Pre-round four action in the Castrol Drift Mania Canadian Championship at Downsview with BFG Drift Team mates Ryan Lanteigne and Claude Poirer showing how to rock it in tandem. A very nice exhibition run for both pros!! Related posts: Back in Block! The love tap Block grabs Top Gear Teaser: Interview with Dario Franchitti Read more →
Category: Videos
Tested: 2010 MAZDASPEED3
Recently, I had the opportunity to test drive the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 on the “funtastic” Driver Development Track at Mosport International Raceway not far from my home in Southern Ontario. The morning that day was wet, very, very wet but the car hung in there like a champ for a few lapping sessions and road test in the surrounding countryside. When… Read more →
To hell with the green hell!!
To commemorate another successful blog update, I have to share perhaps my all-time favourite Top Gear clip… That so happens to be Sabine Schmitz running a 10’08″49 on the Nordshcleife in a Ford Transit van. “I must be crazy!” LOLzZ! An oldie but super goodie!!! Watch it! Related posts: Tested: 2009 Nissan GT-R Video: 2011 Subaru WRX STI Sedan Rollerman… Read more →
Block grabs Top Gear
Forget Top Gear USA. The UK edition is the cat’s ass and always will be! If you like Ken’s Gymkhana 1 and 2 videos, this is not to be missed. What I wouldn’t do for a ride with this guy! Just check out James May… “That is unbelievable!” Lucky bastard! Related posts: Back in Block! A gymkhana redux: session 1… Read more →
Lexus IS350 C first drive
I’ve reviewed countless different makes and models of car and truck over the last decade but, somehow this is my first attempt on video. Shot on a whim by Claude Gariety for Autonet.ca while on assignment to get up close and personal with a dozen or so Toyota/Lexus vehicles in Kingston, Ontario. Although I haven’t seen it published yet, there… Read more →
Back in Block!
Not long ago, DC Shoes athlete and pro rally car driver Ken Block’s gymkhana practice video began popping up on the Net pretty much everywhere there are auto enthusiasts. Of course, the video is three posts down – the first one or “practice” that is – for your viewing pleasure. Well, I guess Ken’s practice is now over as this… Read more →
Block rocks the socks off his Subaru STi!
At first, this doesn’t look like it’ll be anything special. But it quickly turns to insane with Ken Block rocking the socks off his 2006 Subaru STi! What amazing control, plus lots of smoke and tons of max drift! WOW!!! Kudos to Crawford Performance for building this monster!! Related posts: Back in Block! Video: 2011 Subaru WRX STI Sedan \\_BFG_Dorifto_Demo_//… Read more →
A blind guy that drives… fast!!!
Here’s another ‘How’d they do that?’ moment. Don’t you think? And, who doesn’t enjoy seeing Jeremy Clarkson get all flustered when delivering instructions to a blind guy driving him around the Top Gear test track!?! Methinks they click pretty well, but is this guy the next Stig? You decide. Related posts: To be fast or not to be; school is… Read more →
Inside: GT-R
‘Twas the night before “TestFest,” when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even my mouse. My Pilotis sat snug in their space near the door. In hopes that my feet would soon be there; The dog sleeping at the end of my bed, Wonder what in the world’s going through her head. And my old lady… Read more →
Tested: 2009 Nissan GT-R
“…The final 60 kilometres of two-lane highway cements the notion that the GT-R is the new benchmark for everyday super cars if such a thing even exists…” A legend is reborn See photos and read more about my first encounter with the 2009 Nissan GT-R – A better everyday super car – at AutoNet.ca. Also, I got to ride shotgun… Read more →