While out doing a little cross country skiing, a friend of mine came across a Mazda Protege that appeared to be “hittin’ switches” with one wheel in the air. Amazingly, it did not have hydraulics, 13″ Daytons, or a gangsta rapper in the front seat. It was just flat out parked in . . . → Read More: Remember that time that you parked your car on 3 wheels?
Whoa! This week, the 1A Blog landed at #6 on CouponAudit’s “Top 100 Auto Blogs to Follow in 2013″! A few of our friends made the list as well. We’re humbled and honored to be among some of the other great websites on this list. We will make 2013 bigger and better than 2012 . . . → Read More: Top Blogs to Follow in 2013 – We Landed at Number 6!
In the interest of shining a light on the OEM vs aftermarket truth, I wanted to show off a little something I noticed during my travels. Not too long ago, I replaced my timing belt, pulleys, hydraulic tensioner, and water pump on my 2005 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5 SOHC (booo no turbo, I . . . → Read More: Aftermarket vs OEM Subaru Timing Belt Pulleys
As you may have heard, in New England, we have rusty cars. Lots of them. It’s disgusting. The best that we can hope for is that our fenders and suspension don’t fly off unexpectedly on the highway. Because that kind of stuff actually happens around here. Quite regularly, I see control arms rotted in half, entire mufflers in the middle of the road, and struts where the lower coil mount snaps off and allows the coil to stab the tire. . . . → Read More: Hate Rust? I Will Show You One Way To Slow It Down.
Amidst some blurry pictures of “Jungle Jim’s” famous funny car, was a New England Dragway entrance ticket from August 6th 1972. How intriguing I thought… I pulled it out of the album and flipped over the business card that was with it, only to discover something truly incredible. . . . → Read More: In the 1972, Drag Racing Was a Bit Slower.