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“Most Beautiful Race Car Ever? | Giga Gears”
Despite its shortcomings, motorsport is pretty great, really. For a few hours a weekend you can forget all your responsibilities and watch the fastest carsnavigate some perilously tricky tracks in exotic locations on almost every continent. And whether you’re in it for the on-track action or off-track drama of a…
“Pharrell’s Car Auction Happening Now | Giga Gears”
Some of the coolest and weirdest cars from the late-1900s are up for auction right now, but I can promise you won’t find a good deal among them. Multi-hyphenate music star Pharrell Williams started an auction company recently, called Joopiter, and has teamed up with New York high-end car collection business Morton…
“Best Value: Great Cheap Car vs. Cheap Great Car”
You have a dream car. You know you do. What would you do to own it? Would you suffer the indignity of buying a car in a color you don’t love, or with an automatic instead of a manual if it means you can get one in your budget? I have lived on both sides of this decision. My Porsche 996 Turbo was a cheap track rat with…
Driving Fear Survey: Share Your Most Irrational Fear | Giga Gears
When I was a kid, my family took me to a drive-through “safari” somewhere up in Canada as part of our family vacation. During that safari, a big-ass monkey jumped on top of our car; as someone in the under-five age demographic, that was the most terrifying thing to ever happen to me. From that day on, I’ve carried an…