Ooo, Shocking! It's ELECTRIC!

Behold the Fiskar Karma, spotted at the unlikeliest of places, at 10th Ave x 32nd Street on a cold snowy Saturday!

California Dreaming

While many journalists from various blogs and publications are out covering the LA Auto Show, I'm cooped up in New York. I am not pleased.

But maybe I can one-up them anyway. After all, you don't have to be in Los Angeles to catch some California sunshine.

Make A Wish Foundation Needs Your Help. Just Kidding. But Seriously.

I was just working on some material for Freak of the Week before calling it a night when I received the most incredible IM all week.

I am thoroughly convinced, and proven time and again, that if you ever needed help looking for a car on eBay Motors, you will not find a better person to do the job than Danny Chin.

Till Death Do Us Part.

'Soul' is what you get when you've won the Formula One world championship and Le Mans 99 times. You can't design 'soul' or 'character'. You can earn it. -Jeremy Clarkson

Ebisu keeps it real.

With all the D1-GP, Formula Drift, and Gymkhana videos, the drifting scene has evolved extremely quickly the last couple of years. And while the franchises have allowed the sport to do well for themselves, financially... sometimes it's better to take a step back and see its humbler origins-- just a bunch of young enthusiasts looking to improve themselves, learn more about their cars, and make new friends along the journey.

Relax! Happy Weekend everybody! Thank you, Mr. Remi Schouten, for the fantastic video.


Summer Drift Matsuri 2010 - Ebisu Circuit from Remi Schouten on Vimeo.

That said, does anybody know of any venues here in NY that has something like that? I'd love to pay a visit!

Why it's important.

The essence of Art has been defended time and again for many years. People will question- does it make money? Is it practical? Is it a consumable? What's the point?

Pablo Picasso drew a piece using muted colors-- a horse's head with a sharp tongue, a bull with horns from a tumor, people lying distorted. Some would say that a 12 year old child could draw with more anatomic precision than him. Others would say that this piece is a desperate cry against the horrors of war, a symbol worth hundreds of millions of dollars... if it ever were for sale.

The same idea goes for motorsports. Why do people do it? Freud believes that racing drivers have a death wish and they'd like nothing more than to die. Team Engineers are just as impractical. They're creating cars that serve no purpose than to help racing drivers on their mission.

But motorsports and art are one and the same. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It pushes the boundaries of what a person can or can't do. It's a part of humanity and they share the same feelings of glory and achievement as anything else.

A "Thank you" to Antti, for creating this video. Please subscribe to his channel here. Those that don't understand only have to see some of his work.



Also, a thank you to my cousin Eric, and more recently my friend Afrina (you better find me an Italian to read the book to me), for encouraging my irrational obsession over the prancing horse.

Lotus teaser for F1's 2011 season

Lotus is back, take 2, with a second team, Group Lotus.
Behold the John Player Special colors!