Show Your Car Pride with These Professional Outfit Accessory Ideas
For those of us die-hard gearheads who love to flaunt our automotive enthusiasm, the professional workplace can stifle your spirit with its restrictive dress code. Unless your employer allows you to wear jerseys or t-shirts in the office, you’ll have to find more subversive ways to wear your “driving” pride. Here are some ideas for your […]
Can You Match These 10 Vehicles to their Classic Car Movies?
Our friends across the pond, TheCarPeople, recently conducted a survey to find out what the United Kingdom’s ten favorite (er, “favourite”) driving films are. They’ve also given us this nifty gif, which features an iconic vehicle from each carsploitation flick that was chosen. Can you match each car to the movie it came from? Make […]
Auto Tunes With Flula: Way Less Awful Than PewDiePie
Auto Tunes with Flula reveals some genuine talent beneath YouTube's requisite blanket of morons screaming at computer screens
I could be entirely alone in this, but if there’s one thing that I’ll never understand, it’s the appeal of so-called YouTube celebrities. I know, I know, you’re thinking get this old man back to his rocking chair. But seriously…why? (Also, get off my lawn and turn down that damned rock music.) Now, I understand that […]
Chevy Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Malibu in Fitting Style
Chevrolet is marking the 50th anniversary of the Malibu and the release of the new-for-2014 model with a retrospective that studies all eight generations and compares the latest Malibu to the first one created back in 1964. The 2014 Malibu comes with a standard 2.5L 4-cylinder engine that can put down 196 horsepower; by comparison, […]
What Are Driving Gloves For? Purpose & History Explained
If you’re like me, you’re an average person who drives an average car and doesn’t have fancy driving accessories. Yet, you’ve seen people invest a lot of money into luxury items you don’t have — like driving gloves. Are these leather accessories merely fashion apparel for the upper class, or do these mitts serve a purpose? […]
Top 10 Rainy Day Activities for Car Geeks
If you’re a true gearhead, you view the weekend as a prime time for attending car shows, going on joy rides, or working on your car in the driveway. Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t always cooperate. Gusting winds and deluges of rain might thwart your tinkering or cruising plans. You might even be tempted to just […]
New York Man Owns Pair of Extremely Rare Cadillac Eldorados
The 1957 Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop and the 1958 Eldorado Biarritz convertible are two of Cadillac’s rarest cars — and a New York man owns not one, but both of them. Jerry Corrado of Port Byron purchased the cars from his sister about 30 years ago after she originally bought them new. The 1957 Eldorado […]
What Car Does Bill Murray Drive in the Movie ‘Groundhog Day’?
There’s a lot to love about February 2nd. Apart from it being my birthday (woohoo!) and giving us unprecedented insight into the weather every year, it’s also the subject of the classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray at his wise-cracking, cynical prime, Groundhog Day has many classic scenes–many of […]
[Photos] Elvis’ Graceland Automobile Museum Visitor Info & Review
Next to his music, Elvis Presley was also known for his impressive collection of cars. Visitors to Graceland in Memphis have the chance of seeing over 15 of his prized vehicles on display in the Graceland Automobile Museum. Address: 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee 38116 Directions: The Graceland Automobile Museum is part of the […]
The Life, Death, and Legend of the DeLorean DMC-12
Discover the history of the iconic Back to the Future car
Imagine that someone asked you, “What’s the weirdest thing that happened in the 1980s?” You would probably say Madonna, and you would be correct. When asked this question about the automotive industry, the DeLorean DMC-12 comes to mind. Before you learn about the DMC-12, however, you should learn about the man responsible for its very […]