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Go here for the article, http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1043265_paper-challenge-2011-ford-mustang-v-6-vs-2010-chevrolet-camaro-v-6/ Some excerpts: Verdict: It would have been a tie, but the convertible factor tips things in favor of the Mustang. Both cars look great in the flesh, though they do so in remarkably different ways. Round 1 score: 10-9 for the Mustang. Verdict: A close round, with the Camaro’s more advanced rear [...] Go here for the article, http://www.sportscarmonitor.com/pictures/1043258_photo-history-47-years-of-fords-mustang_gallery-1#100307890 Share on Facebook (click to enlarge) Floyd left the latest edition of Inside Higher Ed in the Executive Washroom at Threedonia World Headquarters and as I was leafing through it while otherwise occupied I stumbled onto this article. It’s the results of this year’s NCAA tournament if the teams performed on the court as they do in the classroom. [...] The Grim Reaper's favorite ride, before the Prius. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Audi was gripped with a crisis. It’s car, the Audi-5000, was linked with SAIs – Sudden Acceleration Incidents. The vehicle would allegedly speed off while the helpless driver gripped the wheel in sheer terror while unavailingly mashing one’s foot through [...] It seems they are the scourge of Western Civilization. Theodore Dalrymple, one of my favorite writers, recently got a parking ticket over in the UK and he blogged about it at his blog (group blog) The Social Affairs Unit: The alacrity, efficiency and speed with which monies are collected from certain members of the public [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook The Magnificent Seven (1960) I don’t care if the theme is a cliche — I still get chills when the music plays dammit. Better [...]
It’s the first practical flying car, courtesy of bunch of MIT propeller-heads who got together to form Terrafugia and produce the Transition aircraft/automobile. No trailers to haul the wings about – just land, hit a button: the wings fold up and you drive away. Anticipated price? A shade under $200,000. If Rufus ever [...] Share on Facebook A while back, Lars Walker described Sheriff Andy Taylor’s first appearance on the tube: I saw the episode and remember it. It was the Danny Thomas Show. Danny blew into Mayberry and got a ticket for speeding, or illegal parking, or something. Andy arrested him, and then arraigned him (being both local cop and justice of [...] Like Bullitt and the French Connection meets Spy vs. Spy — except tinier. Turn up the sound. h/t: JJ Share on Facebook I get this from a college buddy who is now a financial guy… It’s funny cuz it’s true — the older I get the riskier they both seem. And the joke came with it: Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he [...] We all have things we “don’t get,” be it television, automobiles or any of the latest fads permeating our pop culture. With Hollywood more and more ensnared by its own cranium-rectum-inversion, more people feel the town is out of touch. Regardless, here are things I “just don’t get.” 1. The Eagles: For those who considered Creedance [...] UPDATE FROM Floyd — Apparently Scozzafava has suspended her campaign in NY-23. Score one for the conservatives! From Iowahawk – and for good reason. Canuck reader Maryann Crabtree forwards this photo of the candidate posing proudly in front of his Two Lane Blacktop – worthy 1955 Chevy 210 2-door sedan. Note missing rear bumper. Note radiused [...] To be honest, I’m less than impressed. GOSSAU, Switzerland – Authorities say an Italian man took reckless driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland.They say they first spotted the 47-year-old driver as he sped his jeep past an unmarked police car at 100 miles per hour in a rainstorm [...] Dogs are worse for the environment than Land Cruisers. Science tells me so. The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers have found. Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs [...] Next up! The Chevy Shitation. But for now you’ll have to settle for this. Mazda’s latest four-wheel-drive likes a wee drink. The Mazda CX-7 uses a special man-made liquid similar to human urine to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The compound, called AdBlue, is a mixture of roughly one-third pure urea and two-thirds [...] Tom Veal at Stromata revisits the Cash for Clunkers program and its current impact on the automotive industry: It turns out, though, that the net effect was merely to shift sales from one month to another. Henry Payne reports what happened after the golden shower came to an end: Edmunds.com [the link is behind a subscription wall] [...] From John Stossel’s Take: The Detroit News points out that tucked into the health care bill passed by the House is a provision to give $10 billion to the United Auto Workers’ retiree health insurance program. In effect, it would ask every taxpayer, regardless of whether they’ll have health insurance coverage themselves after they retire — and most [...] This is all kinds of awesome. The best thing about being a lawyer with a police agency was watching videos like this — and working with cops. Watch it all. h/t: cop friend of mine (not involved) Share on Facebook Over at Stromata Blog (which I’ve just blog-rolled), the mighty Tom Veal gives