Every year various appraisers, collectors and auctions will look at collectible cars that are on the rise and try to jump on them. Sometimes this might appear as just a folk of buyers grabbing a specific car and in turn causing it to appreciate. However, there is actually a science to figuring out which cars…
It is no secret that older pickup trucks are garnering a ton of attention out as they are in great demand. It really started with the square body GM pickup trucks and has now expanded into any older truck, even with soaring gas mileage. Of course, most of the trucks coming up for sale now…
It might be hard to believe but people are still smoking cigarettes despite all the health risks associated with it. Unfortunately, the smell of cigarettes is also ruining cars too. Recently, I was inquiring into 1995 Pontiac Trans Am, 6 speed in black and it looked to be in decent shape. Unfortunately, the sales add…
We have written about these before as the Canadian military is in the process of replacing some of their trucks. As a result of this, their fleet of Sterling Acterra trucks is turning over. For those unfamiliar, Sterling (officially Sterling Trucks Corporation), is an American truck manufacturer that ended up changing hands several times before…
The used car market is nuts right now and routinely I am being asked by folks who need a truck what they should do. Many new trucks aren’t on the lots or the prices have been jacked up so buyers in a pinch are forced to look used. At time same time, some new truck…
2021 has been a strange year and it’s getting stranger, the Porsche Cayenne is becoming a collectible, specifically the first generation of the Cayenne, aka the 955. For those not familiar with the Cayenne 955, it was the first generation of the 9PA Cassis E1 and was manufactured from to 2003 to 2010. There were…
For what seems like the past decade there has been a movement to “Save the manuals” being promoted at car meets and on the internet. Unfortunately, this seemed like a futile battle as more and more manufacturers continue to eliminate manual transmission options or limit them to only the introductory or base models. There has…
If you happened to go onto the Dodge website to shop for a new vehicle you’ll notice they are down to three vehicles, the Durango, Challenger and Charger. This is a bit shocking for a manufacturer that used to make models like the Viper, Grand Caravan, Journey, Dart, etc. What gives? Well, it’s kind of…
Craig Lieberman, a legend in the car scene and one of the brains behind the Fast and the Furious franchise breaks down what happened to the tuner scene. In an interesting break down he goes over the entire tuner scene history to explain how things went wrong.
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…
