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
Convertible Lexus LF-C2 Concept Debuting at LA Auto Show
12 Nov 2014, 09:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Earlier reports about an upcoming convertible RC F will come true at this year’s LA Auto Show, as Lexus just teased this open top silhouette called the LF-C2 concept. The name follows the 2004 LF-C (Lexus Future-Concept), which featured a ...
Second-Gen Toyota MR2 Is the Most Dangerous Production Car Made
11 Nov 2014, 12:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Again, we stumble on what many prefer to call “the poor man’s Ferrari” but this time we’ll learn a bit about this car’s dark side. Take an in depth look at it and you’ll probably discover the MR2 is the most dang...
NASA Testing High-Tech Shapeshifting Aircraft Wings
11 Nov 2014, 10:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Down on the roads, we’re trying to make our cars as green as ever using hybrid or electric powertrains, sleek aerodynamics and ecological manufacturing processes. But let’s not forget about all those planes burning tons of kerosene up i...
Future Lexus Models Going Even Bonkers
11 Nov 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Paradoxically, Lexus is the youngest luxury car brand, but until last year only old folks would have bought one of its classy but not-in-your-face-looking sedans. Things turned 180 degrees after the introduction of the spindle design grille on the ...
Lexus Paint Colors - What You Didn’t Know
10 Nov 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You probably know that Lexus recently introduced at least two crazy colors in its lineup, namely the Solar Flare / Molten Pearl and the Passionate Red / Infrared, to really make its newly developed RC coupe stand out in the crowd. You mig...
Jay Leno and the Ironman Take a Baja 1000 Toyota Tundra for a Spin
10 Nov 2014, 10:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Baja 1000 is one of the toughest off-road races on the globe. It usually goes for over 1,000 miles, you got the harsh desert conditions, the clock to beat and of course, spectators sabotaging or booby-trapping the course for their own entertain...
Next-Gen Toyota Prius Getting TS040 Racing Technology
10 Nov 2014, 09:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / They say racing started immediately after the second car was produced and that’s probably the best thing that could happen to the automotive industry. That’s because it generated competition and helped a lot with car improvements. One o...
2015 MINI JCW ALL4 Paceman HD Wallpapers - Rainbow Your Desktop
7 Nov 2014, 17:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The MINI Paceman might have not been the smartest idea BMW came with in the latest period, but it’s John Cooper Works version is something nice to look at - reason why we’re bringing this furious red one right on to your desktop as a ba...
Hartmann Mercedes-Benz V-Class Will Scare Your Kids
7 Nov 2014, 17:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you want the equivalent of an S-Class in a family van shape, you’ll find the best one there is also comes from Mercedes-Benz under the V-Class name. There is no AMG version but if you really need that, this new kit from Hartmann will set y...
Glass Steam Engine Works Like 18th Century Witchcraft
7 Nov 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’re now cranking up internal combustion engines that are incomparably more powerful and efficient than those turning in cars 100 years ago. And we take it for granted each time we get into our cars in the morning to go to work. Thank the pe...
The Lightest Caravan You Can Get - Bicycle Towable
7 Nov 2014, 14:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you have an aversion towards caravans slowing traffic down, your problem might be extended with bicyclists soon being able to buy this new mini camper for about two grand and go even slower on the side of the roads. Show the Wide Path Camper ...
Sunstar Solar-Powered Planes To Replace Expensive Satellites?
7 Nov 2014, 13:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Our world is now dependent on communication, be it an e-mail, a voice call, an SMS or a message over your favorite messenger app. And all these rely on expensive satellites placed on the orbit, which soon might be replaced by lower cost atmospheric...
Man Builds Unique Drivable Upside-Down Truck
7 Nov 2014, 11:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Mr. Rick Sullivan, an Illinois-based car mechanic, says there are about 1,000 people per day filming or taking a photo of his car. Is he driving a LaFerrari? Nope, he drives an upside-down Ford F-150 pickup truck. What you see on the outside is ...
Space Travel To Be Easier Using Synthetic Biology - Mars, Here We Come!
7 Nov 2014, 10:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A 916-day manned mission to Mars, the only planet in our solar system we would like to colonize eventually, will cost billions of dollars as SpaceX founder Elon Musk has estimated. But this could be solved using microbial space farming. The prob...
BMW-Toyota Sportscar Is Confirmed, Moves to Concept Phase
7 Nov 2014, 09:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Rumors about Toyota collaborating with BMW over a new vehicle started about two years ago, but nobody could really tell what they were up to, leaving a lot of room for speculation. Now it looks like the two companies have confirmed their plans and ...
Winter Driving Survival Guide - Requirements and Driving Techniques
6 Nov 2014, 17:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Brace yourselves, winter is coming, and along with it come icy roads, park spaces covered in snow, slow driving and the possibility to remain stuck in remote areas. Considering all these, you should know how to fight your way through this driver-ni...
Drone-Carrier Delivery Trucks for Improved Same-Day Shipping
6 Nov 2014, 14:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, as we’ve discussed before, drones might soon be part of our daily activities and big delivery companies are eager for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to give the green light for these unmanned aircraft to be deployed in massiv...
Stopping to Help Someone on the Highway at Night Isn’t Always a Good Idea
6 Nov 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / OK, so you’re cruising down the highway at night and there’s no traffic, when you see some cones in the middle of the road, a car on the emergency lane and a man looking to be needing some help. What do you do? Well, after you’...
Smart Fortwo and Forfour UK Pricing Revealed
6 Nov 2014, 11:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / They say good things come in small packages, but we can add the fact that they’ll also be quite expensive, considering their modest size. Take the new Smart models for example, which just got priced for the UK market. The cheapest one starts ...
Toyota Tundra Monster Trucks Assaulting SEMA
6 Nov 2014, 10:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re going to organize an auto show in America, you better bring them monster trucks too. You simply can’t gather hundreds of car enthusiasts in one place without showing them wheels the size of a man, sitting underneath an already...