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One of the Longest Running Races Evolved

18Aug

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

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One of the Longest Running Races Evolved

It’s easy enough to admire the history of the automobile as we moved from horse-drawn carriages to vehicles powered by a combustion engine. This history doesn’t just offers us a look into vehicles that are meant to be driven on a road for the purpose of mobility and commuting, but also for the purpose of attempting to offer us some of the fastest vehicles on the planet. Ever since man learned we could run races and competitions have been fought and won and adding vehicles to the mix has been a huge part of the equation for over a century of racing. (more…)

28Jul

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

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The Auction of America’s Most Significant Car

Thankfully during the early days of the American sports car world, those who built these cars had the vision to protect their investment and make sure these cars would last for many generations. With that in mind we have seen some of the most impressive cars that have been kept in perfect condition over time auctioned off at high prices to be some of the cars that have lasted and represent key times in the automotive world. (more…)

12Jul

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

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Danger on the Road and Track

Driving by nature can be dangerous, but when an automaker adds power and sells a car as a sports car you quickly find out that there is more to the danger than you thought. Most of us don’t want to feel as if we’re taking our own life with any disregard when we step into our car to head out for the day or to go to the track and these cars weren’t meant to make us feel any less safe than any others, but they certainly have been considered to be some of the most dangerous cars on the road for a variety of reasons. (more…)

4Jul

By Rocco PennNo Comments

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Continuing to Die Out

Over the past several years we have seen something start to happen that is a huge part of the future of the automotive industry. We are witnessing a transition away from the manual transmission. This is due to the dynamics of the automatics that are being made and the way they can provide smoother shifting at the right times along with the efficiency we want when it comes to the miles per gallon we would like to receive. Even sports cars are steering away from the manual transmissions, which brings us to several models that we wish still came with a manual transmission, but don’t. (more…)

18Jun

By Rocco PennNo Comments

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How Can You Enjoy Launching Your Car on the Dragstrip?

You have a sports car that includes a manual transmission which is meant to jump off the line and give you a lead right away, but you have never driven a sports car like this before. How then are you going to get the jump on your buddies and learn how to properly get a jump off the line to be the one in the front of the line when you finish the drag race at the track? Here are some tips as to what you need to do to get the lead and launch your car ahead of the rest. (more…)

2Jun

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

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Taking the Race to the Street

Time and again we see the automakers of some of the highest level supercars in the world take inspiration from the track and create cars that probably shouldn’t be driven on the streets, but are legal to drive on the street. Why shouldn’t these cars be on the streets? Not because they are going to careen out of control, but because they are being held back by the rules of the road and the congestion that is created in traffic. When a car is street legal but built to be a racing machine you can bet it’s not going to lose control with the low speeds and slow curves of the road, but take one of these beauties to the track and you will see what it can do. (more…)

25May

By Rocco PennNo Comments

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Can We Please Wake Up?

If you don’t think the world can see what you’re doing and read what you put on social media think again. For some reason there are several people in this world who actually admit to texting or using social media while driving and the NHTSA is onto them. So far, the NHTSA has taken to sending tweets to these people who admit to driving while distracted in this manner and the message they send is clear; stop texting, tweeting, posting or taking selfies while driving. The question I have regarding this is “how valuable is your life to you?” (more…)

19Apr

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

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You Won’t Believe the Sales

With 2015 behind us and a quarter of 2016 gone we now get a chance to look back at the sales that were 2015. This past year was the strongest year ever in the automotive industry. More cars were sold than in any one year previously and you might think that every car had a banner year, but you would be wrong. For an unfortunate few models sales did not reach anywhere near the goals set by the manufacturer, even though these models were good cars and offered features that should have attracted more customers. (more…)

31Mar

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

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Why do Those of Us Born in the 1970s Seem to Hate V8 Engines?

Even though not all of us hate the V8 engines of the 1970s, the fact that our parents had to put up with the low power numbers that were supposed to come out of the largest engines on the market. Our parents had a hate affair with the cars that were coming from Japan, but those cars were the ones that were quickly proving our American stubbornness to be wrong. This combination caused many of us to watch as our parents were dismayed by the vehicles they had to drive. (more…)

27Mar

By Rocco PennNo Comments

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Don’t be Pushed into a Deal

While we do work with a variety of automotive dealers that employ several salespeople there is no place for pushiness in sales. Your sales representative that is working with you should help you find the right vehicle at the price you can afford. There are so many vehicle on the market that there is certain to be a right vehicle for you. It might not be the first one you look at or the twentieth, but there is a right one. What there isn’t is room for the pushiness of a salesperson who appears to only be interested in making a sale to you with little to no regard for your needs and desires. Here are some responses you can have to help keep from being pushed into a deal that isn’t right for you. (more…)