So I was in Dallas last weekend for one of my good friend’s wedding and received a $75 fine in the mail for “running a red light at an intersection.” I’ve been driving in the Texas Medical Center long enough to know that stopping, yielding to pedestrians, etc. is a routine habit before making rights on reds – in fact, the first picture is an awfully good shot of me stopped at the light. Maybe I’m missing something about Dallas driving laws?

The fine is already paid, but I’d be interested to know how many people have received similar citations.
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I’ve had my car for over five years and never really looked into cleaning the headlight enclosures. Since starting my clinical rotations, I’m leaving the house before sunrise and returning after dark; therefore, good visibility in the dark has become increasingly important. After looking at several headlamp cleaning products, I went with the Quixx Acrylic Scratch Remover. Read more  

It’s no where near the top of my list of dream cars, but the Lexus LFA is still an impressive first-go at a supercar for the Japanese luxury line. High revving. Pretty good looking. Light frame. Form following function. Lots of technological amenities. Read more  

Since I’ll be spending a lot of time in my car during clinicals, I needed something to keep me going during the long commutes. Unfortunately, my car didn’t come with an iPod interface, and the dealership was going to charge me an arm and a leg to install an add on module. After quickly perusing the Internet, I came across a significantly cheaper option – the USA SPEC PA12-BMW.
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Meet the fastest production car in the world. Top Gear has a new #1 track time.

If you even remotely consider yourself a car enthusiast, you’ve heard of the Bugatti Veyron’s unbelievable specifications and staggering level of engineering. Here’s a video which wonderfully illustrates this modern day culmination of automotive ingenuity.

Given that the Porsche Panamera is an aesthetic disaster, I’m glad the automotive gurus from Germany finally rebounded with a testament to what they should be doing – making ridiculously fast performance vehicles. I give to you the most powerful, street-legal car Porsche currently has in the pipeline.

Between the new GT2 and Spyder 918 hybrid concept, Porsche is sure proving its reputation.

A fantastic video showcasing the assembly process of the SLR – an automotive masterpiece by Mercedes Benz and McLaren.

There’s just something so incredibly elegant and beautiful about the process of building this monster V12 engine. Perhaps one day in the unforeseeable future I will be a proud owner of a prancing stallion.

This morning, I received an HID (high intensity discharge) conversion kit for my roadster, and I must say, it was a fantastic investment. I found a reason to try out the new headlights tonight, and not only did I see the unlit portions of the Grand Parkway like never before, but I was able to test the amount of beam scattering. Lucky for me, my previous halogen bulbs were housed in a really nice set of projectors, so the HIDs produced a sharp beam with very little glare towards oncoming traffic.

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