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The rise in popularity of Rauh Welt Begriff, and its creator Nakai-san, has been interesting to watch. Introduced broadly to North America in late 2008, the RWB aesthetic instantly had people talking. Some were, and still are, hopping mad about the cars. Others like myself enjoyed what we saw and a third group of skeptics…

There has always been a divide between those that build their cars and those that don’t. This divide has been discussed, debated and argued about hundreds of times over. Many words have been written about the topic, and admittedly we may not need more. However after becoming quite familiar with the Ridler competition this year I…

When Common rapped “if I don’t like it I don’t like it that don’t mean that I’m hatin” he wasn’t talking about the car community, but with enthusiasts being branded as ‘haters’ for simply expressing an opinion that differs from the majority, he easily could have been. Today it’s not all that uncommon for someone, who for…

I know, I know, I need to stop with the sensationalist titles, but I’ve heard and read variants of “there are no cool cars in Toronto” for years and usually they are precursors to the blanket statement that there are no cool cars in all of Ontario. Whenever these discussions start, be it Facebook, Instagram,…

Dear Trophy Hunter, We know the show season has just begun and you are noticeably excited, but before you explode with jubilation we’d like to stop you for a second and address an incident from last year. Do you remember? It happened at the show where you spent most of the day glued to your…

People often criticize the blog boom of late 2008, through 2010, but in hindsight it is something the automotive media desperately needed. That boom flipped the print industry on its head as online producers began releasing free content of equal, or often better, quality than their print counterparts in less than half the time. To keep their…

The ‘fake’ wheel v. ‘real’ wheel debate is a conversation that knows no end. It has been going on long before this site started, and is likely to continue long after I stop updating. Over the years I’ve been asked my position several times, and aside from a few ‘off the record’ comments I’ve offered little…

Almost daily I see people blame stance (99% of the time they actually mean aggressive fitment, but that’s another discussion for another day) for the downfall of the automotive community as a whole. Proclamations are made that once the ‘fitment fad’ dies off everything will miraculously change for the better. Really? We’re using aggressive fitment…