The Hot Rod HomepageKeepin it Hot RodGasoline prices and the Mania of Used Cars- August 14, 2008 Toyota Corollas and Honda Civics have become used car gold. Excursions and Tahoes are lepers, sent to live apart from society. As someone who has owned and driven vehicles on both sides of the fuel economy scale, I wanted to spend some time and do a breakdown of actual fuel savings yielded by switching from ...http://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/14/gasoline-prices-and-the-mania-of-used-cars/ The DMC and the GTO - One may be coming back- August 13, 2008 When I first saw Marty McFly hop behind the wheel of Doc Browns DMC-12, I was hooked. At that time I had no idea the man behind the version without a flux capacitor was the very same man credited with hatching the Pontiac GTO in 1964. There are few things as magical as sitting behind ...http://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/13/the-dmc-and-the-gto-one-may-be-coming-back/ The Toyota Cressida, 2JZ makes it sing- August 12, 2008 When you spend as much time in the junkyards as I do, you start to develop irrational affection for a number of somewhat obscure vehicles. Back before Toyota introduces the Lexus line of automobiles , their Flagship car in the United States was the Cressida. Known on &8220;the street&8221; as the 4-door Supra, these cars ...http://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/12/the-toyota-cressida-2jz-makes-it-sing/ The Stig Blogs- August 11, 2008 The British Petrol Heads over at Top Gear put their test driver, &8220;The Stig&8221; behind the wheel of the new Nissan GT-R. Read his blog with his impressions of the car: The Stig&8217;s Impression of the GT-Rhttp://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/11/the-stig-blogs/ GTA IV reminded me: I love the 1987 Turbo Regal- August 8, 2008 Last night I was playing GTA IV via xbox Live with my good friend and I had a realization, the vehicle design team for this game not only loves cars, but they love them in the same way that I do. The cars are not just copies of run of the mill street cars, they ...http://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/08/gta-iv-reminded-my-how-much-i-love-the-1987-... Cellphone Camera - Capturing Cars Around Town- August 7, 2008 An Audio R4 A sweet BMW e30 Drift Spec New Nissan Skyline GT-R BMW 1-Series Some crazy little electric car Someone who figured a stock VW Bug was not short enoughthttp://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/07/cellphone-camera-capturing-cars-around-town/ Angeles Crest Highway- August 6, 2008 I grew up in a small town called La Canada Flintridge. A nice, quiet community in northen Los Angeles, nestled at the base if the Angeles National Forest. A benefit of growing up there was the quick access to one of the west coasts finer driving roads. Clean, smooth pavement, banked turns, and if you ...http://www.hotrodhomepage.com/hrhp/2008/08/06/angeles-crest-highway/ |