You might have seen an influx of videos online of motorcycles outrunning cop cars and thought, why the heck are these guys risking it all to get away with minor traffic infractions? Well, that’s a bit of a loaded question that requires a more in depth look at a couple of things. For starters, pretty…
Cleaning the engine bay of any car can be a daunting task and most will avoid it, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Cleaning your engine bay is a good thing and should actually be done as a form of preventative maintenance. For starters, you will be able to see everything clearly in…
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…
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…
The 80s were a weird time for automotive manufacturers with new emissions regulations and lots of innovation coming down the pipe. Domestic brands were especially scrambling as they faced increasing competition from Japanese rivals making a name for themselves. In 1987, Buick engineers did something wild and put together the Buick Grand National GNX, or…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
