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Dave Coleman's DMV Experience - Phone Trees, Drones And The DMV
The state of California and its agencies can always be looked to as a voice of reason and logic. This is particularly true at the state's... more |
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Car Enthusiasts Bad Ideas - Medulla Badidea
Neurologists have long known that car enthusiasts are weird people, but historically they've been regarded as mere accidents of poor... more |
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Sport Compact Car Poject Car Raid Editorial - Editor's Note
Three Mondays ago, I was driving to work, minding my own business. I had Howard Stern on the radio and our Project EVO humming down the... more |
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Drag Race Losing Frustrations - Racer Mentality
As thoroughly as losing sucks, every racer has to face the fact that he'll lose more often than he wins. We can pout about it, throw... more |
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Exhaust Noise Levels Law Enforcment- Slip Angle
The time has come for the bullshit to stop. And, ironically, it will be stopping at any one of the California Bureau of Automotive Repair's... more |
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2004 Honda Insight Driving Impression - Techno Babble
It's 2004 and I just drove a Honda Insight for the first time. more |
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Drag Racing Racer Passions - Racer Mentality
In some alternate universe there's an Earth exactly like ours, except there's no drag racing. On that nightmare planet, Don Garlits... more |
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Car Driving Photo Shoot Dangers - Slipangle
You can take the overzealous, car-guy photographer out of the country, but you can't take the country out the overzealous, car-guy... more |
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Mazda RX8 Horsepower Dyno Test - Techno Babble
If you have an ounce of rotary blood in your veins, you already know how this story starts: Mazda said the RX-8 made 247 hp. Several... more |
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Volkswagen Passat Wagon - The Wife's Car
Last Wednesday, my wife made me sit through "Oprah Winfrey: The E! True Hollywood Story" on the E! Channel. It was only an hour, but it... more |
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Racing Heroes & Legends - Racer Mentality
All professional sports are about creating heroes. Not real heroes like fire-fighters who run into burning buildings or soldiers who fight... more |
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The Truth About Car Guys - Slipangle
Car guys think alike. We all eventually have the same ideas, freak out over the same parts and want the same performance. It's in our... more |
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Scott Oldham's Dream Island Editorial - Streetwise
Then I'm the president of Earth, my first order of business will be to designate an island as a sort of maximum-security prison. I got the... more |
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Technobabble: November 2003
A few weeks ago, I cared more about the dust mites feeding on my toe jam than I did about air springs. Then something changed. I drove a... more |
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Future Automotive Industry Predictions - Racer Mentality
Here at WORLD Racing, we've improved on the standard crystal ball you might find on eBay or in some back alley swami's refrigerator carton.... more |
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Tuning Cars Driving Experience Editorial - Slip Angle
Blind corners. Blazingly fast sweepers. Off-camber switchbacks. Bends with a view. Curves for no reason. These are why we drive. With this... more |
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Daimler Chrysler Vehicle New European Driving Cycle - Techno Babble
Last week I got stranded in a boring hotel room in a boring and wet Detroit suburb. Did I mention that it was boring? Luckily, I'm a car... more |
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Drag Race Driver Fitness - Racer Mentality
Drag racing beats you up. The season is one long, continuous effort. If we're not on the road or working in the shop, we're at some track... more |
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World Pro Rally Specatators & CHP Editorial - Slip Angle
So imagine this: You're a dedicated rally spectator determined to see some rally cars pass at this year's Rim of the World Pro Rally in May... more |
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Roll Bars & Videos
There are three people responsible for my roll bar obsession. They are Bob Falfa of Modesto, California and Bo and Luke Duke of Hazzard... more |
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SuckLess, BangMore
Our readers kick ass. After my June '03 "Technobabble" about Garrett's innovative dual-compressor turbo, I was flooded with geekmail from... more |
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The Origins of Rice
Ask any riceboy why his front wheels are steel, why the chin of his body kit sticks out so far, or why there's a cross-drilled plastic... more |
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Hydracharger & Future Turbos- Techno Babble
Remember the Hydracharger? Those who've wasted time reading this column for the last four years will remember the promising... more |
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Technobable July 2003
It was the summer of 1991 and I was preparing to emerge from the soggy Seattle existence of my youth and head south for college. Fully... more |
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Technobabble: August 2000
I've been pretty irate this month over the loss of one of my favorite camber curves. This, as you might imagine, has only served to harden... more |
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