Valentino Balboni has been ripping around in Lamborghini’s since the late 1960’s. He’s driven every model there is and his input to the factory has helped make the raging bull what they are today. You see Balboni has the greatest job in history as he is Lamborghini’s top test pilot. Maybe thats why the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 is such an amazing automobile. Lamborghini went back to basics by offering only rear wheel drive as an option, a proper 6-speed manual and an engine that sounds like a symphony. This is something that the guys at Motortrend Magazine found out first hand when they had the chance to take this new bull for a spin.
Some cars are quick, others are fast and some are just downright ridiculous. Take Eddie Bello’s Porsche 911 Turbo for example. This puppy just set the record for a Porsche running the standing mile. Bello was running Ignite Racing Fuel which is two parts HOLY SHIT and one part WHOOP ASS!
I’m not going to get into the technical aspects about why the V8 engine was, is and always will be the king mill amongst car guys. What I’d rather do is simply explain why these big lumps of iron draw respect and admiration from the millions and millions of people who have owned them. There are those of you that after reading this, are going to comment and tell me that I’m wrong, that I have no basis for my comments or that you have some 4, 6, 10 or 12 cylinder plants that can blow the doors off of everything… and that’s fine. It’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it. I’m writing this article because I simply felt the need to tell you mine.
As a gear-head, if you’ve never seen a custom wheel made on a cnc machine then you’re truly missing out. First a big block of aluminum is placed on the jig, then the design program is entered defining the shape and all its intricacies, then you hit the go button and watch your vision materialize in front of you. It’s actually not that simple but you get the idea. Here we have a motorcycle helmet being constructed and the process is amazing. Seriously, this is some cool stuff.
Being a man is awesome – it really is. We get to pee standing up, we get more distinguished looking as we get older and every time we see car being driven like it was stolen we get excited. It’s just the way it is. So imagine my state of well being after I spied this video of the new V10 Audi R8 Spyder being driven through a parking lot at speed. We’ve got fishtailing, a wicked exhaust note and flames coming out of the pipes in the rear. Like I said, it’s good to be a man…
I think we all have a soft spot in our hearts for home built contraptions. Regardless of what they do it’s just cool to see what people can come up with in the dregs of their workshops. Take this ridiculous VW Passat for example. This thing must easily be 5-feet off the ground sporting what looks to be tractor tires and a fully home built suspension system. From the exhaust note the engine seems to be completely stock as well. As you can see the driver is having no problem flogging this thing through the snow, but all that height combined with a very narrow width would have me nervous to even set foot in that thing. Maybe it’s just me, but I have a feeling that we’re going to see a video of this thing flipping over very soon on Streetfire.net.
I had heard that this new Gorillaz video was coming out, and was totally psyched to see that the finished product is as good as I’d hoped. For those that don’t know Gorillaz is a virtual pop band that was created by Damon Albarn of the band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. Stylo is not only a music video in as much as it is a mini-feature film. We’ve got a 1969 Camaro, a fat doughnut eating Cop in a Rosco P. Coltrane style Plymouth, guns and Bruce Willis as the sociopath in a hopped up El Camino.
Is this it? Is this the best we can do as far as comedy goes? I just don’t get it anymore. It used to be that comedy sketches were well thought out and scripted so that they were almost guaranteed to make people laugh. After viewing this sketch though I see that I am incorrect. Granted the shock value is here, which is why this was posted on a Sunday morning, but otherwise, I seriously think going to Church would have been more fun.
I found this video while playing around on Youtube and man did it bring me back to when I was a kid. Hell, that could have been me in that box. I remember seeing the movie Bullitt when I was about 8-years old and man did it leave an impression. The low grumble of the Chargers 440 against the high revving 390 of the Mustang GT was music to my ears. This was my first real experience with a car chase and from that day fourth I WAS a car guy. So much so that I now own a 1968 Dodge Charger… but man, if I could only go back to being a kid again.
