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
Electric Cars Helping Smokers Quit?
10 Dec 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How the hell could driving a car make you stop smoking? These two things usually come hand in hand, especially in a traffic jam, that time you have nothing to do then wait. Well, the answer could come from what type of car you drive. I’m p...
1943 VW Schwimmwagen WWII Amphibious Car for Sale
10 Dec 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Solution to global warming and floods? Buy an amphibious car, a sturdy one, like they did in World War II. Say a Volkswagen Typ 166, or Schwimmwagen, which literally means swimming car. It’s the world’s most produced amphibious car in h...
Drones Following Cars Could Became Driving Aids, Toyota Has One
10 Dec 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / I bet some of you play racing games from a third person view, because it lets you see further ahead, estimate the space around and better clip the apex. Well, this thing could become a reality soon thanks to drones programmed to follow your car and...
Street Legal Hybrid Single Seater Could Come True - Egoista EM01 Stradale
10 Dec 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you find yourself being an egocentric adrenaline lover, go buy a motorcycle. If that scares you a bit, try out a single seater... Oh, wait... There aren’t that many and they don’t come in cheap. Well then, check out this Indiegogo pr...
Jaguar F-Type Recalled in the United States for Seatbelt Sensors and Accessory Belt
10 Dec 2014, 10:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / 2014 will remain known as the year of the recalls for most of us and major automakers. GM is still leading the pack with 80 campaigns so far this year, but smaller automakers seem to join too. Jaguar is the latest and, sadly, its newest recall invo...
Collision-Avoidance Systems Have Bugs, Discovered by AAA
10 Dec 2014, 09:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Technology is moving fast these days and found its way faster on cars, where you now have most features operated using electronic circuits backed up by sensors and algorithms. The whole car became some sort of huge computer on wheels, which is cool...
Toyota Mirai Demand is High, Production Up a Notch in Japan
10 Dec 2014, 09:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Mirai is on its way to do what the Prius did when it first came - set a new trend in green driving and changing the future of how we drive. That is if our infrastructure will allow for that, of course. But things seem to move quite fast,...
Lexus RC Convertible Still Under Consideration
9 Dec 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How many convertible cars does Lexus have on shelf now? One. And how old is that? Nine years, right? Now look at BMW and Mercedes’ stables and you can see why Toyota’s luxury branch can’t really ditch plans for a new drop-top. It ...
Better, Stronger Aluminum for Cars Coming from Alcoa to Change the Industry
9 Dec 2014, 11:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Outlandishly designed concept vehicles can’t go into production like that because of safety reasons, regulations and also manufacturing challenges. At least the last problem will slowly be diminished by lightweight materials production and ma...
Space Travel Radiation Found to Be Less Harmful... Kind Of
9 Dec 2014, 10:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / There are a lot of dangers out in space but one of the biggest could be considered the high amount of radiation one could get there during a mission. This happens there because there is no protective atmosphere to filter these cosmic rays. However,...
Australians Fail to Drive on Left Side of the Road, It’s Not What You Think
9 Dec 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You could say you know driving on the left side is wrong when not even people in the regions enforcing it fail to do so. One such place is Australia, where forgetting to keep left is an expanding issue. But don’t jump to conclusions too fast....
Is Scion Going Premium?
8 Dec 2014, 13:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Scion is struggling with slow sales and this is happening mostly because the brand is not investing enough into keeping its models fresh and appealing. Let’s be honest, the Scion FR-S and the tC are probably the only ones that are still keepi...
LEGO LMP1 Endurance Racecar Is Perfect for a Rainy Weekend
8 Dec 2014, 10:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, if you don’t currently have enough money to build a drift or drag car, you can still do something constructive and grab one of these new LEGO Technic kits. I just found one that should keep you busy over the next weekend at least. Ri...
First Electric Car to Enter the 2015 Dakar Rally and Make History
8 Dec 2014, 10:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Range anxiety doesn’t quite fit in an endurance race like the Dakar Rally is, reason why no one ever thought it’s a good idea to grab an all electric car and hit the desert. That happened until now, because we’ll actually see such...
Grand Theft Auto V Getting Banned in Australia Because of Feminism Makes Me Angry
5 Dec 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Grand Theft Auto was controversial from its very first incarnation and countries like Britain, Germany, France and Brazil banned it for its gratuitous violence. Fast forward to December 2014 and things haven't changed much - we have a new war ...
Next Generation Toyota Tacoma Coming at 2015 Detroit Auto Show
5 Dec 2014, 10:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite it’s age, the Toyota Tacoma small pickup truck still manages to dominate sales in the segment. We can’t say it really has some competition there, but as it’s starting to build up, the old Taco soon needs to be replaced in ...
Lexus Trademarks LC Nameplate, Another Coupe is Coming
5 Dec 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yes, the next coupe in Lexus’ lineup has been confirmed once again, as the luxury automaker took another step to bring it closer to reality by applying and receiving trademarks for the “LC” model. It was only last month that we...
Here’s the Smartest House on Wheels, Literally - the Tiny Heirloom
4 Dec 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Camping in one of those ugly beige or white caravans can get boring and they don’t really offer a home-like comfort. The next step would be to upgrade to a house on wheels and the latest model from Tiny Heirloom will blow your mind, being the...
Goodyear Testing Self-Inflating Tires Technology
4 Dec 2014, 12:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Tires rolling at a smaller pressure - they will drain you fuel tank quicker, because of the hysteresis effect they generate when deforming, sucking up more power to roll. Goodyear promises to automatically solve this problem soon. You don’t e...
Behold, India’s First Electric Sportscar - the Supernova
4 Dec 2014, 10:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Having the smallest vehicle ownership rate in the world, you could say that India should start motorize the masses first and come up with sportscars later. Well, the 60 mph / 60-mile (96 km) range of the Mahindra Reva e20 electric vehicle should be...