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Hero or Villain? Kiwi bandit filling "boy racer" exhausts with expanding foam

BRRRAAAAP! It's music to the ears of a subset of car nuts. Noisy exhaust setups are hardly a new phenomenon, but the fashion for mufflers that intentionally buzz as much as possible is a more recent development in the pantheon of annoying things others do. Exasperation with the muffler rap has led a New Zealand vigilante to start terrorizing cars equipped with what he or she describes as "boy-racer exhausts" in a written manifesto sent to the Marlborough Express. Using the handle "Phantom Expander," the self-righteous vandal has taken to ... Read more →

Ford wants Mustangs to race in Europe, will face the Ford GT John Neff

click above image to view high-res photos of the FR500C and FR500GT for your desktop As we've said in the past, the Mustang is Ford's ace in the hole. The current model is a bonafide smash hit, being ...

Hero or Villain? Kiwi bandit filling "boy racer" exhausts with expanding foam 10 months ago on Autoblog

BRRRAAAAP! It's music to the ears of a subset of car nuts. Noisy exhaust setups are hardly a new phenomenon, but the fashion for mufflers that intentionally buzz as much as possible is a more recent development in the pantheon of annoying things others do. Exasperation with the muffler rap has led a ...

Ford wants Mustangs to race in Europe, will face the Ford GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res photos of the FR500C and FR500GT for your desktop As we've said in the past, the Mustang is Ford's ace in the hole. The current model is a bonafide smash hit, being recognized and revered the world over. So it makes perfect sense that if fans in other parts of the ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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