I Put A Winch On My Porsche Cayenne And I Kind Of Hope I Never Have To Use It
If I'm going to be spending 5000 miles in the wilderness of Alaska and Canada, I want to be prepared. Let's get this bumper off.
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Record Breaking 288 GTO Auction Pushes Millionaires To Battle On Bring A Trailer
Does buying from BaT bring the same level of cachet as buying from the RM Sotheby's, Gooding & Co, and Bonhams of the world?
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Happy 50th Birthday To The Opulent Doorstop; The Aston Martin Lagonda Series 2
It's one of the strangest sedans of all time, but whether you love it or hate it, the wedge-shaped Lagonda is a huge part of Aston Martin's history.
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Cracking The Garage Door Helps With Summer Heat, But There Are Downsides
Leaving a small opening in your garage door can be an enticing strategy to let in some cool air and stave off summer heat, but it's not the safest approach.
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Why It's Hard To Pin Down Which Cars Are Truly Roadsters
The definition of a roadster keeps shifting, from the term's earliest days to its modern incarnations. It hasn't even always been used about automobiles.
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Here's How Much A 2023 Fisker Ocean Has Depreciated In Three Years
Even if you can find one of the few Fisker Oceans that's still on the road, it might not be a great idea to spend the money on the highly depreciated EV.
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This Was The Last Volkswagen To Roll Off The Line With An Air-Cooled Flat-4 Engine
VW started building air-cooled flat-4 engines in the 1930s, and it didn't stop for over seven decades. But the last one wasn't built in Germany.
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Chrysler's Muscle-Bound DOHC 426 Hemi Never Got To Eat Ford SOHC 427s For Breakfast
After Chrysler dominated the 1964 Daytona 500, Ford knew it needed a Hemi engine, too. But the two designs never got a chance to face off on the track.
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This Tractor Engine Company Once Powered A Norwegian Racer To 180 MPH Speed Record
With over 13 liters of displacement, the massive six-cylinder engine was able to push the 1920s speedster beyond the known limits of straight-line speed.
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Joe Biden And Donald Trump Crushed Spirit Airlines In Rare Bipartisan Effort
Though they haven't agreed on much over the years, neither Biden nor Trump provided the kind of help Spirit would have needed to stay afloat.
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That Guy Who Sliced His Ferrari Enzo In Half In A Malibu Crash Is Out Of Prison And Posting On Facebook About It
Whatever you make of it, this is certainly a strange situation, but it's nice to see an old friend of the blog turn up all these years later.
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Can Anything Be Done To Save The Raceways Closing Around The Country?
Racing facilities all over the U.S. are closing, being replaced by data centers and real estate projects. Is there anything enthusiasts can do to save them?
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Slate Truck Pricing Starts At $24,950, Here's What That Gets You
The Slate has a bit less power than initially announced and now only one battery pack option offering 205 miles of range, but towing capacity has increased.
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Stanceworks Is The Best Build Show To Ever Happen On YouTube
It took all of the restraint I could muster to refrain from mentioning Stanceworks until the fourteenth installment of this absurd online experiment.
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Five Professions That Bafflingly Get Their Own License Plates
You can get a specialty plate for all sorts of things, and in some states the list goes on for pages. But we didn't see these five professions' plates coming.
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These 5 Touring Motorcycles Easily Keep Up With Sport Bikes
Sport bikes offer ultimate performance, both on the street and the track, but these touring bikes are just as fast without sacrificing comfort.
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These Are The Best Cars For Your Dog
The consensus seems to be that dogs need space, comfort, and little else.
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Reality Check: Your Welder Uses Way More Electricity Than You Think
A welder can use some serious amounts of electricity during an ambitious DIY auto project. And that could add up to an impressive amount of money.
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This May Be The Most Infuriatingly Located Oil Filter In Automotive History
What kind of car has an oil filter located so poorly that you have to use an assortment of extensions and swivels to change it? This kind does.
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DeFlock Is An Open Source Project That's Mapping Flock Cameras
With hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras popping up all over the U.S., there's pushback on the efforts to track everyday American's movements.
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What Has 6 Wheels And Weighs 40,000 Pounds? This Absurd Brazilian Armored Vehicle
Do you need a huge armored personnel carrier that can go just about anywhere? Then you might want to check out the Brazilian Army's special vehicle.
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This Semi Truck's 10 MPG Might Sound Terrible, But Here's Why That's Incredibly Efficient
Just 10 miles per gallon? That would be terrible mileage if you were comparing this semi with a sedan, or even with an SUV. But it's really quite impressive.
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What's The Best Car For Your Dog?
What kinds of creature comforts would your creature find comfortable?
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Is It Dangerous To Drink Water From A Plastic Bottle Left In A Hot Car?
A car's interior and the things in it heat up quickly in the sun, and drinking 150-degree water might be unpleasant. But is it actually harmful?
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Are New Semi Trucks Better Than Old Ones? Here's What Drivers And Fleet Owners Say
As new semis take on a uniform look, lots of tech, and improved mileage, opinions have varied on whether they're really an improvement on older trucks.
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How The 1957 Racing Ban Killed American Factory Race Teams Overnight
U.S. automakers in the 1950s loved to "win on Sunday, sell on Monday," but they abruptly announced they were done with racing. Here's why, and what followed.
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Former Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson Has 'Aggressive' Cancer
It's a good reminder not to skip your routine health checks.
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