The Ford Excursion is a heavy duty (class 2) full-sized SUV that was being produced by Ford from 1999 to 2005 for model years 2000 to 2006. It is the longest and heaviest SUV ever to enter mass production and simply exemplified America’s thirst for big SUVs. These things sold, around 190,000 were sold in…
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Top 5 car/driving movies
In the past 20 or so years there have been some incredible car and driving movies as film companies recognize the profit potentials. Some of these films have sprung off entire franchises but all of them have greatly contributed to creating more gearheads amongst us. The Fast and The Furious (2001) The movie that unleased…
Car Find: There is a dealer in Canada looking to get $350,000 for a 1999 Nissan GTR Skyline
The Nissan Skyline GTR is what legends are made out of, especially the R34 V-spec II. This is the same vehicle that Paul Walker made popular by driving it in the Fast and Furious franchise, specifically 2 Fast 2 Furious. The R34 GTR was introduced in January 1999 and they featured the legendary 2.6L twin…
Do car detailing products expire?
You probably deal a lot with expiry dates in your routine life but I bet you never thought to think about it with your car cleaning supplies. I mean after all, you buy them and store them in the garage or a shelf in a workspace, they can’t go bad… can they? Long story short,…
The best performance new 2021 car bargains
Full disclosure, the car market has been insane this year, so it’s difficult to really embrace what defines a “bargain” these days. However, I’ve done my best to put together some of the best performance car bargains you can get in 2021. As always, this does not necessarily mean cheapest although some of these cars…
Can you hook up a OBD-II Scanner to a motorcycle?
There are many tools professional mechanics and hobbyists use to diagnose issue and maintain their vehicles but few can be as handful as an OBD-II Scanner. If you own any modern day, basically anything made after 1996 (some had them before this but it was legally mandated in 1996), car or truck, then you should…
You should own a dashcam
The other day I was driving my friend to pickup his car from the dealer and he was shocked to see I have a dashcam in every vehicle I own. I’m not surprised, I often do get the “is that really necessary” comment from folks and I always reply, “yes it absolutely is”. Dashcams have…
5 cars that you should buy in 2021 before they become collector cars
As strange of a year 2021 has been for car sales (and pretty much everything else) there are still some good deals to be had. Of course, these become greater deals when you consider that these cars will become collector cars and their values will significantly increase. Don’t expect to be able to find these…
Top 5 sport bikes of 2021
This is the absolute top choice list of sport bikes for 2021 so we are not focused on any CC limits here. At the same time, price point is not going to be a top factor here although we are going to include bikes that offer the most power per dollar in some cases. Here…
3 cheap sports cars that are money pits
You ever hear the saying, “fast, reliable, cheap, pick 2”? It couldn’t be truer with cars, especially sports cars. Seriously, we’ve all heard the tales of guys who’ve picked up something that looks decent or is fast, or even both and then they’ve dumped their life savings in keeping it running. Heck, some folks are…