Codrin Spiridon
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Personal motto:
Do what you love, and try to make an honest buck out of it.
A University of Portsmouth graduate, Codrin seized the opportunity to jump into the automotive world after having been a gaming/tech TV journalist for quite some time.
He feels there's something incredibly special about having the opportunity to write about things you're passionate about, and at the end of the day... get to pay the bills too.
Porsche 911 Turbo S vs KTM Super Duke R 1290 Evo vs MotoGP KTM RC16 Drag Race
24 Sep 2022, 09:28 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Drag races are becoming more and more uneven by the looks of it, but in all honesty who really cares about fairness when at the end of the day it's all about the spectacle. Our contestants are as follows: in the Metallic Silver corner, we...
The Infamous GTA VI Leaker and Uber Hacker Was Arrested by The City of London Police
23 Sep 2022, 15:15 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Just last Thursday, the City of London Police apprehended a 17-year-old male suspected of hacking Uber a week before that, and also Take-Two Interactive Software, the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developer of the Grand Theft Auto series. T...
Funny as Hellcat Dodge Charger EV Mock Ad Says "The Charger is Because You Plug It In"
23 Sep 2022, 13:29 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Standing on the edge of the EV pier, Dodge, with a single tear dripping down its cheek, is waving its flower-embroidered handkerchief to the ICE Challenger and Charger ship as it sails off into the sunset, never to be seen, or heard from, ever agai...
18-Year-Old Claiming to Have Leaked the GTA 6 Videos Was Apparently Also the Uber Hacker
18 Sep 2022, 14:51 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Teens are not what they used to be when I was growing up. Instead of playing video games all day and sprouting roots like a couch potato, apparently, nowadays they’re hacking left and right. One such 18-year-old claims he was the one behind t...
Alleged Grand Theft Auto 6 Gameplay Leaks, Could Be Legit
18 Sep 2022, 14:39 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / This Sunday, the same teen who claimed he masterminded the Uber hack last Thursday posted on a forum almost 100 videos of alleged Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay in various development stages. Take everything with a mountain of salt, but also note that...
Don't Be Alarmed If Your Tesla Starts Whistling Dixie While Parked, It's Being Fixed
18 Sep 2022, 09:45 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Tesla Models S and X, even Plaid ones, have recently developed the ability to "sing." Apparently, with the 2022.24.6 update, some owners have been hearing a constant electrical buzz or white noise coming from their parked Teslas. The...
The Soviet Union Took Mail Delivery Pretty Seriously Back in the Late ‘50s
17 Sep 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Leave It to the Russians to strap a plane engine to a car and some skis just to deliver mail to the good folks in the remote northern regions. The base of the aerosled or aerosleigh was the GAZ-M20 sedan nicknamed “Pobeda” (Victory). At...
1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Station Wagon Barn Find, More Like Graveyard Find
17 Sep 2022, 16:12 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Someone would have to be extremely passionate about restoring Chevys to pay $3,000 or more for extra parts for this project. But weirder things were bought and paid for in the past, so it’s anyone’s guess. Who knows, maybe in a couple o...
It’s a Boat, It’s a Plane, No, It’s an Abandoned Russian Sea Monster
17 Sep 2022, 14:48 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / A post over on Reddit surfaced a couple of days ago showing this beached Russian monster. It’s called an ekranoplan, and it’s neither a plane nor a boat. Technically it does fly, but it cannot go more than just a couple of feet above th...
Unique 1962 Ford Thunderbird Concours Restoration Up for Grabs This October
16 Sep 2022, 14:28 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Not only is this beauty the only one ever concours restored in this trim, but it’s also one of only 1,427 Sports Roadsters made back in ‘62, according to its "For Sale” sign. This one rocks a 390 CI V8 engine capable of ...
Owner Gets His Model 3 Accidentally Hacked by Tesla, Through Someone Random in Europe
16 Sep 2022, 12:49 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Somewhere in Europe, a new Tesla Model 3 owner was flabbergasted because the functions on their car weren’t working when using the commands. They tried opening the trunks, turning on the A.C., and even opening their garage door, but to no ava...
Word's Largest Tesla Police Car Fleet is Now Equipped With Man’s Best Friend K-9 Unit, Dax
16 Sep 2022, 09:38 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / A small-town police department from Indiana, United States, took another thing off its bucket list recently, by adding a K-9 unit to its already impressive fleet of Tesla police vehicles. The Model Y in question was of course heavily modified to pr...
Hyundai SUV Catalytic Converter Stolen From Dealership Parking Lot, Dealer Blames Victim
11 Sep 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Recently, a 2010 Hyundai Veracruz owner left her car parked outside an Ontario, Canada, Hyundai dealership to have it serviced. When no one was around, someone managed to steal her catalytic converter from underneath the car. The Hyundai dealer ref...
922-HP Audi TT RS Obliterates 1000-HP McLaren 720S in Drag Race
11 Sep 2022, 14:10 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / One 922 hp (934 ps) Audi TTRS, one 1,000 hp (1,014 ps) McLaren 720S, and one 1/4 drag race strip. What could go wrong? Though the TT RS doesn’t have the “supercar” moniker attached to it, what lies under its hood is not f...
Riders Republic Season 4 Starts September 14, Also Get One Month of Ubisoft+ for Free
11 Sep 2022, 08:46 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Ubisoft’s extreme sports game Riders Republic is free on PS4 and PS5 until September 15, and on Xbox until September 12, if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. On PC, you can get an entire month for free on Ubisoft+ (their subscri...
The Chip Shortage Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon, Says GM CEO
10 Sep 2022, 19:24 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / It’s no secret that car prices have gone through the roof since COVID hit. And to say that the auto industry is relying heavily on semiconductors, chips, and other computer related components would be the understatement of the year. As expect...
Men Are Physically Safer Than Women During Same-Scenario Crashes, Study Indicates
10 Sep 2022, 17:19 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Men drivers are 73% less likely to be seriously injured and 17% less likely to die in same-scenario car crashes than women. And researchers say this isn’t just because of the anatomical differences. Since the very first crash test dummy ...
The Mighty 2007 BMW M5 E61 Touring With 510 HP Vs. One Golf Ball on an F1 Track
10 Sep 2022, 14:16 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / One former F1 track, a 2007 BMW M5 E61 Touring with an S85 V10 305 CI (4999 cc) engine capable of producing 518 ps (510 hp) with 384 lb-ft (520 Nm) of torque, versus one golf ball on a golf course. What could go wrong? Let’s find out. In...
1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX Up For Grabs, Is One of 312 Made That Year
9 Sep 2022, 19:07 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / It might not be Dominic Toretto’s 1971 7.2-liter V8, 2,000 horsepower Plymouth GTX from “The Fate of the Furious,” but this real-life 1967 Belvedere GTX is nothing to scoff at either. Dubbed the “Gentleman’s Muscl...
Classic '40s Dodge W-Series Pickup Barn Find, but Widow Owner Doesn't Want to Sell
9 Sep 2022, 15:47 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / A user over on Reddit found a classic 1940s Dodge “Job-Rated” pickup truck on a widow’s property, but the owner does not want to sell it. In 1939, Dodge introduced the concept of "Job Rated", that wanted to satisfy t...