08/16
Introduction A one hit wonder is normally associated with music, referring to artists who have only one song that ever charted well. Applying this to the car world, the artist is the manufacturer and the song is the car. What makes a song a hit is usually mainly sales, but for this list, it’s also about how good the car is and also how famous it is. A car can also be a one hit wonder if it is the only good working car the manufacturer has ever put out onto the market. So without further delay, let’s get into this totally pointless list. #selfaware #relevant ;]
10/07/16
The Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company merged in 1954 to create the American Motors Corporation, AMC, which would be the fourth biggest car company in America until it was acquired by Chrysler in 1987. Over their 33 year run, AMC managed to create cars that if not better than the big three, always seemed to be unique and interesting. Often AMC would lead the way, only to be over taken in the long run by foreign companies and the big three.
13/06/16
Introduction To depart from just making my normal series of lists, and relevant pieces, with this hopefully new series, I will attempt to give honest opinions and assessments of topics related to car’s and the car world. The topic of this article is Ricers and ricer culture (yes, it exists).
11/05/16
This list is about cars which are the most versatile stock or most easily modifiable to fit any use and also points awarded for most often, and most uniquely modified. These criteria were used in the compilation of this list.
16/04/16
Hi, this is special review in blog form of my Subaru Legacy Brighton 2.2L Wagon. This is my first car, as I am getting my license very soon (stupid laws require a certain amount of logged driving time). It’s really not much right now. It hasn’t been inspected in more than two years, has an old tired engine that for sure makes less than 100 whp and not much above 100 hp at the crank. It isn’t a drivers car, it isn’t a ‘classic’, it isn’t fast, it isn’t flashy, it isn’t big, it isn’t small, it isn’t tall, and yes, the worn transmission makes it easy to stall.