What they tell you about Portland, Oregon is that the people there live a stress-free life. Its breweries are only outnumbered by the movie theaters that serve their fine potables. Residents live an active and healthy lifestyle. The town itself is very pedestrian friendly, and the lively culture combined with the lovely natural scenery surrounding it make for a vibrant […]
A very wise muppet once told us “it’s not easy being green”. Turns out Ford is on a mission to prove this untrue. Enter the new Ford Focus electric, a bold submission to the all electric ring. Going up against the already popular Chevy Volt, the new Toyota Prius C and the Nissan Leaf, Ford has wasted no time stepping […]
It turns out that, yes, the zombie apocalypse is imminent. The tv show/videogame/movie phenomenon will become real as swarms of reanimated victims consume all that lay in their path. Our cities will crumble, our infrastructure will collapse, and the dead shall walk the earth. Still, if I’m going to get around town, I might as well do it in style.
It seems we automotive enthusiasts owe a great debt to Ludwig Prandtl, a Bavarian scientist whose studies into airflow theory became the foundation for what we now know about aerodynamics, drag, and streamlining. The story goes that students of his rather mockingly applied his calculations to bumble bees and ended up declaring them theoretically unable to fly. (Another version is […]
My dad had a gas station in Houston when I was just a knee-high ball of curls, and occasionally, when he would come home at the end of the day, he’d tell me about all the cool cars he had seen. Thing is, I didn’t know them then as what cars they actually were; I knew them as what they […]