How to drive an Evo IX
Destroying 2 Mitsubishi Evo Prototypes Without Even Crashing – YouTube
Destroying 2 Mitsubishi Evo Prototypes Without Even Crashing – YouTube
How to Make a Crown Victoria P71 Handle Like a Sports Car – YouTube
A few weeks ago I was part of a group at the BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina and getting a ride in a 5 series being driven by one of BMW’s professional divers. It was an intense “hot lap” around their test track and this driver was really impressing us with his abilities along with the amazing capabilities of the BMW sedan. With a great deal of élan he took us through the complex course consisting of multiple layouts and the challenge of traffic cones placed to make the tarmac even more challenging. The BMW responded to his inputs as if by magic and demonstrating its braking ability as exceptional, bring our speed down in what appeared to be impossibly short distances. In the grand finale to our lap we ended drifting around a wet skid pad before we
As we cruise around the state we often come across interesting vehicles on the side of the road. Here we stopped to examine an old flatbed truck. Its rusty patina gave us a chance to wonder what its history was and what kind of a life it had seen. The wooden bed had seen a lot of weather and the wheels on it were a mish mash of years. Long before vehicles had air-conditioning this faithful truck had a sun shade and the bottom of the windshield was designed to tilt out at the bottom inviting a breeze of outside air to cool the driver. It must have been quite the work truck. A little further on there was this beauty being used as a representation of this store. Even with the paint having been replaced by a surface of
Back in 2008 I told you about the Splinter – a wooden supercar under construction and later in 2011 I published and update on the Splinter. It’s been a long road to get to the finish line, but here is the completed car: Splinter – The World’s First Wooden Supercar | RIDICULOUS RIDES – YouTube Enjoy the fruits of a lot of hard work!
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