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  • New Shirt! We’ve revised the House of Brake Stands t-shirt

    New Shirt! We’ve revised the House of Brake Stands t-shirt

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    This is one of my favorite designs we put out a while ago. The prior version was blue over gold script. Now we’ve gone proper black and gold and added a logo to the front of it. It’s for sale starting TODAY over at Blipshift and if you follow this link you can pick one…

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  • GoFastCampers new Truck Topper is pretty damn strong

    GoFastCampers new Truck Topper is pretty damn strong

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    The Montana-based team from GoFastCampers has a new product for you truck owners out there. And based on the footage and images I’ve seen of the new Truck Topper, it’s pretty damn well built. In fact, it’s overbuilt compared to the bed of your truck. To prove this, GFC had to reinforce the bed of…

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  • Is the 2022 Golf R’s interior as troubling as everyone says it is?

    Is the 2022 Golf R’s interior as troubling as everyone says it is?

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    It can’t be that bad, can it? How wrong could VW have gotten it? Countless reviews said the center screen and HVAC situation was abysmal, but that must have been an exaggeration for entertainment’s sake, right? These were the questions swirling in my mind prior to taking delivery of the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R press…

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  • Watch this Hot Wheels Miata become an awesome RC drift car with working headlights!

    Watch this Hot Wheels Miata become an awesome RC drift car with working headlights!

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    It’s fun to sling a Hot Wheels car around the room. Or over your desk. Or down the hall. Pretty much anywhere you want to roll a Hot Wheels is the right place to do so. What if you want to see it move under power, though? Well, if you’re as skilled as TLS Garage,…

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  • Which tiny amazing working engine would you want to build?

    Which tiny amazing working engine would you want to build?

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    I put together one of those plastic scale model engines a few years back. It was a fun exercise, and I’d love to do it again. Especially if I could find a nice version in metal. The one you see in the video below is particularly amazing because it actually runs. There’s coolant, a radiator,…

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  • Watch Larry Kosilla turn a great 1990 Mazda Miata into a perfect one

    Watch Larry Kosilla turn a great 1990 Mazda Miata into a perfect one

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    The OG Mazda Miata is a legend. It’s an icon. And it’s a damn fun thing to drive. When the car arrived on the floor of the Chicago Auto show in 1990, it opened up many eyes, and the rest is history. Our friend Larry Kosilla of AMMO brand car cleaning products got up close…

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  • The Grand Tour heads into the freezing North for A Scandi Flick

    The Grand Tour heads into the freezing North for A Scandi Flick

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    The Grand Tour returns this September with a pretty darn perfectly titled adventure called A Scandi Flick. In the latest trip, Richard Hammond, James May, and Jeremy Clarkson are tasked with trials while staying up in the Arctic Circle. So you can expect to find seriously cold weather mixed with rally car excellence. And the…

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  • Automotive Touch-Up Paint is proof that sometimes the simple fixes are so satisfying

    Automotive Touch-Up Paint is proof that sometimes the simple fixes are so satisfying

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    My Montero has been working hard for most of its life. At least I assume as much since it’s a vehicle designed to go… well, anywhere. And I’m now taking it easy on the thing, even if it shows 326,000 miles on its odometer. Still, I’d like it to look good, which occasionally means addressing…

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  • You Have to See This Flood/Salvage Title Corvette Buggy

    You Have to See This Flood/Salvage Title Corvette Buggy

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    Well that’s something you don’t see every day. Browsing through the car social media world and I came across a screenshot of a Carfax advertisement for a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. Sure enough, I found the listing from RP Exotics LLC via Carfax. You don’t know how bad I wanted it to be CarMax. From the…

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  • The 2022 Escalade Sport is Cadillac embracing its extravagance

    The 2022 Escalade Sport is Cadillac embracing its extravagance

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    Amidst a flurry of life mayhem I spent a week with the 2022 Cadillac Escalade Sport. Having grown up in a household consisting solely of GM vehicles (Tahoes, mainly) the Escalade stood atop the pedestal of what luxury meant, a symbol of making the financial leap from Chevy to wealthy. Years on, the Escalade still…

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