Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Moore, Oklahoma.  After living through Hurricane Sandy I know what devestation can be.  But the intesity of Sandy multiplied by 10 pinpointed into a one-mile radius has to be incomprehensible. One resident is praising his American Made truck for surviving the ordeal.  I think it is more »

One automotive right of passage is hotrodding your Mustang.  Or it could have been a Camaro or Firebird (RIP Pontiac).  A long time ago, you used to scour through catalogs to find the perfect aftermarket parts to compliment your ride.  Today, you scour online forums to find the best parts with the most mystique behind more »

One audio ‘trick’ for reducing the size of a subwoofer enclosure is known as Isobaric loading.  It is when you take a woofer and mount it clamshell-style, face-to-face with an identical woofer.  The drawbacks: The enclosures can be complex to build, servicing the buried woofer can be difficult, and the biggest deterrent is cost.  You gotta more »

A few months ago Fishman did an iPad install on a Ford F250 Harley Davidson edition.  Lyndon was impressed with a Nissan Cube install he saw, but he never met everyone’s favorite Puerto Rican car audio customizer.  The video isn’t shot great, but check out how the iPad motorizes out of the dashboard just enough more »

I love me a Maxi Scooter.  It kind of blends the practicality of a cruiser, the sportiness of a rice rocket, and the awkwardness of a moped.  Sometimes with the awkwardness outweighing the other two.  Sometimes not.  With the practicality of storage space and being able to ‘step through’ the bike.  I have a Honda more »

Most people thought, back in the day, the most challenging thing about having a high quality audio system in a car was physically hooking up the speakers.  Au contraire- that is only half the battle.  The other part of it is tuning it.  That is why manufacturers cut big money deals with bespoke audio manufacturers more »

 A lot of car audio audiophiles and bassheads are aware of the Rockford Fosgate name.  The parent Rockford corporation also scours the earth looking for brands that might not have the might for a full United States presence, but takes them under their wing for distribution into some of the best aftermarket car audio retailers.  more »

The Internet rumor mill started to go aflutter with the conjecture around a 3-cylinder BMW M3.  Is it possible?  Well, if you take a look at the BMW i8, it is powered by a 177 horsepower version of the three-cylinder turbo engine.  Add in a little plug-in hybrid technology, and it makes it a reasonably entertaining.  more »

Well, if you are going to purchase a vehicle, might as well have a nice dealership experience.  On the west side of Manhattan are the Flagship dealerships.  Audi also has a small space on Park Avenue, but its mainly for events and promotion.  For selling, they decided to do it big and join the monsters on the more »

Chevrolet hosted a demonstration drive of the new Impala in New York City last week.  Unfortunately I could not attend but I will be testing out the Impala myself soon enough.  However, Gray Lady journalist John Quain was very pleased with the new MyLink infotainment system.  He was especially impressed with the voice recognition software, more »