Teh Car Blogz

Spend some time on any automotive web forum and you’re bound to run across the ultimate hypothetical question: “what is your ultimate dream garage?” Sometimes 5 car, sometimes 10, sometimes more. Many people like to fill their fantasy garage up with dream exotica, many people like classics. If you’ve been reading my site, by now you know my choices are somewhat odd. So here, friends, is my 15-car dream garage.

1) 2001 Audi (B5) S4
Nogaro Blue, six-speed manual, converted to RS4 engine spec (forged internals, lower compression, K04/20 turbochargers, etc etc.) 450-500whp would be sufficient for a daily driver. I’ve always admired the B5 S4 for a lot of reasons. Primarily, it’s a spectacular mechanical package: 2.7L 30 valve V6 with twin turbochargers, a six-speed manual and Torsen AWD make for an extremely rapidly accelerating automobile…

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Designing the Perfect Car (or: designing a car like a bike)

My interest of things with wheels is pretty broad. I’ve been a road-biker for years, I love cars, motorcycles, trucks, Jeeps… pretty much anything with wheels. I haven’t developed a love for the unicycle yet, but I’m sure it’s time is coming.

One of things about the whole bicycle industry is that very few components are proprietary. That is to say, if you are building a mountain bike, a Shimano XTR rear derailleur will work on a Santa Cruz frame, or a Trek frame, or a Cannondale frame. A rear derailleur is a rear derailleur. Same thing with seats. Love your Selle Italia carbon saddle? Put it on your new bike. Shifters, handbars, stems, brakes, cranks, crank arms, pedals. grips, shorties, forks, head units, computers - most everything will fit on anything. You can theoretically build a bike exactly the way you want it. Wouldn’t that be amazing if you could do that with a car?…

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