When a car blogger gets invited to a movie screening, said blogger is led to believe that cars play a big role in said movie, something like “The Italian Job” or “Bullitt” where cars play a central role in the plot. But in the new “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” movie, which I recently attended … Read more
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 318i is the cheap-seats model featuring manual windows, transmission, and seats. Let’s see if its wagon booty makes up for that poverty spec and its not-so-poverty price. A Volkswagen Golf GTI Is A Great First Car | WCSYB? The ad for yesterday’s 1990 VW GTI 16V turbo boasted that … Read more
Screenshot: E-Motion Engineering When a customer in Las Vegas gives you carte blanche to build an off-roading 991-generation Porsche 911, you pull out all the stops. At least you do if you’re Joey Seely, owner of E-Motion Engineering. There is something of an off-roader craze going on in sports car land right now, in case … Read more
Back when today’s Nice Price or No Dice GTI was introduced, having a 16-valve engine was uncommon in its class and, hence, worth an extra badge. This one has gone way beyond just that performance feature, with a turbo and every cool name in accessory-land. Let’s decide what one might be required to pony up … Read more
Screenshot: Hillclimb Monsters There must be something in the water in Norway. The long winters and northern lights must do something to the brains of gearheads in the Scandinavian region, because they seem to be capable of the wildest and most tire-shreddingly awesome race car builds in the galaxy. Take, for instance, Frode Jorgensen’s spectacular … Read more
It’s nearly time to turn off your work computer, and your overworked brain, for a few dozen delightful hours of you-time known colloquially as the weekend. In anticipation of ending your capitalistic toils to enjoy an ever fleeting sense of leisure, click the play button and slather the folds of your brain in a thick … Read more
While it may never be the first away from a light, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo could reasonably eventually be the last car standing. Let’s decide what such immortality might just cost. Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s Bumpy Ride: A Ford with Troublesome Brakes One thing I’ve learned in all my years doing this is that … Read more
With its pop-up headlamps in the front and a luggage rack in the back, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 200SX is a bastion of earlier times and designs. Let’s see if its price is just as old school. Jonathan Bennett And His Late 1980’s Honda Accord | My First Car Range anxiety isn’t a … Read more
With Easter around the corner, it seems appropriate that today’s Nice Price or No Dice Rabbit’s ad promotes it as a “Bunny.” Let’s decide if this classic convertible’s price also makes it a sweet deal. The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Was The Most Fun Car Of The Year A few of you commented that … Read more
The compact hatchback ID 3 is Volkswagen’s electric replacement for the Golf, so it would stand to reason that the hot version of the little hatch is the replacement for the GTI. The German automaker announced on Wednesday that it would be building an ID 3 GTX, which it is calling a “snappy, compact sports … Read more
