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Things I like today

March 17, 2010
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Just a few things I’ve noticed today that turned my crank:

Ok, so call me color blind (which I am) but this combo is just too cool! Years ago, friend of The Garage, Racer Nika, had this cool Suzuki Swift GT with 5 spoke wheels that were dayglo orange. I coveted them for our rally car. [...]

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BMW X5M saves auto writer’s life

January 15, 2010

We’ve all experienced it, the fear that grabs you when a giant chunk of winter flies off the roof of a tractor trailer as it sails down the highway. Last night, Canadian auto writer Justin Pritchard had just that feeling. Heading off to a movie, a giant sheet of ice flew off a truck into [...]

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Team Brimstone Dynasty soldiers on at NASA 25

December 6, 2009

Anyone who has ever spectated, worked, crewed or raced at a round the clock endurance race will tell you that the energy throughout the weekend is unlike anything you will ever experience anywhere else. For those who have crewed or raced, it might just be the toughest thing you will ever do and you will [...]

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Going Iron Man in the longest race in the world

December 2, 2009

The longest race in the world.
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill is the longest race in the world by 1 full hour. sure, the guys and girls go for 24 at Le Mans and Daytona, but there is only one 25 hour race. Endurance racing history is full of tales of heroic drives and teamwork, but [...]

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Video review: 2010 BMW Z4

November 24, 2009

The boys have outdone themselves this time. Tom Williams and Scott Simmons spent a good part of an afternoon traipsing around the Poconos in BMW’s wonderful Z4. The resulting video is nothing short of spectacular except those darned Americans keep calling it a Zee4! Come on people, get it right! Zed!
Video after the break

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2009 Targa Newfoundland results

September 22, 2009

Another edition of the Targa Newfoundland is in the record books. Quite possibly Canada’s most important motorsports event these days, the 2009 Targa pitted 41 rally cars against each other and The Rock. Fortunately, in most cases the cars won this year, with The Rock claiming few casualties. Competitors in the Classic, Modern and Open [...]

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Schumacher to fill in for Massa… BMW to withdraw from F1

July 29, 2009

Micheal Schumacher will make a return to Formula 1 to replace Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.
The seven-time world champion, who retired following the 2006 season has agreed to drive in the European Grand Prix in Valencia Spain. Massa suffered a fractured skull during qualifying at the Hungarian GP.
Massa was released from intensive care today. He is [...]

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2009 BMW 335D: 3 is the new 5

July 1, 2009

My first introduction to the BMW 3 series came way back in the first half of the Eighties when a buddy’s private school girlfriend arrived at our public high school to pick him up in her new 320i. The car was small and sporty yet actually held 4 people. Even better, it was priced low [...]

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Achtung: Ziss istur lazt chanz to buy der Polizei 144 gear

April 3, 2009

Ok, so the title is as far as I’m willing to take my lame attempt of imitating Colonel Klink, but this really might be your last chance to buy some really cool Team Polizei gear. You see, the whole impersonating a police officer force seems to be catching up with retired cross country racer Alex [...]

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Capn Will is crashing into stuff again!

February 17, 2009

Just a couple of weeks after taking a run at the tire wall on a bike, our man on the west coast, Will Faules, has once again felt the pain of a pile of used woodyears. Except this time, instead of on two wheels, he was rolling in a pumpkin!
To be fair here, Will is [...]

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