Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche Carrera GT, absolutely amazing car, that can go 0-100 in 3.9 Seconds, it is a crazy super car. But making the big mistake like companies normally do they stopped making it. Like always worrying about quantity not quality. As for this car it was all quality. Amazing car with the best of everything, speed, looks, handling, everything it was simply amazing. Lots of stuff you can buy for it as car as rims and bumpers go but it will cost you. This car was around $300 000 to buy when it was being made. But worth every penny. Personally i love it and I'm not a big fan of the regular Carrera for a couple reasons. Number one being that Porsche was always a company that you as a person strive to make a good living and dream that one day you can be rich and own one because they are one of the best. With the normal Carrera it makes it so anyone making $40 000 a year could save up and buy one and it turns Porsche into a company like ford, dodge, GM that makes all cars for all people. Instead of being Porsche the company like lambo's, mach ones, all those high end cars that everyone dreams they can get their hands on.
Death Race
Death Race, Based on the movie Death Race 2000. This one is way better, I mean Brand new Mustang, done out so it's bullet proof and tons of weapons. When i first heard about this movie i watched the trailer and basically said this movie is Mario Kart, meets twisted metal. To be honest i thought it was going to suck, but i was proved wrong. This movie is awesome it has tons of action, hot girls, crazy cars, and big stunts. One thing it has that is not really the norm for most movies, was a female as the villain. Jason Statham who is always awesome in every movie he does, again did a great job in this and like always was in crazy shape for this movie. They didn't have a lot of big name actors in this movie other then Jason Statham and Tyrese Gibson (most known for 2Fast 2Furious), but the "no name" actors did a great job and even added some actually really funny comedy. I donno who the girl was but oh my HOT lol. anyways This movie was a great movie and i would say it will be remembered for a long time.
Fast And The Furious - Tokyo Drift
In this movie, car wise, the Mazda RX-7 stole the show, it was the best car in the movie and once again they wrecked it. As for the movie itself again it was just OK for me. The driving was awesome but the story was stupid. I mean, kid gets in trouble for street racing so they send him to Tokyo (the street racing capital of the world). As for the cars, they were sick cars and done well but again not realistic for a teenager to go out and Mazda RX-7 all done to the nines like that. it just does not happen unless they have a rich family who gives them everything. In which case they have no street sense at all and prolly would know how to drive or where to go to find a street race. Plus if they did find their way to a street race they would get no respect and just be made fun of the whole time. So again like the second movie, the story is not enough to put this movie near the first one. Also again i would say the first out of these three movie, is the best one, for now (they are making a fourth movie and the trailer looks awesome).
2 Fast 2 Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious, out of the Fast and the Furious series. This movie started off amazing, with a SICK Nissan Skyline and a pretty sweet race. Once they took out the skyline the whole story and cars well straight down the toilet. Why would you go from a Nissan Skyline to a Mitsubishi Evo that's like going down 3 levels in cars. maybe if they started with the Evo and moved it up to the Skyline it would have been OK. As for the muscle cars in this movie. Challanger was a sick movie that car was awesome. The Camaro i have a problem with. Number one, no one in their right mind would street race a Yanko Camaro it's worth way to much money and Number two i would have used a 1967-1968 Camaro, because in my opinion they are much better looking than the 69 Camaro. Once again with the muscle cars in this movie, they were both trashed, now why do the people making the movie feel the need to kill every car lover a little inside by wrecking two awesome cars. Over all the movie was OK, it wasn't as good as the first one but it could have been much worse.
