Archive for January, 2010

Here you go ricer fans, you get what you deserve! Toyota has just issued the largest shutdown of plants ever in the U.S. due to sticking accelerator pedals. It's really sad because the stereotype has been that foreign cars are better made. I never ever thought that. I've had American cars all my life and never any of them have had any big failures such as this.

Toyota has just issued a production shut down of six Toyota plants. The top-selling car in the U.S. was the Toyota Camry. Now all those people that bought that car may need to bring their Camry into a Toyota dealer to get it fixed. So far the accelerator defect has been lined to 19 deaths and more than 2,000 complaints.

Toyota claims the problem is rare, but I say if it is so rare why are they closing six plants? Maybe because more than 2.3 million vehicles will be recalled! Yeah, that's extremely rare Toyota! So all of you thinking that foreign cars are so much better than American, guess what, you're wrong.

Take what you want from it, I just remember hearing from so many foreign auto owners claiming there cars were bullet proof. I wonder what those Toyota owners are thinking of their bulletproof car now!

Over in my city, cruising Woodward has become the muscle car enthusiasts standard thing to do on the weekend. Start your muscle car up around 6:00pm, warm it up a little bit and take it for a stroll up and down Woodard. There's muscle car enthusiasts from all over the state that come to see Woodward on the weekend. It's filled with all types of muscle cars, this includes Mustangs, Vipers, Camaros, Challengers, Corvettes etc... And it really doesn't stop there, occasionally you'll see a few Ferraris and Lamborghinis. It's really one of the biggest things I look forward to ever week. So if you live in Michigan, try cruising Woodward for a change in life. You really don't need a muscle car, but having one makes it a much better experience. Most of the people cruise between 12mile to 15mile on Woodward, hope to see you out there one day!

Check out this awesome video of the 5.0L engine on the dyno, this new V8 engine now pumps out 412 horsepower for the 2011 Ford Mustang GT. As you watch the dyno video you can definitely hear the big horsepower coming out of the engine. It's one serious engine, can't imagine what the new Mustang GT will be able to do in the 1/4 mile with this thing under the hood. I'm definitely hoping for mid 12s!