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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, OTHER, TECH, Videos

Pest Control Fail: Vice Grip Garage Brings A Beetle Back To Life (WHY?)

I am not a classic Volkswagen fan. Let’s get that out of the way first. Ever since I was a kid, even before I was a mini-gearhead, I disliked the tweeting noise that indicated that one of these...

Larry Chen Takes Us On An Adventure In Dubai! Exploring Dubai and The Forbidden Cars We Americans Dream of Owning + More!

We all hear the stories about Dubai having nothing but exotic cars and that Lamborghini’s, Ferraris, etc are just left on the side of the road when they run out of gas because everyone is a...

This Wild Thing Is Chaos!: When You Have A 917HP LSX-Powered Volkswagen Thing At LSFest, It’s Gonna Turn Some Heads.!

One of the fun things about LSFest events is having folks come up to me and ask if I’ve seen the “XYZ” that is parked on row whatever. This happens so much that I can’t even...

The Original Urban Outlaw: Catching Up With Magnus Walker – A Tour Of His Porsche Collection And More With Larry Chen

Magnus Walker is one of those guys that got real popular doing things that weren’t real popular. Larry Chen refers to him as the original urban outlaw, and in some ways he most certainly was,...

The World’s First LMP Kit Car! Would You Order A Car From Bulgaria? I Might If It Was An Aeromaster LMP!

These prototype style cars are ultra rad to look at, haul ass, and have been a staple in endurance racing for decades. When you watch the 24 hours of LeMans, or Sebring, or Daytona, these cars are...

Goodwood Says These Are The Nine Most Beautiful German Cars Of All Time. What Do You Think Of Their Choices?

Am I the only one that thinks the list of nine is funny? No? Anyway. So here are the 9 cars that our friends at Goodwood say are the best looking cars Germany ever produced. Do you think there is...

Frozen in Time: Block House Racing (Hoonigan Racing Division) Shop Tour – Larry Chen Shows Us Some Bad Ass Machines

Larry Chen gets to see some of the coolest stuff, and while he’s no stranger to Ken Block’s Hoonigan racing machines, the chance to go see them all at the Block House is pretty cool....

Nearly 500 Cubic Inches! This 8-litre, Record Setting Bentley, Takes on Goodwood In Style

The engine sizes in some of these really old race cars is just mind boggling when you consider that they are often just 6 cylinders. I mean this Bentley here is from 1933. We’re not talking...

Exploring HARDCORE Tokyo With Larry Chen: He Shares His Experiences With the Outlaw Builders of Japan

J Beat Customs in Japan is building some pretty cool rides, and there is way more going on with some of these projects than you might first think. Larry was as surprised as anyone when Jun started...

This 1957 Hillman Is A Bad Ass Little Ride That Will SLAP You In The Face When You Open The Hood!

I love little cars like this 1957 Hillman. The cars that came out of Great Britain weren’t powerhouses, but they sure had a cool look to them. Whether you are talking about a Hillman, a Morris...

This Slammed AE86 From Northern California Wowed The Crowd At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025

When this Toyota Corolla was new, it was just a little econobox car. There was nothing special about it, and it definitely wouldn’t be described as sexy. Like most economy cars of the mid...

Historic Racer Feature Video: The Lotus Can-Am Rediscovered. This Is A £1 Million Track-Focused Type 66 Lotus

The view from the front of this mean machine is really something special. If you are a fan of vintage race cars of any kind, you’ll dig this Type 66 Lotus. Thanks to the Goodwood Road and...

Jay Leno Helps Joel McHale Unveil His Awesome, Custom, International Scout 800A On Jay Leno’s Garage

International Scouts have been getting a lot of attention in the last few months. With Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz being a big car buff, and driving his own Scout on a regular basis, there...

Holley’s LS Fest East Car Feature: This E90 BMW Takes LS Swapping The World To Heart And The Results Are Pretty Awesome

I love later model LS swaps like this E90 BMW. I know that they can be sticky to perform depending on where you are located in the country, but there is a part of me that thinks driving an LS swapped...