Airing right now and again at 1am (CST) on the History Channel is Modern Marvels: Horsepower. I turned it on in time to see a 95,000 horsepower diesel engine used to power container ships. Check it out!
Feb 282007
Feb 242007
Because I wasn’t confused enough by my car choice options, today I added another: the Volkswagen Touareg. Funny, because just two days ago in another post I referred to it as archaic. But once I got past the way the back seats fold down, I was able to see a nice vehicle that might be [read more]
Clunky name, cool ride. Missing the Orange The Good Great standard features Smooth ride Hot styling with off road capabilities The Bad Funereal interior Wind noise No orange The Range Rover Sport is built on the LR3’s platform, making it smaller than a regular Range Rover, even though it looks like the Range Rover’s twin. [read more]
I drove the VW Passat Wagon the for first time last fall, but that was a while ago and I’ve driven many vehicles between then and now. So today I went and drove it again. I still think it’s ugly, at least from the rear view, but you can’t beat the options available for the [read more]
It’s down to a few vehicles: Volvo XC90 – great car, but cheap-looking interior may sour the deal BMW X5 – a little ugly on the exterior, and very ugly on my checkbook Volkswagen Passat Wagon – smaller than the SUVs, but great bang for the buck It’s funny: a month ago I was ready [read more]
Feb 222007
Chris and I were pretty set on the Volvo XC90 Sport until the Houston Auto Show, when we realized that the interior really didn’t feel like a $52,000 interior. So we tried the various Mercedes (weren’t impressed with the ones in our price range), Lexus (yuck – redesign the LX470 already), and the BMW X3 [read more]
Feb 042007
Audi is auctioning off a test drive in a 2008 R8 on eBay. The test drive will take place February 24 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The test drive will also include a scenic drive through the Valley of Fire. Included with the test drive is airfare (within the US), ground transportation, a room [read more]
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