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Waiting eagerly in my garage was my pride and joy Sky (SKY-180), a recently acquired 180SX with R32 GTS-T running gear and a RB20DET making about 170kw atw. Although she was an impulse buy due to massive turbo withdrawals, Sky’s primary goal was to do blisteringly quick lap times at the track. Her first appearance at the track would be …

It strikes most people that car enthusiasts belong on the track and not so much on the street, but if you look back in time, car enthusiasts were just as hip as the guy in skinny leg jeans carrying the latest Macbook Air. What has changed so much in a few decades that has scarred the public thinking that car …

‘Fridge’ – Nissan Skyline R33 Series 2 GTS-t So I honestly thought no more imported sports cars… how wrong I was to ever even say that to myself. It all started with Flop, he was keen to get back into the car scene and didn’t want to do it alone. That was all the incentive I needed and surely soon …

Many moons ago, when the internet was starting to spurt its roots, the information superhighway looked like TRON, the MP3 format appeared like military code and having 56kbps dial-up was a premium service, trance as we all know it now was a massive scene. It was common place in clubs and featured more frequently than not at music events, not …

Remember the good old days when modifying your car wasn’t so complicated and strict? Even coppers at times would compliment your car and its modifications and there was a form of mutual respect built. Those days are since long gone and all that’s left is to  reminisce and drain our wallets with petty rules and fines. The Roads and Maritime …

It was my 34th lap around Trial Mountain and I was getting frustrated as to why my lap times were not getting significantly better. I was pushing my car so hard around the track that my eyes were dry from not blinking and my shirt was drenched in sweat… and then I needed a toilet break so I hit pause. …

It is just me or has the current hip hop music scene gone by the wayside? Sure there there still geniuses such as Jay-Z and Kanye (Watch The Throne is a great album) pumping juicy beats and lyrical masters like Lupe Fiasco writing tight rhymes, but there’s a feeling that the urban music world is just not love and hip …

It’s a simple fact of life that most men are not overly conscious about what they wear… so long as it’s comfortable. I’ll admit that I’ve worn ratty old t-shirts, matched with an unshaven face and unkempt hair out to places. More of an eye-sore than a sight for sore eyes to be honest. But on those occasions the only …

Food glorious food, we all need to have it but most of the things we consume are probably working against our goals of being fit and looking our best. Whatever we eat, we will have to burn off one way or another, so eating and drinking smart should always be first priority before exercise planning (prevention before cure!). Some food …

So you’ve just bought a hot ride and all your mates are telling you to get custom plates because they’re “hectic”. You go on and ponder to yourself and come up with several plate ideas for your pride and joy then boom – you think: “really, do I need this?”. But peer pressure and the thought of naming your ride …