Fast And The Furious
The Fast And The Furious, Basically the first really big street racing movie. Made huge amounts of money and introduced a new generation people to cars and the world of street racing. With Paul Walker and Vin Diesel staring in the movie, as well as many other actors who have made their name on this movie. Fast cars, hot girls and a cops choice between the police family or the street racing family. you can't really go wrong. Now as most people know their are three Fast and the Furious movies. Personally I would say this is the best one. It had by far the best story and was by far the most realistic. As for the cars, again, personally i think the ones in this movie are the best one, you have a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse (or a 1995-1999 Eagle Talon, basically the same car), a 1969 Charger with over 900 horsepower, a Toyota Supra, Nissian Skyline, Jetta, Mazda RX-7, Honda S2000, Honda Civic, Acura Integra and many many more. Now these i liked because they are real cars that people can get for a fair price and do lots to. They had a lot of the same cars in the other movies but most of them were not nearly done as well as these. Except for main cars such as the Nissan Skyline in 2 Fast 2 Furious and the RX-7 in Tokyo Drift. One that I really do absolutely Hate about these movies, they always wreck the best cars, being a car lover i hate seeing this but just to name the ones they wreck, here we go. Fast And The Furious = Mitsubishi Eclipse, 1969 Charger, Honda civic. 2Fast 2Furious= 1969 Camaro, Dodge Challanger, Honda S2000, Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline. Tokyo Drift = 1993-1994 Mazda RX-7, Nissan Silvia and more. So like i said as a car lover that's the part i haded seeing in these movies.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Rob & Big
Rob & Big, Such a simple idea, take a pro skater with lots of money and his best friend/body guard. Have them live together and film all the crazy stuff they do. It's great, they broke many world records got a mini horse, got their bulldog to skateboard. made their whole house into a big piece of art murdered out all their vehicles (that means everything is flat black) and then took the murdered out pinto and made it totally green with an echo friendly engine. Rob shot of hundreds of nets from his net gun. they skated all the time, went in a mini horse comp. Put Rob in the dating game, and it finally all ended with Big Black having a baby with his "girlfriend" and having to move out. But after all that the show still make money, got lots of promotion for every project they've been working on and not to mention had millions of viewers. I would say that simple Idea worked out great.
Jackass
The Jackass Crew. prolly some of the most insane people i have ever seen but at the same time some of the best people i have ever seen. Jackass was actually started two times in different places and then joined together. First came by Bam Margera who was shooting his skate videos and then decided to add in stunts every now and then. When people started to take notice of his stunts and his, now called "CKY" videos started getting big and he started to get noticed. Than on the other hand there was Johnny Knoxville who on his end started his idea for jackass by testing safety gear on himself. Both were brought together by the famous Spike Jones and formed Jackass, since then jackass has gone from a popular TV show, to Jackass the movie, then Jackass the movie 2, than again with Jackass the movie 2.5 and soon to be Jackass the movie 3. There were also some other things in there but I'm not going to count them simply because the whole Jackass Crew was not in them. Jackass like most things was started for fun and ended up being a huge seller and making everyone in the Jackass crew millionaire (mostly Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville) (Johnny reportedly make over $6 million a movie now). Also leading most of them to have huge careers in other things plus more TV shows, such as Viva La Bam and Bam's Unholy Union (both done by Bam Margera), Wild boys (Chris and Steve-O) and Home Wrecker (Ryan Dunn). Other than that really all i have to say is Jackass keeps getting better and better and i can't wait to see the 3rd movie.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Iron Man
In the the age of comic book movies, Iron Man is for sure a movie i think we can all be proud of. it had, action, comedy, romance and amazing.... well everything. The ending left it open enough for the next movie and they even had a little cameo at the end of the Incredible Hulk. The thing is they never said what happened to the terrorist, so i have a feeling he might be back. Robert Downey Jr did an amazing job but i think the next movie should take a more serious role and really define the character a bit more. nothing major just like, how he feels about the girl, whats in store for him next, things like that. The big thing about it will really be how is it going to compete with the Dark Knight. I mean come on we all know the Dark Knight was amazing, that's why it made so much money, so how is it that Iron Man can rise above and beat or match what the Dark Knight has done.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Oh those good old Pirate stories, well as for these 3 soon to be 4 movies. They add a new twist to the pirate story with some, huge explosions, pee your pants comedy and not to mention all the treasure getting spent on Johnny Depps pay check (he is reportedly making $62 Million just for signing on to do a 4th movie). But I would Not worry Disney has made tons of these highly profitable movies. With the effects and story getting deeper and deeper as the movies went along. They were a money making machine from the start. With actors like Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and the always amazing Johnny Depp how can you go wrong really.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Paramore
