Woodward Dream Cruise: Mercury Custom Street Rod
Posted: November 5, 2012 Filed under: EVENTS / PLACES, Hot Rodded, SPOTTED! | Tags: Ave, Burger, custom, Dream Cruise, Hot, King, Mercury, MI, Michigan, Mind, motor, Over, Purple, Rod, Street Rod, Woodward 3 Comments »
It takes a special sort of car to pull off the color purple, and this does it as well as any of them. This beautiful Mercury custom was sitting at the Burger King on Woodward Ave during the Dream Cruise this summer. I am a huge fan of this type of car, so I am happy to add this to the features we have done on Sh’Boom and others. I wasn’t able to talk to the owner of this car so I really don’t know anything about it. I sure enjoyed seeing it though. Enjoy.
Spotted! ’30 Ford Rat Rod, Woodward Ave, MI
Posted: October 1, 2012 Filed under: Hot Rodded, SPOTTED! | Tags: 1930, 30, 302, Ave, badass, Ford, Hot, MI, Michigan, Mind, motor, Over, Rat, Rod, spotted, V8, Woodward Leave a comment »
Every dad dreads the day that some other man will come to pick up his daughter for the first time. Now usually a guy in a Mustang is bad news, but if he rolls up in this thing then a father’s worst nightmare has become a reality. This 1930 Ford has obviously had a lot of custom work done, slamming it to within a few millimeters of the pavement, but it has retained its original body and frame from the Prohibition Era. Powering this ominous carriage is a 302ci Ford V8 with an Offenhauzer intake, and with those short, terminating headers it makes quite a racket. This is a really badass car, one that draws attention in any crowd of cars. Its edges are rough as hell, but there aren’t too many cars out there with more in the way of character and personality. Here comes Trouble!!! Read the rest of this entry »
Spotted! 1940 Ford Hot Rod, Woodward Ave, MI
Posted: September 11, 2012 Filed under: Hot Rodded, SPOTTED! | Tags: 1940, Ave, Blue, flames, Ford, Hot, MI, Michigan, Mind, motor, Over, Rod, Woodward 1 Comment »
This Beautiful 1940 Ford hot rod was at the Shell station in Royal Oak on one of the Saturday cruise nights this summer. Its beautiful airbrushed flames really made it stand out in the crowd. I’m a sucker for a nice blue, so these flames were really my thing. Enjoy the pics.
The 2012 Woodward Dream Cruise: General Highlights
Posted: August 20, 2012 Filed under: EVENTS / PLACES | Tags: 2012, American, Auto, Birmingham, Cadillac, Car, Chevrolet, Chevy, Chrysler, Coverage, Cruise, Detroit, Dodge, Dream, Ferrari, Ford, gallery, Highlights, Hot, Jam, Lamborghini, Lincoln, Mercury, MI, Michigan, Mind, motor, Muscle, Oak, Over, photos, pictures, Plymouth, Porsche, Rod, Royal, show, Subaru, Toyota, Traffic, Truck, Woodward 2 Comments »
I was in attendance for this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise. This was my first time at the event, and it is by far the most epic traffic jam I have ever witnessed. The scale of the event is mind-boggling, with around a million people flocking to the Detroit area to see and show off cars of all types. I have a lot more material from the event, but this is a good overview of what was happening. Keep checking back for features on specific cars not shown here. Enjoy the gallery.
Spotted! Mercury Scrape Rod, Birmingham MI
Posted: June 13, 2012 Filed under: Hot Rodded, SPOTTED! | Tags: 32, 40, ass, Ave, bad, Birmingham, Black, carbs, Cruise, Detroit, Flat, Ford, Hot, MI, Mind, motor, Muscle, open, Over, Rod, Scrape, spotted, V8, Woodward 54 Comments »
Spotted this seriously sinister Ford scraper on the side of Woodward Ave last weekend. It was so cool that I had to turn around to get these pics of it. Awesome car, so badass. Enjoy.
