Car of the Day

The VW/Audi 1.8t engine is one of the great economical powerplants currently in action right now.   It is simply a small turbo-charged 4 cylinder engine that produces decent power while delivering decent fuel economy at the same time.  The 1.8t is probably most famous for its application in the VW GTI, but numerous cars have […]

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This past Wednesday Evening my GTO and I partook in a GTO get together that then moved to a local auto meet up all kinds of car enthusiasts.  The GTOs actually had the best showing of a single model.  It was a blast meeting other GTO owners and seeing what they are doing with their […]

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There’s that “wind in the hair feeling” that people say they have when they are enjoying their car or motorcycle.  I’ve been enjoying that feeling with my new GTO.  I don’t think that feeling has anything to do with wind or hair.  It is about everything in life lining up and making sense.  It is […]

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Today I was asked to find a fun car with the following parameters.  More space than a Carolla, less than $15k and fewer than 15,000 miles, fun to drive and something that can be driven 100-300 miles a day.  Once again I find myself recommending a Saab to fit the bill.  Saab has benefited from […]

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Racing cars is an expensive hobby.  Reading magazine comparisons help fill the void of racing, but you can only read what is written.  What do you if you want to race any kind of car?  What about racing your old car vs your new car?  The answer is car racing simulation software.  I use a […]

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Today I saw first Dodge Challenger in real life.  It was at a Dodge dealership.  The Challenger sat in the dead center of showroom.  It was black and beautiful.  The Dodge Challenger SRT8 is a 425hp retro muscle car powered by a 6.1liter hemi V8 and is one of the most anticipated revivals of a […]

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When’s the last time you took your car to the drag strip?  Are you driving a sporty car?  You need to get to the strip and test out your car.  The drag strip is a great place to test your car and your driving abilities.  There are a lot of drag strips all over the […]

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From 2001 to 2004 there was a Supercharged Mercedes or “Kompressor” as they say in German.  The C32 was Mercedes answer to the BMW M3 and the Audi S4.  The C32 was a supercharged V6 with 349hp and 332lb-ft of torque.  This little German sedan was good for 0-60 around 5 seconds.  Today you can […]

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Sometimes the car of the day ends up being just a tweaked version of the current car I’m driving.  From a simple window tint to a new intake manifold, from a pinstripe to full exhaust, there are a lot of ways to customize your car.  Right now it seems like it is modding season.  There […]

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Caroftheday.org writing has taken a bit of a hit in its frequency of updates to a production I’m involved with.  I’m playing a pirate captain and I drive a pirate ship.  I’m thinking the pirate ship may have been a good ride back in the day for a pirate captain, but I’ll take my GTO. […]

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The Audi S4 has long been recognized as a serious sports sedan.  Before the Subaru WRX, STI, and Mitsubishi Evo became American household names, the S4 was making a name for itself as a turbocharged all-wheel drive sports sedan.  And about the time the WRX and others hit the US market Audi made another significant […]

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Remember before you got your driver’s license?  Back when you looked forward to being able to drive?  There is a time when driving is pure fun, it is a game or a race.  The days of going and racing go-carts and playing racing video games where a time when the fun of driving was in […]

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 The Pontiac GTO actually didn’t start its life as an American car.  It is an import from Australia.  The Holden Monaro is how the car is known “Down Under”.  The Holden Monaro is built under the GM corporate umbrella.  When GM was looking to bring a rear wheel drive coupe to the American market Bob […]

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In the 1980s this was one of my regular “Cars of the Day” (COTD).   The Conquest was really just a Mitsubishi Starion that was imported and rebadged as a Conquest.  This would be the beginning of the DSM cars that would follow and include cars like the Eclipse/Laser/Talon and Stealth/3000GT.  Currently on AutoTrader.com there is a […]

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Today I had the good fortune to test drive an enthusiast’s GTO.  The nice thing about the enthusiast and a test drive with one is that they want you to really “test out” the car.  The owner even had secluded test drive route where a person could really wring out a GTO without worrying about […]

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