It was 2003 - back when I had a full head of hair & my jeans were a lot baggier. Dad and I were doing what we did best—channel-surfing on an overly comfortable couch. We had just finished watching some car show on one of those Discovery-owned channels. Probably...
The car hobby can teach you valuable life lessons. Lessons you can take on your journey of life to do great things. For example, I got a lesson the other day lol. Sometimes the answer you’re looking for is simple & right in front of your face… but you’re just too...
As car lovers, we grew up dreaming of California as the proverbial “Mecca” of automotive culture. It's the state where the car scene took off. And it did so, because people were free to express themselves. Lowriders bounced, muscle cars roared, and JDM engines were...
By VW's own admission - they only have "one... maybe two years" to get things back on track. Unfortunately, that's seemingly nowhere in the pipeline given their current product line & leadership. And for that reason, I feel like I see the potential writing on the...
VW has “one… maybe two years" to get back on track. That’s what Volkswagen’s CFO/COO, Dr Arno Antlitz, admitted in front of about 25,000 employees at risk of losing their jobs. VW is potentially having to close down 2 plants in Germany, and that’s something they’ve...
The GR Corolla rips! It’s an awesome AWD hot-hatch that turns regular roads into pump tracks. The only knock against it is (sigh)… high prices & low inventory. So dear Toyota, please find a way to bring the price down, & the availability up on this modern...
Wheel Pros / Hoonigan sells 4 Wheel Parts BACK to the original owner's family. Leading-in to this story: Is the breaking news that Wheel Pros / Hoonigan just filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But the case of 4 Wheel Parts (4WP) the fact that it’s being sold back to the...
Over the weekend, Wheel Pros / Hooingan officially filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It enters them into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) that relieves them of approximately 1.2 billion dollars of debt. Simultaneously, the Wheel Pros / Hoonigan bankruptcy gives...
Wheel Pros (aka Hoonigan) could be filing for bankruptcy as soon as… well… today. (Source - Reorg.Stage) Yeah - this is the same Wheel Pros that very awkwardly changed their name to Hoonigan last year. The Chapter 11 filing comes after Wheel Pros / Hoonigan missed...
We’re living in a time where Toyota has given us a brand new Tacoma that’s 1) TURBOCHARGED… 2) 4x4… and 3) available with a STICK SHIFT. Let that soak in, because that’s the trifecta, right?! Marty McFly’s dream truck! Seriously - tell me that’s not early-90’s Toyota...