June 25 2011

Friday Beerblog: Swiss cheese Porsche

So you’ve got a Porsche and it happens to spew its internals all over the highway and the cost to get it fixed is a big wad of cash. Instead of selling it to someone who can use the seemingly straight body for parts or a project car, why not donate it to a group, [...] Read the rest of this entry »

June 25 2011

Cars 2 Carrera event in CT

Saturday June 25th Carrera of America will be doing a demo at the Regal Cinemas Branford Stadium 12 in Branford CT from about 11am all day. We will have a Disney Pixar Cars 2 GO!!! set on display (for racing too) and we will also have preproduction samples of the 1/32 Lightning McQueen and Francesco.

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June 24 2011

Corvette Racing hot laps LeMans

What did we do before the Internet? It’s so refreshing to see some great video and content from the automakers making it out to the public. Corvette Racing is no stranger to putting out quality videos showcasing the ‘Vette and what it can do on the track. The below video is no different, taking us [...] Read the rest of this entry »

June 23 2011

New H & R Motor


Coming soon new H & R motor HRMCI 26,000 rpm # 12 V double shaft

June 22 2011

Autoworld Carfitti releases

New Autoworld Carfitti releases Autoworld SC232

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June 21 2011

Ford shoves foot in proverbial mouth, proves DOT’s point

Last week we published a story about the USDOT worrying about mobile apps becoming too prevalent in automobiles (HERE). We were on the fence for the most part as we saw the pros and cons accordingly. As we embark on a new week we learn that Ford, who has been getting criticized about the quality [...] Read the rest of this entry »

June 20 2011

New Carrera Ferrari 599xx coming

Coming soon from Carrera a new Ferrari 599xx in DIGITAL132, item number 30563.

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June 18 2011

Friday Beerblog: Knock knock.Who’s there? Crane

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve featured numerous failures of rigging and pulling vehicles in numerous forms. Now it’s time to feature some lifting, but this time it doesn’t involve an automobile, but instead of a medium sized crane lifting a nice spankin’ new fiberglass in-ground pool shell. I’ve been involved with numerous crane [...] Read the rest of this entry »

June 17 2011

Winning is indeed priceless

Winning the Italian Championship…. priceless!A great video.

June 16 2011

NHTSA draws a line in sand, claims cars aren’t mobile devices

David Strickland, administrator for. the NHTSA, has said that he will challenge any technology that threatens the safety of an automobile. I’m just putting everyone on notice. A car is not a mobile device, Strickland announced to a crowd of around 200 at the Telematics 2011 conference in Detroit. While praising technologies that help direct [...] Read the rest of this entry »