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Lower than a snakes belt buckle

I've already shared a few of my favorite Mazda Speed3s here with you, SumThaiGuys white one on SSR Long Champs and the Fat and Flush black one on 17x9 RPF-1s, are two recent examples and I'm about to throw this one from Black Mamba Motor Sports into the mix because it's another speed3 I think looks really, really good. This car is a great example of what can be accomplished with a realistic budget, a healthy drop, and a little originality when choosing a paint color for your wheels.

WTF Friday: Legit Kit

It looks like since I left high school my auto teacher has been busy, really busy. He's moved on from turning clapped out Pontiac Fieros into Lamborghini Countach, and Ferrari 355 Spiders, replicas and is now creating full tube chassis BMW V12 (M70 I think) powered Diablo replicas. Helping build a Lamborghini kit had a big impact on my life as a car enthusiast so it's awesome to see that he's still working away at it, and still passing on the love and knowledge of cars to other impressionable youth who would rather be putting welding burns in their shirts than learning calculus.

Mini Feature: Jujhar’s Golf

Because it's been winter here in the GTA most of the recent features have showcased cars from sunnier climates, however as our seasons gets closer and events are being announced left right and center it's time I turned the spotlight back towards local rides. This Golf is a perfect example of the level in which a lot of the local VW enthusiasts operate and when it arrived in my inbox I was immediately impressed with what I saw.

Cruisin’ Solo

I've been a fan of this Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS430) since I first saw it at last years SEMA show. Since then I'd only seen a couple additional photos of it online but not as many solo feature photo shoots as I would have expected a car of this caliber to have. In fact just this Monday I was looking for high resolution photos of the car to show Mat at Seche Media the vinyl wrap job and had a hard time coming up with photos that were close enough to really showcase the matte white color that's on the car. Thankfully that all changed this Tuesday.

Theme Tuesdays: Women of the BKK Motor Show

When I was going through the photos Jeff sent in for yesterdays coverage I realized that he took a lot of photos of women, I would say the ratio of cars to women was pretty close to 50/50. While I have only done one other 'women of' Theme Tuesday I felt that with the material I was given another one was well warranted. My apologies in advance to the female readers once again 🙂

Guest Coverage: Bangkok Motor Show

My friend Jeff recently got out of dodge and skipped to Thailand for an extended vacation, on one hand this sucks because he was a blast to work and one of the best bosses I ever had, but on the flip side it rocks because now I have someone out in Thailand who is willing to go to events (that have women) and take pictures of the cars (and the women). Here are some photos from his recent trip to the 32nd Annual Bangkok Motor Show. Pretty cool to see what a motor show looks like in different country.

It’s Amazing

It's pretty amazing that even though e30 m3 has not been produced for years, which is causing the buy in for one to steadily increase, that there are still a bumper crop of clean ones being built today. Many of which I have never seen on the internet before. This m3 is setup almost dead in the middle of function and form and no one other than Johnny Cash has walked the line better.

WTF Friday: April Fools

Today is April Fools and while I have already been a part of a few pranks here in the office (and avoided any being done to me) I don't really have any to pull on all of you. I had a few over the top plans of elaborate site pranks but procrastination, laziness, and life basically put the end to that. Instead here are just some very questionably styled cars I found online, one of which was famous around these parts for awhile.

Big Blue Buick

Yep, I'm back on that Land Yacht vibe again and while I am not really familiar with Cor Forged Wheels if the majority of their clientele does their rides up like this than it's a brand I need to pay more attention to. This bagged 65 Buick Riviera looks absolutely killer laid out and I only hope drive height is really close to park height because you know, drive low, park lower.

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S.I.E./Shell V power You’ve got gas contest

After doing the last, super successful, reader appreciation contest I said that anytime I am fortunate enough to have stuff to give away I was going to do it, and guess what I have more free stuff so here is another contest! The fine folks at Shell have given me the opportunity to give away $50 of Shell V-Power® gasoline to one lucky winner. Additionally if $50 of free gas isn't enough to feed your ground scraper, a years supply of shell gasoline is available to win via the Shell V-Power® "Fuel My Passion" contest.

Lost Coverage: Meeting of the Mazdas 2011

M.O.M is an event that prior to attending I had heard nothing but good things about and with Stance East making the trek from New Brunswick to attend both M.O.M and Importfest I figured 2011 was as good a year as any to attend for the first time. Besides someone had to show Will around. M.O.M. was an extremely laid back, quiet, outdoor, event, the complete opposite of Importfest the day before and exactly what those of us who had been at IF needed (in addition to sleep).

WTF Friday: Big Cat Small Track

At the third round of CSCS in 2011 I witnessed a pair of British drivers whipping a Jaguar XJ around the road course.   Watching the big cat rip corners I couldn't help but smile at the fact that you can literally race anything you want provided you are either a) stubborn enough b) smart enough c) crazy enough or d) rich enough or e) all of the above.