
The saga of my ‘85 Carrera started with a strange passion for German cars I developed in high school. I was so crazy for Porsche that I built a custom VW Bug that had a Porsche whale tail. If I could not have the car of my dreams, I would make due the best I could. My dream car was the new 1985 Carrera.
read moreFrom the moment I laid my eyes on the new and radically designed Mercedes CLS, which as I recall was in June of 2005, I knew instantly it would be my next purchase. By this point in my life, I had already been diagnosed as a true gearhead by both friends and family, so I wasn’t altogether surprised that I found myself drawn to the ultra-sleek four door. Strangely, it wasn’t the 469HP from the factory supercharged hand-assembled V8 engine, or the slick and beefy 5-speed automatic gearbox, but the exterior design of the car that made it irresistible to me.
read moreA wise man once said, "There is no replacement for displacement," and you know what they say about great minds thinking alike. For me, a run-of-the-mill or even Z51 or Grand Sport package Vette wasn’t enough; I had to have the LS7 7.0L V8 with titanium connecting rods and sodium-filled exhaust valves spinning to a marvelous 7000 rpm. Prius owners, eat your heart out: my 426-cubic-inch pushrod V8 belts out more emissions in a single day than your hamster-wheel go-karts do in a year.
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