24 Hours of Lemons, For Sale, Terrible Ideas, Too Cheap to Pass Up, Your Next Project Car

God Help Me...

I’m a lucky man. I’m lucky to have a great little family (Junior’s 6 months as of yesterday!) and the opportunities to play the way I do. But most of all, I’m lucky this car’s in the opposite corner of the country. If it weren’t I’d be picking it up on my way home from [...]

Showdown

Showdown: Obscure 4x4s Edition

Our last Showdown was a close one, one that gets right at the heart of our spirit of automotive omnivorousness (which is, apparently, a real word). Surprising (to me, at least) the $300 more expensive Vic edged out the early 5-er for the win 56 to 54, as of this writing.

Today, we’re getting [...]

Reviews, Road Test Reviews, Volkswagen Reviews

2010 Volkswagen Tiguan

I enjoy difficult challenges. My day job involves using implantable medical devices to help paralyzed people walk and I race a 3-speed automatic-equipped 1982 BMW 633csi in the 24 Hours of LeMons. Now I find myself trying to write a review that someone might actually want to read, about a brownish grey front wheel drive [...]

Encyclopedia Hoonatica

Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Cars with NACA Ducts

Believe it or not, developing a scoop that’s effective at scooping air in without creating ridiculous amounts of drag is phenomenally difficult. It’s actually quite easy to design a scoop looking thing that barely scoops at all. You could say it sucks…but the problem is it doesn’t.

Luckily, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics [...]

For Sale, Showdown

Showdown: How Do You Take Your Four Doors? Edition

Our last Showdown was long, long ago, but still in this galaxy. Based on the results there, a sister blog of Beeriverse has some potential.

Today, we’re keeping things a bit more practical. Run of the mill sedans for surprisingly cheap prices. At first, these two seem worlds apart: the Bavarian precision [...]

Chevrolet Reviews, Reviews, Road Test Reviews

2010 Camaro LT

There’s an advantage to being near the bottom end of the automotive media food chain. By the time most manufacturers let us at their press fleets, the big guys have long since established readers’ opinions for them. We’re not part of that crucial first round of reviews where manufacturers learn whether their latest [...]