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The $220,000 BMW 325i – Hartge H50 V10 Sedan

August 25, 2011 Gift Ideas No Comments
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$40,000 buys a base model 3-series sedan. What kind of BMW does $220,000 buy? Turns out that it buys the same base model 3-series but with a few extra goodies. Try as it may, don’t let innocent little sedan pictured here fool you, it’s a monster.

Hartge is a well known BMW and MINI tuner. Most enthusiast spruce up the interior of their Bimmers with a Hartge shift-knob, some perhaps get a set of their beautiful wheels. Rarely does one see one of their fully tuned cars and even less frequently does an original come up for sale. … Continue Reading

Toys for CarGuyDads

December 21, 2010 Gift Ideas, Toys 4 Comments

Christmas is a few days away and if you have not got your shopping done yet then you are pretty much screwed. Hopefully your kids and, more importantly, your significant other are taken care of. In between the cleaning, decorating, and other holiday preparation festivities you may have forgot one thing, yourself.

Seriously, you work your ass off, often unappreciated, why not get yourself a few cool toys you have always wanted? Yes, toys! Toys you have always wanted as a kid but for one reason or another never had due to lack of space or time or most likely money. And yes, you can justify this purchase as a way of bonding with your kids, even if they’re newborns. Get them started early.

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Cool Father’s Day Gift Ideas

June 16, 2009 Gift Ideas, Toys 4 Comments

467  660x800 dsc 0131 large Cool Father’s Day Gift Ideas Here are two-and-a-half gifts that just about any car-loving dad will love. They vary in budgets and uses, but each one is guaranteed to get make your dad a happier carguy. … Continue Reading

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Rally Racing, part 1: Building the Car

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This is the first of three articles on Rally Racing. I intend to cover car set-ups, driver training, different classes, and whatever else I may come upon. This part will show a built of an Open Class rally car, which is …

Driving Jaguar’s new XFR, on the Road and on the Track

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I have recently had the opportunity to drive the new Jaguar XFR on the road and on a race track. With the XFR competing directly against the BMW M5, which I have also had the opportunity to drive on the track …

Experiencing The New Diesel-Powered BMWs.

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While you may have already read a thing or two about BMW’s new compression ignition offerings, you may not have heard all the details, and you may have some questions. I sure did, and I did my best to answer them …

Cars of Paris

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French cars; some say they’re ugly, some say they’re beautiful, all agree that they’re unreliable. However, there is something about them that makes you want to look. These pictures were taken in March of 2007, my wife’s and mine last trip …

Cars (and other vehicles) of Cuba

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Do you think your ’02 Chevy Tahoe with 170k miles is at the end of its life? Try driving a ’55 Suburban that you inherited from you father. This is a gallery of car pictures from Cuba, where the only way …

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