Keep Things Moving: Smarter Ways to Control Equipment Costs

A warehouse rarely slows down because of one dramatic failure. More often, small equipment problems accumulate until a forklift is unavailable when the team needs it most. Worn brakes, leaking hoses, and neglected filters can interrupt loading schedules and create...

Datsun 280Z – Calling All Gen-Z-ers

Richy Contreras was born in the early ‘90s. It was a time when MTV ruled pop-culture, teens couldn't wait to get their license, and the future was a comical dystopia of Taco Bell restaurants, 3 seashells, & 1-credit fines for breaking the verbal morality statute...

Some Cars Have Souls – Others Have Payment Plans

You can't measure it on a dyno, find it on a window sticker, or order it as an optional package. But some vehicles have something that makes you feel alive - the moment you grab the steering wheel. What is it about certain automobiles that makes them so much more than...

Disabling Active Fuel Management: Unlock Raw V8 Power and Exhaust Tone

GM developed Active Fuel Management (AFM) for a simple reason: a V8 doesn't need all eight cylinders running all the time. During steady cruising and other light-load conditions, AFM can deactivate four cylinders, letting the engine temporarily operate on 4 cylinders....

How to Build a Better-Performing and More Reliable Diesel Truck

A diesel truck can make impressive torque straight from the factory, but horsepower & torque figures tell only part of the story. A truck that pulls hard for a few seconds is one thing. A truck that can tow a heavy trailer through summer heat, climb long grades...

Lightning in a Bottle – 3 Generations of Mugen CRX

What you’re looking at - is all 3 generations of the Honda CRX photographed together. And more significantly - each CRX pictured here, is equipped with its respective Mugen body kit.  When the Honda CRX debuted, Mugen released a kit for the car called the CRX PRO....

Is Shipping a Show Car to Mexico Smarter by Truck or by Sea Freight?

Nobody spends six figures restoring a car, just to watch it sit in a port parking lot for two weeks. That's the reality of sea freight though. The car goes into a container, the container goes to a port... then it waits. And waits. Meanwhile, the owner is checking...

What to Know Before Your First Track Day: A Beginner Guide

What to Know Before Your First Track Day: The registration confirmation lands in your inbox, and suddenly, the car you drive to work everyday is headed for a real racetrack. First-timers usually worry about being too slow. The more useful worry is whether the brakes,...

Sharing the Road with 80,000 Pounds: What Drivers Get Wrong About Trucks

Spend enough time behind the wheel of something you actually enjoy driving, and you develop a set of instincts about the cars around you. You know roughly how long the SUV ahead needs to stop, how much room the hatchback in the next lane needs to change lanes, what a...

Nissan 240 S13 Hatch – Hold Yourself to a Low Standard

This Nissan 240sx belongs to Tim Shields out of Indiana. Tim Shields & I (along with many of you) are naturally 'the golden retrievers' of car culture. What I mean is - we love it all! Metaphorically, we run up to every genre of the automotive world basically with...
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Bye Bye Toyota Avalon TRD

Bye Bye Toyota Avalon TRD

I’m not sure why Toyota made a TRD version of the Avalon... But I’m glad they did.  The Toyota Avalon TRD is ...
The Never Selling Story

The Never Selling Story

Chris Neranjan has owned this Hawkeye STI for over a decade. Notice - the trend of longterm ownership with STIs ...
Break out of your norm

Break out of your norm

Break out of your norm. Nothing will give you a burst like switching it up a little. And no sector of a ...
APR / Dinan Track Day

APR / Dinan Track Day

Recently, we had the unique & mind-boggling opportunity to go ride in a bunch of APR & Dinan-tuned cars at ...
The EV Movement: Part 2

The EV Movement: Part 2

Ben Battles wrote a killer article with optimistic happy thoughts in his EV coverage of SEMA 2021… and I'm gonna ...
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