Why I Hate My Non-European Car

If you own a high-mileage MK5 GTI, there's a good chance you will need to replace a door latch at some point. Your door might not lock, and the instrument cluster might not recognize the door being opened and closed. These are two common signs that your door latch mechanism needs replacing....

Simply put, Memorial Day weekend at Lime Rock Park was the biggest company event we've ever had. Here's how we made history.  "One of the most difficult things when we started motorsports was the ability to incorporate it into the rest of the company," explained Nick Bauer, President and Founder...

Come for the cars, stay for the coffee.  Our 2nd Cars & Coffee event of the year was the place to be this past Sunday morning. The beautiful weather and word-of-mouth led to an overwhelming turnout of around 200 cars, blowing our last event out of the...

It's time to spice up your desktop.  Welcome to our weekly edition of weekend wallpaper, where we attempt to remove whatever boring standard desktop wallpaper came with your computer—or phone, or tablet, or any other device with a screen—and replace it with something better. Something,...

So, here’s the good news: FCP Euro bought a 2007 MK5 Volkswagen GTI on the used car market. The bad news is: there are a ton of things wrong with it.  First off, some background. FCP Euro wanted to buy an MK5 GTI on the used car market, and set a reasonable budget of $5,000 for the initial...

Now that we're getting into the warmer months, the functionality of your air conditioning is going to become more and more important. The last thing you want is to be stuck without it on a hot summer day. Here's what to look out for, and ultimately replace, should something go wrong.   Air...

Imagine taking an angle grinder and a drill to a perfectly good fender. That's what it took to flare the fenders of the E55 AMG Drift Machine in the latest episode of Dapper Drift.  There's something about a widebody kit that just kind of...works. Sure, there are bad examples of this out there...

It's time to spice up your desktop.  Welcome to our weekly edition of weekend wallpaper, where we attempt to remove whatever boring standard desktop wallpaper came with your computer—or phone, or tablet, or any other device with a screen—and replace it with something better. Something,...

  It was July of 2017 when we started our quest to find a Volvo S60 content car. We weren't looking for something that was "pristine", but didn't want a roach either. We also wanted something semi-local to our Milford, CT location and happened to stumble upon a perfect candidate just a couple...