I am an automotive engineer who likes to build things (usually cars and motorcycles,) and who likes to write about cars and motorcycles.
There are no bad cars, there are only cars that cost more than they should. My first car was a Plymouth Volare. It did not cost me more than it should; it cost me...
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I have a $400 multimeter in my toolbox. I’m not sure why, but at some point in the recent past, I decided I needed to measure voltage with an accuracy of less than one-tenth...
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I decided I wanted to see the aurora borealis, so I took four days off of work, bought the cheapest plane ticket to Fairbanks I could find, and drove around the state sleeping in the...
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Have you ever played darts with a sledgehammer? People ask me all the time what this car is like, and it’s hard to explain, but I will try to answer this question here with...
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I own a Dodge Viper and a minivan, and if I could only keep one of them, it would be the minivan. Now I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking “I don’t want to...
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Technically rockets are automobiles, so this belongs here. On September 3rd 2002 an amateur astronomer named Bill Yeung did what amateur astronomer Bill Yeung does best: he found an asteroid orbiting earth that nobody...
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All Cars ➞
You suck at driving. Well, I mean, not you specifically. You are great at driving. And me, I’m also great at driving. But everyone else? Everyone else...
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There seems to be no write-up of how to install a big bore kit in a DRZ400, so I decided to fill the void. All I really...
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All Motorcycles ➞
I fell in love with the 60’s Honda S600 after driving it in a video game years ago. I don’t remember the game, I just remember driving...
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There are many important moments in the life of a car guy: The time you buy your first car, the first time you start the engine on...
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All S600 ➞
Book
I wrote a book about my experience building and racing cars in college. It’s exciting! It’s amusing! It’s free! (for ebook download!) RACECAR: Searching for the Limit in Formula SAE By Matt Brown Free: PDF...
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