an interesting analogy to the “Cash for Clunkers” program: Seeing that a careless lad has broken a shopkeeper’s window, spectators offer the consolation that the six francs spent for a new pane of glass will provide business for the glazier. Generalizing, they conclude [...] Jim Wangers is the father of the Pontiac GTO. One of the most influential cars in history, the GTO was the first musclecar and created an age and style that lives to this day. He also has thoughts on the auto industry. General Motors’ announcement this year to end production of the Pontiac brand is [...] PJ was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show yesterday talking about this book and it sounds fun and like a great memoir/travelogue. He talks about driving off road in Baja; driving from Islamabad across India to Calcutta, and other car related essays. There’s no transcript yet on Hugh’s website, but if it [...] Meet Edward Whitacre, Jr. the new Chairman of the board at Government Motors. “Big Ed” don’t know much about cars, by his own admission. “I don’t know anything about cars,” Whitacre, 67, said yesterday in an interview after his appointment. “A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. [...] Somebody at NYPD has some ’splainin’ to do. Police made a gruesome discovery earlier this week while getting ready to tow a heavily-ticketed van – a decomposed body in the back seat. It was that of a missing man, and now his family wants to know to how officers could ticket the vehicle numerous times — and [...] The best idea I’ve heard yet, from James Bennet, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Obama should install Mitt Romney as GM’s chairman. Romney grew up outside Detroit and around cars; his father, George W. Romney, saved American Motors from collapse in the 1950s—by killing failing brands and focusing on compact cars! George Romney successfully took on the [...] John FN — prompted by the great new Pixar film Up — asks below “Whatever ever happened to adventure?” in a great post. Let’s see now — where has all the adventure gone? Probably the better way to frame the question is “Who sucked ALL the fun out of life?” Let’s see [...] When not battling cancer, socialist plutocrats or nonsensical Republicans, P.J. O’Rourke test drives for “Car and Driver.” O’Rourke packed his family and headed west where he and his loyal Ford Flex braved the mountains, the deserts and the enduring road. His daughter came to this conclusion. Poppet cried again when we left the Flex at the [...] Push back (finally!) against Obama’s restructuring of Chrysler. .30 on the dollar sounds like an unconstitutional taking to me. Share on Facebook 2011 Chrysler Linen 2011 Chrysler Stallin’ 2011 Chrysler Trotsky 2011 Chrysler Troika Limousine All powered by the people of course. Share on Facebook Many moons ago, I was hired to help a GM plant in Detroit with a “worker-safety issue” that involved airborne dust. It was a little out of my wheel-house, since I usually do smokestack work, but if you’re a consultant you’re basically a whore and so – after warning my plant contact about my limitations [...] Lee Iacocca, who helped design or put impetus behind the Ford Mustang, the Chyrlser K-Car, and the Chyrlser minivan, talked to Newsweek recently about the condition and state of his former company and what it will take to fix it. It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on [...] Iowahawk celebrates Earth Day the only way he knows how – by presenting readers with photos and tales of gas-guzzling vehicles. This was a personal favorite of mine: “Here it is… a totaly unrestored, original Ford 200ci in my ‘65 Mustang coupe. The carb leaks vapors upwards and fuel down, years of running on unleaded have cracked [...] Share on Facebook The Roush P-51B Mustang A “friend” of mine brought this car to my attention today after seeing my previous post about the Roush 427R. It is as if the people at Roush Racing somehow got into my primate-like brain. They have combined the P-51 (my all-time favorite WWII airplane) and the Ford Mustang [...] Spotted this on the INTERNETs this morning. For all you car nuts out there this is the 2010 Roush Mustang 427R. Here’s some of the details from MotorTrend Recession? Global Warming? Future gas-price worries? Bah. This is turning out to be some sort of National Musclecar Month (stay tuned for more Camaro/Mustang/Challenger news coming very soon), and [...] When I was a kid, in the mornings on the way to school my mom would have the radio on and occasionally I would listen to Paul Harvey and one of his regular segments was a humorous bumper sticker that someone saw and then wrote in to let Paul know about it. Today I saw this…
Chuck! Where are you? Perhaps this will entice you back. I found a car for you and apparently the newly compromised porkulus, National Recovery Act “stimulus” bill will have $11B in tax credits for car purchases. Share on Facebook Miley Cyrus was sad. She was stuck inheriting her mom’s crappy Porsche when she turned 16 (poor kid). Her dream car? A tricked out black Prius! Well, she got it. “I didn’t like it ’cause it was bad for the environment, and it was too big,” she says in a new video on her Web site. [...] Here’s a great post from Car Lust blog on 1975 Buicks and father-son remembrances. h/t: Instapundit Share on Facebook |
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