Paramore, one of my favorite bands. they have catchy beats, amazing songs all together and a positive outlook on life. OK since i play the drums I'm going to start the review of each band member with the drummer. Every creative, loves to rock out and i haven't seen a video yet where he has messed up, which is sick, his timing is perfect and he knows how to get the crowd going. bassist, again very catchy, keeps the pulse of the song going great the whole time and also gets the crowd going. Josh the guitarist. I never thought he was good but i have to be honest lately he has been impressive, must be from spending all that time on tour with killswitch engage. Now the singer, Hayley. WOW number one, absolute knockout, so amazingly hot and not even in a celeb way but hot in a good, girl next door kinda way and tons of cute factor (so Hayley call me ;) ) now her live show, 100% amazing, gets the crowd going, her voice is honestly the best i have ever heard and is always getting better, from what I've heard, she is a christian so that's amazing, and actually writes her own songs which is a quality normally found now a days. over all i would say simply go to a Paramore show, they are amazing and i think will be a band that will last the test of time.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Travis Barker
Travis Barker is one of the worlds best drummers from Blink 182, Box Car Racer, Plus 44 and many other bands, some of his remakes of songs have been in some of the top viewed on YouTube. He has been in the Superbowl, at award show and on TV many times. Lately he has survived death in a plane crash where he was burnt from basically the waist down. wrecking a lot of his famous tattoos and and maybe making him unable to play drums for the rest of his life. But come on honestly he is Travis barker he would have both arms and both legs chopped off and still find a way to drum, it's just a part of who he is. That's how he's made his living, i saw an interview with him once where he said he got all his tattoos so that drumming was the only job he could do because no one would hire him and he likes it that way. i would say, good on him, he knows what he wants to do and he's doing it.
Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer GO!!!!!!!!, this was a saying that not only i grew up on but my father did as well. but speed racer isn't just a old TV show it was also made into a awesome movie, that actually didn't do very well in the box office because it came out at the same time as Iron man which basically blew it out of the water sales wise. But i can honestly say i have seen speed racer the movie and wow i gotta say it was awesome, way more then i expected and should have done better in sales, but most people saw it as cartoons (which it kinda was) so they never gave it a chance. But the whole story was great, the acting was awesome and the effects were unreal, you actually thought you were in this new kinda futuristic cartoon world. On top of all the the car stunts (which were fake) were amazing. It was just a great movie from beginning to end, fun for older people and the young ones to.
1962 Chevrolet Corvette
A 1962 Chevrolet Corvette, one of my dads favorite cars. The Corvette has always been Chevrolet's main flag ship cars. Since 1953 till now the corvette started and remains one of the most wanted cars in the world. Know now as North America's fastest production car. Many people use them at track and some for street racing but since they cost basically an arm and a leg, it's mostly old farts who own them and are slow drivers and just use them to cruise around (what a joke), cars like this are made for young people who know what they want and want to go fast, the problem is the price. These days money is a hard thing to come by so I'm guessing sales of the corvette will go down, not only due to money but on ton of that because of the Camaro coming out, because it's faster and cheaper, but there are still the die hard Corvette fans who will stick with it. It has been rumoured that 2010 is the last year of the corvette but personally i like the camaro but i hope not because the corvette is a classic known car and has lasted the test of time and deserves to keep going on in time and keep being reinvented in newer and better ways.
Killswitch Engage
OK lets get started on the music, Killswitch Engage, an amazing band that my friends like to make fun of me for liking all the time, but MEH i don't care they are awesome. Killswitch is basically the first band to combine Metal and hardcore. Having had lost there singer and moved the drummer to guitar and having to replace there replacement drummer they now have 2 guitars, a bass, a singer and a drummer and thousands of loyal fans. Yes they sing sometime, not scream all the time but you know what, both their singer and their guitarist both have great voices, singing and screaming. Personally i think it adds meaning to their songs and is one of the reasons they are as big as they are. with fast and slow beats on the drums, catchy lyrics and catchy guitar riffs they have been able to overcome everything in the band and came out even better every time. With thousands of fans, going all over the world and getting nominated for a Grammy for their song "End Of Heartache" i would say they have done well for themselves. I think one of the reasons killswitch Engage has gotten so big, are yes they are a metal band but just listen to their lyrics they are almost always uplifting and have a positive message. So as for me and killswitch, they will always be one of my favorite bands and i doubt i will ever stop listening to them.
