Readers Rides

      Readers Rides: Email Edition

      There has been a steady increase in the amount of previous, under construction, and current readers rides that have arrived via email over the past six months. As most of the past readers rides posts have focused on cars from the fan page I decided to dedicate this one strictly to cars that have shown up in the [email protected] inbox. This is by no means all of them, and I plan to do a few more of these before the winter is over.

      Håll Classy

      Provided the fine folks at Google have their act together 'Håll Classy' means stay classy in Swedish and Alexander Lindquist (of Sweden) has done a excellent job of staying classy with his W124 200E Mercedes Benz. Once he took care of the generous factory wheel gap Alex mounted a set of pristine looking 17x8 RH zw1 wheels that are a great match to this cars factory two tone paint.

      Not Quite Winter Wednesday

      Go figure that the day I finally decide to post these photos of Neil's bagged MKV in winter mode it starts to snow a little here in the Toronto. Neil basically got the jump on all of us this year in regards to winter preparation because his car has been setup like this since September. Though if my winter mode looked this good I wouldn't feel too bad about being extra early with the switch over either.

      From Russia With Low

      It's been a great week for videos, first the Level One video popped up, then Aidan's IS300 video was dropped, and now I've got this great video of a low MKV GTI to share all the way from Russia. Both the car and the video are simple and to the point, and while dimaekimov didn't attach much info about the car he did include a few static shots of it from the video. Take a look.

      Featured Ride: Phil’s Cobra

      Not everyone’s got the balls to go up against the modification 'norms' of their platform because doing so invites the opinions of naysayers and know-it-alls. But what if the end product is a combination of function and form comprised of parts only from reputable manufacturers, then what? Well then you have a car like today's Mustang, one that provokes conversation and stands out amongst its peers.

      Aidan’s Year End Video

      Watching Aidan's car progress over the past two years has been quite a treat and the work he has done certainly didn't go unnoticed in 2011. His season started off great with a high profile feature, and ended even better with the opportunity to showcase his car alongside Liberty VIP in the lobby at Importfest. Between working on his car, helping out behind the scenes at events, and bringing steak to grill on my BBQ Aidan also managed to squeeze in some time to do the following video with local videographer Misha Frolov.

      Sweden Stays Down

      Since posting Richard's ride Monday my mailbox has been buzzing more fine cars from Sweden, but before I get to those I have to spin it back a bit to a car that I actually saw for the first time in August. Somehow the car ended up getting lost in the shuffle of event coverage until I was reminded of it yesterday.

      Sweden gets down

      It's still a little shocking how popular this Canadian based blog with predominately North American content is on a global scale. I'm not complaining of course because this global appeal is how awesome cars like this dub which belongs to Richard "Mingan" Håveland of Sweden show up in my inbox.

      Featured Ride: Richie’s SLK 350

      Real Mercedez Benz enthusiasts share very little in common with the misconceptions many have about Mercedes Benz drivers. The true enthusiasts don't have egos or attitudes and are not at all arrogant. They are simply brand loyal car enthusiasts not unlike those who are into Hondas or Fords. Minutes into a conversation with Richie it is easy to tell that he is an avid Mercdes Benz enthusiast who is also a huge fan of low tastefully modified cars.

      Readers Ride: Darren’s 300ZX

      It's hard to argue the fact that Nissan knows how to build a capable FR platform, from the original Datsuns to the latest 370z they have certainly made a name for themselves among those who prefer to be pushed rather than pulled. The 300zx is just another example of Nissan's capability to build a solid RWD coupe and the Z32 specifically is a car I wish I saw more of both online and in person so when Darren sent his own 2+2 by my interest was peaked.

      Featured Ride: Randy’s Prelude

      Remember your high school car? I am sure you do because for many of us this wasn't just our first car it was our key to independence and no matter how hard we try it's impossible to ever re create that connection again. While for some reason or another many of us have parted with our high school cars Randy is one of few who was able to hold onto their high school car long enough to turn it into something more than just an alternative to taking the bus.

      Readers Rides: Facebook Fans Part 5

      I've been meaning to dedicate another post to Readers Rides for awhile now but with the amount of event coverage I have been doing combined with features and guest coverage it's been hard to find a day to dedicate to it. However with the Facebook fan page clicking over to 4000 people yesterday (thanks everyone who has liked the page) I think today is the perfect day to show some of your cars some love, it was long overdue.