Yearly Archives: 2013


Two of the most beautiful cars in the world, together for the first time

Both of these machines are one-of-a-kind examples of what happens when you have enough money to pay for whatever you can dream up. The best part is knowing that these are not just museum pieces left to decay like the Sultan of Brunei. Jim Glickenhaus actually takes out even his rarest machines and drives them regularly, the way they were meant to be experienced. 

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus – P4/5C Comes Home
About; Garage. Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina · P4/5 Competizione · Ferrari P3/4 0846 · Ferrari 412P 0854 · Dino Competizione · Ferrari 159S 002 · Fiat Dino 2400 Spider · Ford GT40 Mark IV J6 · Lola T70 Sl 71-32 · Ferrari 208 GTB Turbo · Stutz DV-32 · Ferrari F430 GTC · 57? Chevy · Duesenberg J446 …

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It's long past time for the patent system to be gutted

It's long past time for the patent system to be gutted

Nobel Prize-winning economists call for the death of software patents
Dislike of software patents is no longer confined to wild-eyed Redditors and Mark Cuban. The Washington Post points us to two Nobel Prize-winning economists who have recently come out against the v…

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Unfortunately simpleton politicians made a law that requires efficiency to be measured…

Unfortunately simpleton politicians made a law that requires efficiency to be measured in MPG

This despite the fact that every additional mile per gallon saves less gas than the one before. ?

MPG Is Stupid on Edmunds.com
Edmunds’ well-reasoned look at why miles per gallon is far from the best means to measure fuel consumption.


I need help, which was the first automaker to offer factory installed cassette tape…

I need help, which was the first automaker to offer factory installed cassette tape players and when?

Compact Cassette – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Compact cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a pre-recorded cassette, …

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Just because a modern #Mustang might have the base V6 under the hood, that doesn't…

Just because a modern #Mustang might have the base V6 under the hood, that doesn't mean it's just a secretary's car

Jack Baruth decided to look for the best $30,000 sports car by pitting the Scion FR-S against a five year old +Porsche Boxster. While the Porsche beat the Scion, he also found a remarkably capable alternative at the same price point, a brand new +Ford Motor Company Mustang V6 with the Mayhem package.

Brought to you by the same team that created the marvelous Boss 302, even the "entry level" V6 engine generates more than 300 hp and a fairly stout 280 lb-ft of torque. Some things do indeed get better with age?

The Comparison: Accelerated Depreciation
It used to be that the best car you could buy for $30,000 was inevitably a new car, but now that cars are lasting longer, the choice is no longer a forgone conclusion. So which is best: a new FR-S, or a used Porsche Boxster?