Gabriel Brindusescu
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Personal motto:
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Later, his dad taught him how to drive on a field and from that point he started driving everything that had 4 wheels and an engine, including a van, a truck and a tractor. He usually annoys his friends by taking the keys and driving their cars when they have to go somewhere.
When it comes to car preferences, he will tell you that classic cars are the best, especially old American muscle. There are few modern day cars that get him really excited, and don’t ever dare to ask him about hybrids or EVs if you don’t want to see him
Dune Buggy for the Rich Costs More than a Lamborghini Huracan
23 Jan 2015, 13:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When you’re picturing a dune buggy for yourself you usually get through two options - the iconic budget ones based on old VW Beetles or the full-on off-roading beast offered by Local Motors. However, there’s a third option now - custom ...
Manhole Suddenly Explodes, Nearly Takes a Toddler With It
23 Jan 2015, 11:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Something as peaceful as a steaming manhole could hide a real danger. Don’t know about you, but we’re kinda looking with skepticism towards any of these metal-capped holes now. We saw way too many of them going up with enough force to r...
Volvo S60 Cross Country Not the First Off-Roading Sedan
23 Jan 2015, 10:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Cars wearing a go-anywhere attitude seems to be the most appealing to clients nowadays. Look at compact and subcompact crossovers selling like hot cakes, or even some C-segment hatches with a raised suspension and plastic moldings around the edges....
Grand Theft Auto Playing Seniors and their Reactions Are Epic
23 Jan 2015, 09:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We heard a lot of people saying Grand Theft Auto is a bad influence and even whole communities that banned the game. Well, why don’t you all haters grab the controller and give it a try. Even old people turned out to have a great time playing...
Lexus LFA Sacrificed to Be a Drift Car in Japan
23 Jan 2015, 09:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yesterday we saw a Toyota Prius turned into a drift machine using a high-power electric motor turning the rear wheels. But that’s not the only oddity presented at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015. Here, take this one off Lexus LFA specially built to...
Toyota RND Concept Is a Joke, an Auris With a Red Nose
22 Jan 2015, 17:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This week, Toyota UK released a short yet very interesting press release saying it’s going to unveil a ground-breaking, industry-changing concept car next week on the 26th of January, out of the blue. Well, it turns out this is a joke from th...
Custom Toyota Camry Shifts Better than the Mustang EcoBoost
22 Jan 2015, 16:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, Matt Farah took a lot of custom cars down on The Snake, but we never expected to go in a Toyota Camry at some point. Yes, it is a customized one and it looks quite fast. If you’re not accustomed with the mini show, Matt hosts the One...
Tesla Model S Software 6.1 New Features Explained
22 Jan 2015, 16:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Tesla Model S is probably the coolest sedan you can buy now. That’s because it’s fully electric, can smoke a Ferrari and is also has a fully digital control interface. Everything that works on the vehicle can be viewed and controlle...
A 1957 Chevy Wagon Rat Rod Like You’ll Never See Again
22 Jan 2015, 15:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / What happens when you take a hot rodding icon and turn it into a rat rod? You end up with the coolest junkyard ride in the country and deserve to break the internet without a huge butt... although this ride has quite a nice one. What you’r...
First Hydrogen Selling Facility Opens Up in California
22 Jan 2015, 14:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Bought or planning to buy a fuel cell vehicle in California but don’t know how you’ll going to fill up the tanks? Officially, the Cal State L.A. Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility has become the first station in the state to legally...
UK Motorists Fear Garage Practices, Prefer To Drive With Faults
22 Jan 2015, 13:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Are there too many cars on the road these days that develop so many problems they determine mechanics carry out fast, lousy repair jobs? Can’t really find an answer to that right now, but truth is UK drivers, at least, fear going to a repair ...
Drifting Toyota Prius Puts Up a Show at Tokyo Auto Salon 2015
22 Jan 2015, 10:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The chances for you to make a Toyota Prius hybrid tail-happy are close to none. Yeah, you could force it slide a bit on snow or using the liftoff oversteer technique, but that’s not quite drifting. Unless you send the power to the rear wheels...
Flaming Mercedes-Benz Runs Away from Firefighters
22 Jan 2015, 10:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / OK, here’s a quick tip for when your car catches fire: before you get out and try to extinguish the fire manually or wait for the firemen to do it, don’t forget to put it in park or pull the handbrake. Especially if the car is near a sl...
Lyft Shaves Off the Fuzzy Pink Mustache
22 Jan 2015, 09:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When it comes to car sharing apps, Uber is probably the first name to get into people’s minds, but that is because it’s the only one that operates worldwide and also managed to infuriate taxi companies in some regions. Lyft is another p...
Americans Are Driving More than Some Claim
21 Jan 2015, 17:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / There’s an overall hype in the auto industry saying that people are not driving that much anymore, especially teens who seem to be not interested in getting their license as fast. Well, Americans at least are en route for the highest driving ...
Here’s How Many Range Rovers Thieves Can Fit in a Container
21 Jan 2015, 17:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You’ve probably seen the Gone in 60 Seconds car flick telling the story of a car thief struggling to meet a mafioso’s demand. Well, car theft is not that charming in real life and sometimes it goes as far as stuffing more than 3 cars in...
Daihatsu Copen Gets Cool Tuning Jobs for Tokyo Auto Salon 2015
21 Jan 2015, 16:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Few of you might know about the Daihatsu Copen, the world’s smallest coupe cabrio ever. While the first generation was looking like some sort of bug, the new one is actually a car you wouldn’t expect to come from that automaker. Whil...
Chrysler 300c SRT8 Sounds Amazing with Meisterschaft Exhaust
21 Jan 2015, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Better start enjoying them V8s as long as they’re still on sale because all these green regulations will at one point put an end to their existence. Most manufacturers are already starting to shrink their sizes or even replace them with turbo...
Elon Musk Wants to Put the Internet into Earth’s Orbit
21 Jan 2015, 15:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Up so far, Elon Musk gave us PayPal and the coolest electric sedan money can buy. Next comes smaller space travel costs via the SpaceX program, sending people to Mars and traveling at ultra high speeds using the Hyperloop. But that’s not all ...
DOK-ING Loox Is Your Next Luxury EV City Car
21 Jan 2015, 14:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you work in the mining, firefighting or military industry, you might have heard about DOK-ING, the Croatian company that makes remotely controlled firefighting robotic vehicles, mining tools and even anti-mine tracked vehicles. But the company a...