3 New 'Cars' posters that are awesome

 

I really liked the first movie, and it's looking like the second will be equally wonderful.

Mike Ryan and his badass Semi

By now some of you have seen this video of Mike Ryan hooning about in a gulf liveried rig.  Fun vid, cool vid, different.... But Mr. Ryan is a certified badass, not because of this vid, but because he pulls the same automotive jackassery up Pikes Peak.  Yes, that man that almost ran me over is one and the same.

1982 Toyota Starlet With Turbo G54B Mitsubishi Conquest Motor

Badass.

Kelvin Racing Starlet

Very cool drift vid from Russia

The only bad part is half of it is intro, but the production quality and ability of these guys more than makes up for it.  Automotive ballet, sure, but this looks as though Ridley Scott directed it, very very well done.

LSX Powah!

LS6 in an E36 = win.  Bonus points for a great vid.  From Skylinelife

AMF | Carl Nadeau - Dmcc 2010 Highlights from Jordan Hamelin on Vimeo.

Jim Guthrie on Speedhunters.com

As I just said, I love speedhunters.com, and one of the reasons is great coverage of so many events.  Looking on my facebook stream I see Jim Guthrie posted some pics from speedhunters, so I had to find them.

Great show on your first year of drifting Jim, keep it up!

Dear EA Games: You fail.

Before I delve into the bad, let me start with the good.  I posted on the Speedhunters.com board that the game which they were shilling for, NeedForSpeed Shift 2, sucked.  Speedhunters didn't moderate that comment.  Good on ya guys, I appreciate it.

EA, you said this was a sim, you said you were going after Forza and GT5, you said you recorded all these sounds, said you were the same team that made real sims, said it wasn't an arcade racer.

Part of me is appreciative, one less distraction, but I'm not appreciative to be fleeced out of $60 for rehashed crap.

You lied, and you should be ashamed.

Big ups to Sean from Solid Tech

My friend Sean participated in the Texas mile this year, while I try to find a vid from that event, here is a clip from him from that same week, he's in the dirty-sick-nasty turbo Camaro throwing down a 9.04.

Sofakinghawt

Entirely non-miata, not even car, but still makes me feel happy in all the same ways (and more).  Keira Knightly is schilling for ol' girl Coco, and someone had the admirable idea put her on a Ducati. (looks like the Paul Smith sport classic, I think).  Less words, more goods.

The opposite of the Miata under car vid

A few days back I posted a vid from under a Miata tearing up the track, allowing you to see what a workout the suspension gets.  Totally different sort a vehicle (dragster) and a totally different sort of racing. Enjoy!

The current state of the legality of the Nissan Skyline

This isn't Miata related, but it is car related, moreover Japanese sports car related.  It also involves great interests of mine, namely law, government, and politics.

It's a sorta lengthy read, but a good read, an informative read, and a great tale of how a keystone of the Skyline community is now on a warpath.

http://skyline-life.blogspot.com/2011/03/state-titled-nissan-skyline-gets-seized.html

So you remember the Bike v Car drift right? The RX7 is gonna be...

Soooo much sicker this season.  If you don't know what vid I speak of here it is.  Well, it will still be driven by former Indy driver Jim Guthrie, but now it has a blower, more yellow, and a wide body.

I cannot wait to see this beast A. Completed, and B. Tear it up!

Check out my friend Dan's build blog!

My badass friend Dan has a blog up on his drift car.  The guy is an amazing driver, and a really great guy, and can be seen in this video as the flag guy, and in this video as the guy drifting, as well as the main drifter from Albuquerque in keepdriftingfun.com 's upcoming vid!

So give him some love http://danbrockettdrift.blogspot.com/

C'etait un Rendez-vouz

One of the most storied car films ever shows a ferrari 275gtb buzzing through Paris in the wee hours of the morning.  It is not known for sure who the driver was, but the director, Claude Lelouch got in a bit of trouble for the piece, as traffic laws were clearly broken on anything but a closed course.

That aside, enjoy, and don't watch it on silent.

Car vs Bike Drift at Sandia Motorsports track

Ok, first, this video is 'HOLY SHIT' awesome.  Second, Jim Guthrie, is too.  Jim was an Indy car driver, and now is part owner of the track on which this was shot, Sandia Motorsports Park.  The day he got the drift car, the ls1 powered rx-7 is the day the Keep Drifting Fun guys were here (Josh Herron & Will Roegge both of Speedhunters fame), and I was there.  There will filming another guy who is 'HOLY SHIT AWESOME' my good friend Dan, who was the flag guy, and also the guy I bought my STi from.

Rauh Welt Pr0n

I love Porsches. By far my favorite of the upper eschelon of performance cars, and Rauh Welt does them proud.  My fav is still 'Natty Dread'

Without further ado Rauh Welt Begriff meet pt 1

Skyline & NSX-R now legal in US

EDIT: So while the form is correct, it looks like there are still hoops to jump through.  49 U.S.C. § 30141(2) says you need an importer, and to pay the fees.



http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/elig092210.pdf

"VCP" eligibility numbers are assigned to vehicles that are decided to be eligible under 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(B), based on a petition from a manufacturer or registered importer which establishes that the vehicle has safety features that comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply with, all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards.

Do a search on the PDF in the top link to see the other add-ons

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Save the Ring!

Saw this a few places today.... seems like a good cause to me.


And like the cause on facebook!

Some car wisdom from Ex Vi Termini

nNot sure how many people remember this site, guy had an amazing GTR, but the thing that stuck with me more than the amazing auto was the line 'With strength comes limits' that reminds me sort of a tarted up version of ' cheap, fast, reliable, pick two'.

...at any rate here's a vid of ol' boys skyline.



web archive of the site:
Ex Vi Termini

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Story of selling my dad's '88 Toyota pickup

Dad’s 8289-Mile Stowaway: 1988 Toyota SR5 4×4 « BaT – The best vintage and classic cars for sale online

A lesson in economics to be had here, along the same lines that Mr. Jay Leno mentions here as to what would be a classic.  Buy something you love, and have a passion for.  Others will likely share that passion and your vehicle may appreciate, or at least not depreciate in value much if at all.  After 22 years of ownership my dad's truck, which he loved dearly, lost him little in absolute value, though a bit more in inflation adjusted monies.

Sadly my dad realized there was little point in having it if he could no longer enjoy it (due to health reasons).