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New In My Garage “Links & Resources” Page
Warning! Your productivity is about to take a nosedive! Check out our just-added links page, a collection of our favorite auto news sites, blogs, and car guy pages. We’ll be updating it regularly, so check back often. Heck, why not use it as your daily web surfing start page? Guaranteed fresh, always kosher. Get some here… [...]
Continue reading...Top 5 Cars Least Likely to be Stolen
Tue, Dec 29, 2009 | Posted by: Dustin
Every year about this time, the National Insurance Crime Bureau releases its list of America’s most stolen cars. I always chuckle at the predictable (but apparently desirable) array of sedans and SUV’s that top the list. For 2009, the Honda Civic and Accord, Toyota Camry, and Ford F-150 sit atop the heap. It got me [...]
Continue reading...The Car Coozie: It’ll Have You in Stitches
Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Posted by: Dustin
In 2006, English art student Lauren Porter took 10 months and used 12 miles of yarn to create a 1:1 Ferrari that really puts Grandma’s tissue box covers to shame. We think she was on to something, and it’s only a matter of time before someone markets “Car Coozies”. Dress up that old Ford Probe! [...]
Continue reading...What’s the best example of automotive “green marketing”?
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 | Posted by: Mike
Throughout the summer, Fiat created an oasis in the middle of Milan by using full-scale fiberglass models of the automaker’s 500C cars as tree planters. The flora-toting Fiats were positioned on otherwise tree-less streets to “make the summer more liveable in the Lombardy capital.” Is it genius, or greenwashing?
Continue reading...Admit it. You want this BMW E30 driving simulator.
Thu, Sep 3, 2009 | Posted by: Derek
You know you’ve thought about it. You and a bunch of friends are lapping the Nürburgring in a Ford GT on the latest rendition of Gran Turismo or Forza and you think, “This would be so much cooler if I was sitting in a racing seat with a steering wheel, shifter, and pedals in front [...]
Continue reading...10 Things You’ll Never Hear in My Garage
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 | Posted by: Dustin
Our garages are a sanctuary. There are unspoken rules and codes passed down through the generations before us about proper conduct in the cave. And let’s be honest, there are some things that just don’t (or shouldn’t) fly within those four walls, right? Here’s my list… what are the things you’d never hear (or want [...]
Continue reading...Porsche 944 Trailer: Crunk or Junk?
Thu, Aug 6, 2009 | Posted by: Dustin
When is a car worth saving, and when is it just a pile (no pun intended) of metal? This is the question under constant debate at InMyGarage. Here’s the latest installment submitted for your consideration: Spotted at the Porsche Parade in Keystone, Colorado, it’s a Porsche 944 pulling a trailer built from… uhh, another 944.
Continue reading...5 Must-Have Car Goodies for Kids. Okay, 4.
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Posted by: Derek
The birthing classes are over, the baby showers have been completed, and with a month to go, it’s finally time for me to take care of the real priorities… scouring the internet for all the necessities my son will need during his first few years in the pits. Here are 4 ridiculously awesome car gifts [...]
Continue reading...Scrappy little fella, aren’t ya?
A walk through the local Mini dealer today revealed one customer’s attitude toward big blocks! To be fair, and with apologies to the continental owner of the marque, when did the UK ever produce a V8 worth it’s weight in tea???
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Mon, Jan 18, 2010 | Posted by: Mike
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