Automotive News, Reviews, and History
While I was down in Los Angeles for the Los Angeles International Auto Show, I made a point of visiting a couple automotive landmarks; Angeles Crest and the Peterson Automotive … Continue Reading Petersen Automotive Museum Pictures
Besides SEMA, large automotive trade shows tend to be dominated by OEM products and announcements. While 2017’s Los Angeles International Auto Show was a big event for OEM’s, the car … Continue Reading Los Angeles International Auto Show: My Favorite Builds
As Thanksgiving rolls around, family seems to come out of the woodwork and obligations start piling up. To keep my sanity–remember this is a one-man operation–I have decided to suspend … Continue Reading Thanksgiving Schedule
While we have two months left in 2017, everything that will come out in the automotive world, has come out, meaning it is now time to crown the best car … Continue Reading TheSpeedTrap.net’s Car Company of the Year: 2017
Summer is winding down, roads are getting slicker, and sticky tires are being shelved; it is the perfect time for a look back at what I did this summer in … Continue Reading My Summer Recap: Automotive Edition
Last night I was lucky enough to go to a local car event held at our K1 Speed go-karting facility called ‘Cars and Rossi’. With Alexander Rossi hosting, and lots … Continue Reading Cars and Rossi at K1 Speed Sacramento
Last week, I shared some pictures from my regular Cars and Coffee event, and mentioned how grateful I am to live in such a car-rich area of the world. Mentioning … Continue Reading Dreams And Drivers: Granite Bay, CA 7/16/17
Over the past four weeks, I have taken a look at the various car-producing regions of the world, picking my ‘dream car’ from the various classical cars on selection from … Continue Reading History Hits Dream Car Edition: If There Was Only One…
If the title of this article sounds patronizing, don’t worry, it isn’t. Rather, it is more autobiographical in nature. I recently took my car out to both its and mine … Continue Reading First Track Experience: Don’t be Scared, Bro
Reno is an odd city: “The Biggest Little City in the World” after all. I went to college there knowing two things: they had cheap, good school, and I had … Continue Reading History Hits: The First Speeding Ticket
If you have read any automotive publication in the past couple of years, including this one, then you have seen someone waxing lyrically about how good the Fiesta ST is. … Continue Reading Review: ISC Coilovers on a 2016 Fiesta ST, the On-Road Test
While it may seem like TheSpeedTrap.net may itself have turned into history over the past few weeks, I merely had to take a break from writing to do real-life, boring, … Continue Reading History Hits: First Powered, Wheeled, Creation a.k.a the First Car
Our lessons from pre-school have never seemed so pertinent in today’s ‘sharing’-based economy. We share our homes, our skills, and even our cars with complete strangers. Internet-based services like Airbnb … Continue Reading Review: Turo
Title says it all. Videos may or may not be a regular occurrence now (Check out the YouTube channel!) but either way there is at least one up! Like and … Continue Reading First SpeedTrap Video!
There are some things in the car world—as everywhere—that are mocked so often as to be cliché to poke fun at. These include making fun of the Prius model line, … Continue Reading History Hits: Renault/AMC LeCar
Deciding how to begin modifying a car can be a daunting experience, especially if it is your first foray into modifying vehicles in general. Inevitably, potential-tuners will turn to internet … Continue Reading Review: Fiesta ST Accelerator Pedal Spacer by Active Shift Designs
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