Mazda MX-6
The Mazda MX-6 perfect tuner car, it comes in a V6 which works amazing, you can get lots of parts for them. including amazing body kits, angel eye headlights , lambo doors, full engines. basically anything you can think of. you can buy them pretty cheap and do what you want pretty cheap as well. The parts for these cars are not that expensive, even though brand new they were fairly fast anyways. They are the type of car that you can make into a sleeper cause no one will notice them, they blend very well. But if you do trick them out, everyone will notice when you drive by. you can take them to car shows, street races, cruise nights or even just use them as daily drivers and they are yet another basically perfect car.
300
This is a movie to remember for sure. 300 before the actual historic story comes into play, you know it's going to be an amazing, the slow motion and effects and green screen. On top of the incredible shape everyone in the movie is in. everyone has an 8 pack and everyone is ripped like crazy. Which has led lots of people to start doing whats called the 300 workout. Anyways the Spartans whats more can you say, they lived long before Christ and have almost been taken out of the history books and yet they are still the biggest measure of physical greatness anyone can become. From the day they were born, they were checked for imperfections (if they weren't what was deemed to be perfect, they were killed) and if they were then they were in training their whole lives. Basically a 10 year old spartan could kill a full grown man no problem.
Pitch Black
Pitch Black, a Movie that was big for it's time but not many people remember. As for the ones that do remember it, it's amazing. This is basically the movie that started the whole Dark good guy. This was one of Vin Diesels Breakout roles and he did it perfectly, playing a pure evil killer (Riddick) who has really no choice but to save everyone he is stuck on a planet with. Including a little girl who idolizes him, a holy man and his followers, the captain, rest of the crew of the ship they were on, and finally the Merck, the man who is hunting Riddick and is waiting for him to help everyone and then is going to kill him and leave him there. Some parts in this film are just pain creepy, knowing that a person could be like that. But at the same time leaves you wondering, for being a such a good, how is he so bad, and where and how he got his eyes that can see int he dark (he said you have to kill a few people, get sent to a prison where you will never see daylight again and pay a doctor to shine for eyes so you can see int he dark, but you find out in the Chronicles of Riddick that, that's a lie). As for Riddick, even after the last movie, there is still a whole lot to explore and find out about his past and his future.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, oh my, Will Smiths start and one of the TV shows that will be remembered for all time. The reruns that are on TV now are still enough to make you burst out laughing into tears. The DVD behind the scene features are just as funny as the actually show. everyone on the job played their parts perfectly, and you can see it evolve from the starting of the show when Will was crazy, rude, quick witted, and had tall hair. till the later seasons what Will was crazy, rude, quick witted, but had short hair and put more time into his jokes and made them much better. As for where everyone is now, well Will Smith is one of the highest paid actors in the world, with movies, like IRobot, I Am Legend, HanCock, The Pursuit of Happyness, Wild Wild West and Hitch. Uncle Phil has lost a ton of weight and appears in some movies. Ashley had a singing career and still does some acting, as for everyone else i have no clue. Except Carelon he has made enough money on the TV show that he hasn't had to do anything except sit around and gain all of Uncle Phils fat (yeah that's right Carleton is sooooo FAT now)(he's so fat he prolly just randomly breaks out by screaming dumbdumbdiddy, and yes that is a joke from the show). anyways like i said the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a show that will be remembered forever and always gets a good laugh when it's on.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Top Gun
Top Gun, at one point is every little boys dream, to fly jets and be a fighter pilot. Top Gun has always and will always be one of my favorite movies, yes there are some cheesy parts, yes tom cruise is in it and yes there are movie mistakes but it is the first movie of it's kind, it won three grammy awards for the top gun anthem, take my breath away and highway to the danger zone. it was in theaters for a year straight and still in theater when it was out on video. It Broke many records and is simply an amazing movie, how else could you take a script that is a tenth of the size of a normal script and turn it into a movie, it's like they just added dialog in between the flying. Just look at the stars in this movie, Val Kilmer, Tom Cruise, Kelly Mcgillis and more. for 1986 this movie was way ahead of it's time and i think will be here forever.
