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  • Checking out Orlando Roadsters’ Miata meet at Ace Cafe Orlando, June 2022

    The Facebook group known as Orlando Roadsters holds monthly Monday Miata meets at the Ace Cafe Orlando. I’d heard about them for a while and was curious to see how they compared to the Tampa meets at Ricks on the River. And since I recently bought a new Miata, a 2020 MX-5 Club, I decided…

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  • The Return of Tampa Bay Miatas, January 2022

    Last Thursday marked the return of the Tampa Bay Miatas car meets at Rick’s by the River in Tampa. Not only had the meets stopped happening for a while, but I hadn’t attended one myself since December 2019. Since then, I’d added a new “everyday carry” camera to my collection, the Fuji X100V, so I…

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  • Rest in Peace Sabine Schmitz, Queen of the Nürburgring

    Today we bid farewell to a motoring hero. A woman of great driving talent and honed skills. Sabine Schmitz, the “Queen of the ‘Ring.” Known as such because she won the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring, not just once, which is difficult in itself, but twice in 1996 and 1997.

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  • Nissan unveils the Z Proto

    With a heavy dose of nostalgia, Nissan unveiled the looks of the new Z last night in the form of the prototype known as the Z Proto. Z-car fans can spot styling cues from past generations throughout the design from nose to tail.

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  • Gordon Murray compares his McLaren F1 against his new GMA T.50 hyper-GT car

    Text by Bryce WomeldurfVideo sourced from TopGear’s YouTube channelPhotography courtesy of Gordon Murray Automotive On Tuesday, automotive design legend Gordon Murray unveiled his latest car, the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50. Gordon calls it the last of the analog supercars and says it’s something of a hyper-GT. Essentially, it’s a car that combines hauling ass with…

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  • Coronavirus Turns Plans Upside Down, At Least We’re Healthy

    A few weeks back, my lovely wife surprised me with tickets to the 2020 Nürburgring 24 hour race. To say I was excited is an understatement, especially when the physical tickets arrived in the mail last week. But then, in the next few days, things got a little worrying.

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  • Old vs New: Evo 9 vs Golf R

    I’ve been watching a lot of Mighty Car Mods the past few weeks after living under a rock, only discovering them a few months ago. This track battle caught my attention as it’s a fight between Marty’s Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX versus Moog’s all-wheel-drive Golf R. The Evo IX is an icon, being the last…

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  • Porsche for Sale, or Is It?

    Hannah Elliot tweeted out a link this morning to an article she wrote for Bloomberg about the Porsche Type 64, which is set to go to auction this month at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. I’ve seen photographs of either this car or a replica on Instagram for some time now, and while it definitely looks…

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  • Thoughts on the new C8 Corvette

    Photography courtesy of Chevroletwith cover photo by Dan MacMedan.Text by Bryce Womeldurf Chevrolet finally pulled back the curtain on the long rumored mid-engine Corvette last night. Some of what everyone thought they knew about it was completely wrong, like thinking the price was going up substantially. And some was right, like the fact that the…

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  • Breaking the Dream Car

    I just stumbled on this post on Speedhunters from Mark Riccioni about dreaming of R34 Skyline GT-R ownership (as many of us have done) and growing up dreaming of mad JDM cars in GranTurismo 2. The post made me feel better about now possibly having popped the engine in my Miata for a second time,…

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