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Update: Details for the Porsche Group Octoberfest 2025 to be posted soon! The CarCynic was honored to provide Music and Sound for the Space Coast Region Porsche Group Octoberfest BBQ in Cocoa, Florida today. Awesome Cars, a Great Group of People, and Delicious Octoberfest food! Thank You Very Much for Inviting me! Hire the CarCynic…
Originally posted by: carcynic on 11 January 13 @ 09:40 PM EST Here’s a Search Query I saw in the logs of Carcynic.com recently: “why are 2CV good off road”. It may not be good grammar, but it’s a good question (Actually it’s 2 questions, as we will see), so I thought I’d answer it…
Photo: The CarCynic Is this un-assuming family car the fastest production car in the world?Read on, and I’ll show you that in a real-world driving test it is the fastest production car in the world, and that it has held that record since 1999… Perhaps you thought this was the fastest car in the world:…
The Helping Seniors of Brevard 2023 Car Raffle is in full swing. In this photo, the CarCynic (Orange T-Shirt) volunteers as a camera man for the filming of the 2023 Dodge vs. Chevy Challenge. The Dodge vs. Chevy Challenge is a fun way to draw attention to the raffle and point out that the winner…
I was going to write an article about about Tesla (and other Electric Vehicle owners) having angry exchanges at EV charging stations. I witnessed one two of these episodes personally. In the episodes I witnessed, a Tesla owner was angry at another Tesla owner for leaving his vehicle in a charging spot after charging was…
Updated 05 July 2024 — Grammar and spelling improvements. We hear the term Electric Vehicle (or EV) a lot these days. But is that really the right term to use when referring to a Tesla, or a Rivian, or a Nissan Leaf? To answer that question we’ll look at how we use the term “Electric”…
Originally posted by: carcynic on 17 August 12 @ 09:51 PM EST Science Ahead will be a regular column here at the CarCynic. To find more, use the search box on the left or hit here for a canned search for other Science Ahead articles on CarCynic.com [Link to be restored soon]. Here’s a quick test:…