Cellular
This movie oh my, I'm hoping it did well, i know from start to finish it's a non-stop thriller, something is always going on, it could make someone piss themselves, it's that funny and at the same time so serious you can't help but watch it. Chris Evans (from fantastic four) is involved in action and comedy. Kim Basinger you can tell his scared for her life. Jason Stathem, come on he's just awesome in every movie he does, but in this one he makes an amazing bad guy. He is scary and you know he is willing and able to do what ever he says he will do. While watching this i can't help but wonder, what would i do, i mean you get a phone call from someone you don't know and your going through hell to try to help them and on top of that, everything they ask you to do, you have trouble doing or you can't do. as for the mother, what is she going to do, shes stuck in a house worried and can only make one phone call cause the phone is broken. the whole movie is full of twists and comedy and action and tons of big name stars.
Transformers
Transformers was a life experience on it's own, it already had a huge following from the toys and TV show and cartoon movies, but as for this movie, it puts it on a new level by itself. getting Micheal Bay to make this movie was amazing and i really hope they don't wreck the whole story with the second one, but I'll review that when it comes out. As for this one it couldn't have gotten any better, it has action, it was funny, it was serious, the effects were amazing (I'm pissed they didn't win any awards for it), the 2009 camaro and it had Megan Fox, honestly what more could you ask for really. all the explosions were done real and had the transformers put in after, that's why it looks so real. as for the transformers, they might as well have been there because i don't think anyone could tell they were fake. They also left it open enough that they can make more movies as long as they don't make them cheesy and they stay with the G1 inspired story, they will be amazing.
The Dark Knight
Ok Lets start of the Movies with a BANG, The Dark Knight what more can be said, it's a movie no one will ever forget, not only did it brake tons of records, but it was heath ledgers last and some might as best role he ever played. some people say heath ledger stole the show, but i disagree, don't get me wrong he had an amazing performance and totally transformer himself into the joker, you could barely tell it was him. but i don't think he was the reason this movie took off like it did, i think every single person from heath ledger and Christian Bale to Morgan Freeman played the roles they were given perfectly. The movie in itself was well written, acting was perfect, filming was amazing, choosing to film this movie in IMAX was well worth it and it shows. there was perfect amount of twists, it had a identity unto itself, not just a sequel from Batman Begins. everything was perfect except the length, it is a bit long so by the end your butt is starting to go numb but even then you are still so in awe of everything in the movie that you never want it to end. Speaking of the end, they ended it perfectly for the third installment. These versions of Batman movies with a darker batman make them work watching, the first two batman movies were great, with Micheal Keaton as batman. For their time they were amazing and still are, but batman begins and dark knight are on a level of their own and absolutely amazing. as for Batman forever and batman and robin, neither of them should have ever even been thought about being made, they were terrible.
T-Rex
Now this is a Cool Idea, mix and high end sports car and a top of the line motorcycle and what do you get, a T-Rex. which is think is awesome, your low to the ground, you can go really fast, it handles very well and has a complete roll cage so your totally safe. but like most things i can find a flaw and with the T-Rex it is that you can't fit much in it, but to register it, it is registered as a motorcycle which you also can't take much with you so it's not really a big deal at all. you can do after market parts to them but really most of the things for the T-Rex have to be custom. Other then that i think the Idea of the T-Rex is a great one and other then being very expensive the sales of them are quite high. and the performance of them are amazing, it rivals most top end cars and top end bikes.
