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
Mirai Is the Official Name of Toyota’s FCV
17 Nov 2014, 09:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / At the beginning of this year we found out Toyota registered the “Mirai” trademark and we all believed that’s how the next Supra will be called. But then we thought it’s a more suitable name for the company’s upcoming ...
World Fastest Golf Cart Looks Terribly Unsafe at 118 MPH
14 Nov 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Those around here that have also been golfing a couple of times know that a golf cart is probably the most unexciting ride ever. It looks odd, you sit too up straight, has a tiny electric motor and basically feels like a Ford Model-T of the modern ...
In for a Classy Cheap 1960 Mack B61 Dump Truck?
14 Nov 2014, 16:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’ve been following our scooped cars for sale up so far, you could tell someone would have ended up with quite a collection if all found a home under one single roof. Still, that collection wouldn’t be complete without an oldschool...
Jaguar EV-Type Trademark Applied, Watch Out Tesla!
14 Nov 2014, 16:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Checking out trademark applications on the US Patent and Trademark Office website is like fishing - you never know when the lake monster is going to bite. Today it did, as we found that Jaguar took reserve over the “EV-Type” name. Ja...
Lexus LF-LC Confirmed To Enter Production - Cheaper than LFA
14 Nov 2014, 15:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We know Lexus is on its way to fill up them niches and after introducing its first compact luxury crossover and a performance coupe recently, the next thing on the list seems to be a grand tourer. Earlier words from Lexus said it won’t cre...
Blindfolded Girl Does Slalom Course in a Monster Truck
14 Nov 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / What happens when you take a blonde, put her behind the wheel of a monster truck and tell her to do a slalom course... while blindfolded... and being instructed by another girl in the passenger seat? It might sound like the recipe for a disaster...
Toyota Dealership Puts Out Funniest Commercial Ever - Keys In a Box
14 Nov 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You know those lame commercials made by dealerships to lure you in buying their cars at a “discount”? Well, what you’re about to see here is nothing like that because this Toyota dealer in Illinois knows how to advertise at a new ...
Whiskey Waste Used to Make Biofuel
14 Nov 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When it comes to biofuels, most people think of ethanol obtained from crops or biodiesel made out of fat and other natural oils. But using only crops to create biofuel won’t cut it and we should also turn to creating waste into the liquid tha...
Toyota Could Lose $100K On Every FCV
14 Nov 2014, 11:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The move towards using hydrogen fuel cell cars will be tough, very though. That’s mostly because there is no such infrastructure to sustain these vehicles, but also because the technology is still young and it costs a fortune to fit fuel cell...
Lexus RC and RC F US Prices Revealed
14 Nov 2014, 10:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Following the introduction of the online mini car configurator earlier this month, Lexus USA now posted the prices and the full config' tool for its RC and RC F models. We’ll cut the chase and start with the RC coupe, which can be had...
MTSU Professor To Go Cross Country Driving on Chicken Fat
13 Nov 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Few might know that the diesel engine has been first developed to run on vegetable oil and has later been modified to run on the secondary product left from petrol refining. Basically, any fat that can burn is good for fuel as long as it’s li...
2014 Toyota Aygo Stars in Manga Short Clip
13 Nov 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, Toyota says the new Aygo model has been designed with young buyers in mind which means it's influenced by Japanese teen fashion, new-age music, robots and manga. That is kinda true if you take a look at this new video that puts the car r...
This Chopped Chevrolet Pickup Fire Truck Has a Place in Hell if You Don’t Buy It
13 Nov 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t really know who would like to drive this thing, but if you’re into weird stuff, we got something here - a 1998 Chevrolet S-10 turned into a “showcar” firetruck. It’s really hard to tell the original car this p...
Lexus RC, RC F Rocket Bunny Kit Available For Preorder
13 Nov 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Rocket Bunny bolt-on bodykit is probably the most radical one to apply to your car. Ask any guy driving a Scion FR-S (Toyota GT 86) about it and you’ll gear the same story. Soon you’ll be able to ask Lexus RC drivers too, because th...
This Ford Econoline Van Clip Will Give You the Goosebumps
13 Nov 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you’re a gearhead that hasn’t heard of Gearhead Flicks up until now, do visit their webpage and subscribe to their Youtube channel because you’re in for some of the best automotive clips you’ll see around, starting w...
How Big Comet 67P Is Compared to Stuff We Know
13 Nov 2014, 11:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you watch the news, you might have heard that mankind achieved yet another milestone regarding space exploration - we landed a spacecraft on a moving comet. The story from the Armageddon movie just got a bit more feasible now, didn’t it? ...
Toyota FCV Tops Popular Science’s 2014 Best of What’s New
13 Nov 2014, 10:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The electrification of the auto industry is gaining more and more attention from “tech-heads” all over the world. And fuel cell vehicles are no exception, with Toyota’s FCV model being the most awaited model yet to come. The gu...
Future Toyota Supra Could Cost More than a Corvette
13 Nov 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We know for sure that Toyota and BMW have started working on a new sportscar, which should be the next Supra coupe. The FT-1 on which it will be based has the right profile for the next generation sportscar and even the “Supra” name has...
Scion iM Concept Revealed Before LA Show - It’s an Auris on Crack
12 Nov 2014, 13:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How do you come up with another “youthful” Scion model that’ll perfectly haul students around the campus in between parties? You grab a Toyota Auris, give it some crack and Voila! the new Scion iM. We might be kidding with the ...
Compact Entry Level 3-Door Tesla? Yes, Please
12 Nov 2014, 10:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It all started with the Roadster model in 2008, Tesla Motors’ first production car, an all-electric lithium-ion battery-powered roadster that could go over 200 miles (320 km) per charge. In early 2012, the production ended and the company mov...