Test Driven: Chevrolet Sonic LTZ Turbo
Posted: May 11, 2012 Filed under: Green & Economical, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 1.4, 1.8, Abarth, back, Chevrolet, Chevy, Compact, Cooper, Drive, Fiat, four, front, General, GM, Hatch, Hot, Inline, LTZ, manual, Mind, Mini, motor, Motors, Over, review, RS, S, SONIC, Test, Transmission, turbo, wheel 1 Comment »
Chevy Sonic LTZ Turbo
The Chevy Sonic comes from a line of shamelessly terrible econo-boxes. The first generation Aveo made car lovers cringe every time they saw one, and the Sonic is its replacement. So, things don’t look good for the Sonic if its family tree is anything to go by, but thankfully it seems the Sonic was adopted. Up front I will tell you that this car is a vast improvement, and tangible evidence of GM’s improvement over the last few years. I had seen the Sonic at a few car shows, and I thought it was pretty cool for what it was, but other than that I never gave it too much consideration. Then I recently started seeing comparison tests in magazines pitting the Sonic against the Fiat 500 Abarth and the Mini Cooper S, which peaked my interest big time. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: 2012 Hyundai Veloster
Posted: February 10, 2012 Filed under: Green & Economical, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 1.6, 2012, 3, 4, cheap, CRX, cylinder, DCT, door, Drive, economy, four, fun, FWD, GDI, handling, Hatch, Hatchback, Hot, Hyundai, Mind, motor, Nick, Over, reliable, review, Test, three, Veloster, Walker Leave a comment »
Hyundai Veloster
In the world of small, economical cars it is hard to find something that is remarkable. Most cars offer basically the same package as all of their competitors, making any differentiating factors superficial at best. Hyundai has changed this game with the Veloster dramatically. Everything from its design, to its features, to the driving experience, the Veloster has charged into the market with a new and unique package, and it is selling like hotcakes. Read the rest of this entry »
True craftsmanship and functional sculpture: Blastolene
Posted: January 17, 2012 Filed under: Auto Idolatry, SHOWCASE | Tags: Blastolene, Channel, Chris, Decoliner, Drive, Farah, Harris, Hot, JF, Leo, Matt, Mike Spinelli, Mind, motor, Musial, Over, Perente, Rod, YouTube Leave a comment »Matt Farah checks out the Decoliner on his Drive segment, Tuned. If you haven’t heard of Drive yet, please follow them on Youtube because it is an epic collaboration of some of the best auto journalists out there. Drive on Youtube
-Nick Walker
Test Driven: 2012 VW Beetle Turbo vs 2012 VW GTI
Posted: December 23, 2011 Filed under: Cheap Fun!, TEST DRIVEN | Tags: 2.0T, 200, 2012, 210, advice, Beetle, Comparison, consumer, DCT, difference, Drive, DSG, fun, German, GTI, handling, Hatch, Hot, hp, manual, Mind, motor, Over, practical, Retro, review, Sport, Test, turbo, Volkswagen, vs, VW 4 Comments »
Beetle Turbo vs GTI
I first saw the new VW Beetle up close at the New York International Autoshow this past year. I was very excited to see that the new version had become more of a sporting machine and less of a decorated flowerpot. On the surface the Beetle is on the same chassis as the Golf, and the one I was interested in, the Beetle Turbo, basically has the same mechanics as the famed GTI. This made me wonder how similar they really were to each other because I know VW would not want to steal sales from themselves. I decided to go try them both out back to back and compare. Read the rest of this entry »
Test Driven: 2008 Volkswagen Golf R32
Posted: October 13, 2011 Filed under: TEST DRIVEN, Used Gems | Tags: 250hp, 3.2, all, AWD, back, bucket, DCT, Drive, Golf, GTI, Hatch, Hot, Mind, motor, Over, R32, review, seats, SMG, Test, Transmission, V6, Volkswagen, VR6, VW, wheel Leave a comment »
VW R32
The R32 was the hottest Golf you could buy back in 08. It offered a more comfortable, grown up alternative to the Japanese rally cars, but wasn’t quite on their level of performance on paper. Today good R32s can be found for on either side of the $20k mark and they still offer the same mix of practicality, comfort, and performance as they did three years ago when compared with current brand new models. Read the rest of this entry »
Lead East 2011
Posted: September 13, 2011 Filed under: EVENTS / PLACES | Tags: 50's, 60's, 70's, Auburn, Barracuda, Bird, Cadillac, Camaro, Car, Chrysler, Classic, Corvette, Cuda, custom, Dice, Dodge, East, Flat, Ford, GM, Head, Hemi, Hot, knob, Lead, Lincoln, Mercury, Mind, motor, Muscle, Mustang, Nomad, Over, party, Plymouth, Rod, Shifter, show, Supercharge, T, Torino, vintage, Zephyr Leave a comment »
We were in attendance for Lead East 2011. It was my first time at this show and it did not disappoint. Good ol’ American metal in a nice heapin’ helpin’.
-Nick Read the rest of this entry »
Motortrend’s Hot Lap in the Lexus LFA
Posted: August 27, 2011 Filed under: Auto Idolatry | Tags: 2011, Best, Car, Driver, Hot, Laguna, Lap, Lexus, LFA, Mind, motor, Motortrend, Over, Seca, Trend Leave a comment »Turn your speakers up people, and get ready for some V10 savagery.
-Nick