New Charger
Some people might hate me for this but i would say dodges new charger is a flop and totally recks the charger name. for starters, who turns a two door muscle car into a four door family car (yes i know there is a two door option on the new one as well). it is in my opinion ugly as piss, they didn't take anything from the old chargers, it failed almost all the production tests and almost wasn't able to be made and sold. if you want a muscle car from dodge, buy an old car or the new challanger because the new charger is a huge waste of money. it's big and bulky and just simply no good at all. Police forces started using it as a police car since for stopped the crown vic but most police forces would rather use an impala or a mustang and i've even seen some forces use civics, not a crappy charger. in fact i wouldn't even call this a charger, it's got the charger name but not the charger attitude or spirit at all.
Nissan Skyline
So Basically the way it works with Imports are, there are two top of the line import cars that are ahead of everything else, the Mazda Rx-7 and the Nissan Skyline, both come very fast right from the show room floor, both can have many things done to them, are basically perfect and finally both were in Fast and The Furious. like the one seen in the pic, is from 2Fast 2Furious but only at the Start, which is really to bad because it was one of the nicer cars in the movie. To get a Nissan Skyline with right hand drive like in the movie, you have to go to Japan and have one imported over to North America, you can also buy ones that have already been imported but either way it's going to be expensive, because of the high power and quickness of this car, and it being somewhat rare in North America the price is going to be high, but very worth it.
Mazda RX-7
The Mazda RX-7 has always been a car ahead of it's time, but it really made it's mark on the public and the street racing scene in Japan and as for North America it mainly came about in the Fast And The Furious with Vin Diesels character's red RX-7 (which i will admit i wasn't paying attention and lost a bet to my friend tony about that car) but then when Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift came out, OOHHHHH BOY, did the public ever notice then. as seen in the picture they took a 1994 Mazda RX-7 put a body kit on it, chrome rims with a 8inch lip and a corvette split style paint job and BOOM everyone went crazy for that car. Since then prices of the RX-7 have doubled and aftermarket parts and doubled and people importing them to North America from Japan have doubled. as for flaws in the car, try and find one, they are great cars that work well in all different types of racing.
2005-2008 Mustang
The 2005-2008 Mustang, taking a old car and making it new had sure worked out well for Ford sales. The mustang was one of the first Muscle cars in 1964 and has remained one of the very few that had stood the test of time and be remade over and over and over again until today when it stands out as what i like to think is one of 4 true muscle cars left, (the corvette, Camaro, Challanger and mustang). The new Mustang design looks amazing, it's performance is top of the line and again you can do many things to it. you can get a small V6 or a powerful V8, depending on what you want. you can get many different colours, interior and exterior, different wheel designs and pretty much anything you can think of is made for this car. there is a guy who lives down the road from me with over 1000 horsepower in his. granted he doesn't drive it much and is always working on it. but that car is a thing of beauty no doubt about it.
1969 Charger
a 1969 Charger, always an amazing car, but really made famous in movies such as, Blade, the Fast And The Furious and the Dukes of Hazzard. Great car, you can do lots with them engine wise, not to much body wise but they already have a great look anyways. If you are lucky enough to find an original Hemi charger(not a clone), don't let it go because you will prolly never find one again. The only problem i can really find with a Charger is the size of them, if you looking to put a big motor in it great but you better know that it is a very heavy car that is going to be bad on Gas, and not take corners well. other than size it is a good looking car that makes more than enough power and is harder enough to find that it will cost a lot to buy one and cost a lot to build one but like any 60's-70's muscle car, they are worth every penny invested.
cadillac escalade
The Cadillac Escalade what more could a celeb want. the Escalade is a great Truck/SUV, really my only problem with them is originality, it's build on a trailblazer platform and really if you look at it, it just a big trailblazer that looks good. don't get me wrong it's has great performance and looks great and the sales on them are great as well but i just think that Cadillac should have made it's own platform and actually designed it, not just took a trailblazer and put lights and chrome on it. As for parts, like the s10 and the civic the parts are nearly endless. Rims you can put HUGE rims on it no problem, and engine parts and body parts you can get cusomtized easily. As for performance, it runs great, it's big, it's powerful and you can fit alot in it, what more could you ask for? How about make it cheaper between the Escalade and the Lincon Navagator, they are basically the two top of the line truck/SUV types out there, also two of the most expensive. if they would bring down the price they would sell alot more. my suggestion would be to bring down the price to sell more and make more aftermarket parts for them right from the dealer that way everyone gets what they want. The dealer get paid, and the person buying the Escalade gets to customize it however they want.
