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06.24.08

Hypermiling
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The new series of Top Gear started on Sunday on BBC2. They did a tongue-in-cheek look at fuel-economy and declared the Audi R8 the most fuel efficient supercar money can buy. I just thank god the hypermiling craze has not caught on in Europe yet. It's probably due to the fact we haven't relied on gas guzzling, huge displacement engines. I don't necessarily agree with hypermilers, but as long as you do it safely and don't present a hazzard to others I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed to eek out every last mile out of your tank. Just ...
03.17.08

F1 2008 Season Is Go!
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Okay, I'm a big F1 fan and the Melbourne GP was eagerly anticipated. After it came and went my first big impression? Damn the safety car sounds good! There's something about the deep sound of the 6.3l V8 compared to the F1 cars 2.4l high-revving engines. Initial thoughts post-race? A lot of errors from the drivers and teams. Not necessarily because of the lack of traction control, but just some random unforced errors. Maybe it was first race of the season type jitters, but some mistakes were pretty unforgivable. Barrichello going into the closed pit-lane for fuel was a good idea ...
12.29.07

Mazda Furai
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We got a small preview of the Furai Concept with a teaser photo released by Mazda a few weeks ago, but Inside Line has let the cat out of the bag with a full set of photos and more details about the car. The Furai, which translates to "sound of wind", is built on a Courage C65 chassis that was campaigned by Mazda in the 2005 ALMS season. It features a fully-running three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower. The flowing shape of the Furai was co-designed by Mazda and Swift Engineering ...
07.17.07

Autophile Apparel
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Just a quick update about the t-shirt, Give Me a Boost. It's now available from Autophile Apparel. $18 per shirt, any size, $5 off any order over $25. Get them while it's still hot (bloody British summertime).
05.31.07

Give Me a Boost
Cars (1)
Something Awful goon French Canadian created this awesome car themed T-shirt design, entitled 'Give Me a Boost'. It was on threadless, where it received over 2500 votes...with an average rating of 2.1. Well most members of threadless wouldn't know a classy design if it slapped them in the face, so in roughly 2 months the T-shirts should be available from another goon who will be printing them. More details to follow.

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