GMC Sonoma/Chevrolet S10
The GMC Sonoma and the Chevrolet S10 are the exact same truck except for the grill pretty much. There are a multiple number of options you could get on these trucks, such as long box, short, box, side step or no side step, automatic, manual,2WD, 4WD, 2 door, 3 door, 4door crew cab, and the "big" kingcab. Thats not event alking about the engines, that came with either a 2.2liter or an amzing engine the 4.3 vortec (which is tuned right can be a race engine). also there was a rare deisel and a 2.8 was used in the old "box" versions of the truck which was changed in 1994 to the newer rounded style. Personally i like both style and i know first hand that they are great trucks. There was also what was called a S10 Extreme which is basically the same truck with a body kit, some extra horsepower and racing stripes. A little FF (fun fact) most people think if you put a big exhaust on a truck it will increase airflow and give it a little more power. this however is no true for these trucks, they come with small exhaust for a reason. because the pressure from the pushes more pressure into the engine and makes it work better, if you give these trucks bigger exhaust to increase power you are doing it wrong because it will actually take away horsepower. Again like the Honda civic, parts for these trucks are everywhere. you can buy body kits, rims, hoods, interiors, lights, engines, engine parts, anything you need really.
Honda Civic
OH the Honda civic, this is actually a very hard car to review for the simple reason that, everyone and their mother has one and no two are the same. you have your civics that someone got for a couple hundred dollars and put rims and lights on it and drive it like a race car. You have the stock ones that people use for family cars and then you have the people who say "hey lets do something different" and actually customize their civic, not just rims and lights but hoods, body kits, mirrors, door handles, exhaust, window tint, full engines, turbos, NOS, full interior. That is the first thing that someone with a civic who wants to do something to it will notice. The aftermarket parts are endless, there are tons of companies and places to buy after market civic parts. the real question is no what your going to do to your civic but what you can afford to do to your civic. For example: sure you can buy a cold air intake for $25 and through it on and go racing, or you could get a cold air intake for $500 that actually adds power not just looks good. Or you can overhaul the whole engine or simple just buy a brand new racing engine and do all the suspension and everything. So like i said a Honda Civic is a hard car to review because the aftermarket parts are endless, there are no to that are truly the same and everyone and their mother has one.
1995-1999 eagle talon
1995-1999 eagle talon. made by eagle a company owned by mitsubishi so if you look at it you will prolly noticed that a Eagle talon is the exact same as a Mitsubishi Eclipse. which is sweet cause they are both awesome cars. Anyways there are a couple different options for these cars, you can get the ESI which has no turbo but still a sick car or you can get the TSI option which has a turbo. Both cars are very fast and both cars can mave almost anything done to them. anything from body kits, and rims to brand new engines. they are one very effective Import car. the Interior of these cars is basically made to be done up and have a crazy system put in. the only thing i would have changed about the interior is made the shifter a little bit shorter, but you can get kits to do that at home yourself. other than that, this is a great import car, you can fit pretty big rims on it no problem and get after market parts for them no problem, and if you can't find the part you are looking for, just look for it in an eclipse and it will fit on the talon.
2009 Camaro
2009 Camaro what more can i say, well for starters Chevrolet should have never stopped the camaro in the first place. This will be the 5th generation camaro and also Chevrolets answer to fords 2005 and on, model mustang and dodges charger and the new challanger. as for looks, the new Camaro looks amazing it was styled after a 1969 camaro but made new. It has been seen in the movie by Micheal Bay, Transformers. As for how it works, it is not in production yet but ever review has been amazing, steering and handling are amazing, it comes in Automatic and a 6 speed manual. as for the engine it has a 355 horsepower V6 (what more do i have to say for a V6) and the power just keeps going up from there. with the highest being a 600 horsepower V8. This is great for the Camaro but bad for the corvette because being 600lbs lighter then the corvette the Camaro is rated as faster than the corvette, and since the corvette was always the fastest production car in North America, it will soon loose that title but it's ok, both cars are owned and made by Chevrolet. Buying the 2009 Camaro with the intent of making it better with aftermarket parts, (good luck) it is already going to come customized from Chevrolet with a whole book of parts that will be put on the car for you right from the dealer. The only thing you really could do is change the rims, but again Chevrolet had tons of options for the rims and they come in all sizes. so again i'll say "2009 Camaro what more can i say".
1967 Camaro
A 1967 Camaro, Does a car get any better? I had the priviledge of being able to buy a 1967 Camaro when i was 19, it had been crashed but i quickly set out and got parts to fix it and I am now finishing the rebuild and saving money for a brand new crate motor. Anyways this car was one of Chevrolet's flag cars (like the corvette). It was originally going to be called the "Panther" but Chevrolet wanted to keep with naming their cars with a "C" (corvette, chevelle). So they came up with Camaro which means, Fellowship on the road, as well as faster and powerful. The Camaro also had the firebird option from pontiac and the trans am option from pontiac but both where great cars but you might as well have got a Camaro because pontiac engines were known for blowing up and in my opinion the camaro looks better to. As for engines there was a could options for the 1967 Camaro, you could get a small V6 or a 305 V8, 327 V8, 350 V8 or a very rare 427 V8 which were rated with lower horsepower then they really made. People like Mr.Yanko also took these cars right off the showroom floor and had them customised with bigger engines and different paint jobs, so if you can find a Yanko Camaro hold onto it cause it's worth lots. As for me, i'm going to finish mine and then have a great time driving it.
MV Agusta F4
The MV Agusta F4, by far one of the best bikes made to date, although sales of this bike are low so it is hard to find a used one anywhere. Buying a new MV Agusta F4 will run you about $25 000 (but very worth it). It's one of the faster bikes out there. A 750 F4 can be beat a 1000 almost anything else. although they don't make a 750 anymore but they have started into the 1000 F4 which are even faster. Every review on this bike i have ever seen says a couple things, first being very fast. second, the handling on this bike is amazing, and finally third, that it is one of the highest class bikes ever made. Myself i have ridden bikes before but never an MV Agusta F4, although it's expensive if i had the money i would buy it in a second. It is by far my favourite motorcycle to date. It has been seen in such movies as, The Dark Knight, IRobot, Gone and In 60 Seconds. MV Agusta was started in Italy (and lets be realistic Italians know how to make motorcycles, no questions asked) and now has moved its way into the States but not into Canada yet. Sales of this bike have switched from selling about 100 total when they first came to the States to selling about 250 a dealership and hopefully will keep growing and work it's way into Canada. Due to the slow sales compared to anything else such as a Yamaha or Suzuki or Honda i very highly doubt most people will see an MV Agusta F4 anytime soon but if you do consider yourself very lucky because they are one of the nicest bikes in the world.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Cars/trucks/Bikes
Depending on what your into, there could be a couple different options of cars. Lately import car have been the big thing, buying a two door small sports car and doing as much as possible to it. turbo, air intake, muffler, rims, sound system are usually the thing most people do to imports. Than you have your old muscle cars, Camaros, Chevelles, Novas, Chargers, Challangers things like that. These days old muscle cars are getting harder and harder to find and more and more costly. Then you have your exotics, which usually you have to have some major cash to buy. and you also have your big trucks and small trucks and SUV's I put them in a class all on their own. Than finally you have you Bikes, crotch rockets, like the MV Agusta F4, Yamaha, Suzuki and many more and then you have your hug bikes, usually made by Harley Davidson but there are some other companies that make them 2.
If anyone wants me to make a review on any certain car truck or bike, just let me know and i'll post it.
If anyone wants me to make a review on any certain car truck or bike, just let me know and i'll post it.
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