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1972 De Tomaso Pantera GTS From ‘Fast Five’

Sure, the Fast & Furious movies are way, way over the top, but there are some truly epic vehicles showcased within. This 1972 De Tomaso Pantera GTS which showed up in 2011’s Fast Five is up for...

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2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz

The much-anticipated return of the Volkswagen Microbus takes the form of the all-electric ID. Buzz. It design is a great blend of modern and vintage cues, but the powertrain is all 21st century. The...

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The 9 Best Motorcycle Gloves To Get Through Any Season

Motorcycling is a thrilling and enjoyable hobby, but it can also be one of the most dangerous when you factor in road conditions, weather, oblivious drivers, and rider error. Smart and safe...

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The Best Motorcycles with Standard ABS For Safe, Enjoyable Rides

You’re likely driving a car that has an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), which debuted in the automotive industry in the late ’70s and is pretty much standard equipment on every new car sold in America...

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Why Americans are Such Bad Drivers Compared to Europeans

Americans are a very specific breed of driver, and it’s not all good. We like to hog the passing lane when we’re not passing. We love gigantic, high-riding pickup trucks and SUVs, we can’t parallel...

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The Rise of Titanium as the ‘It’ Metal for Watches

Despite the pervasiveness of smartphones and smartwatches, analog wristwatches are still very popular. In terms of materials used for watches, stainless steel is still the overwhelming favorite because...

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Why Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles Should’ve Been Chosen over EVs

Electric vehicles seem to be everywhere you look these days. In the first half of 2022 in the United States, electric vehicle sales hit a high of 4.6 percent of total vehicle sales, and the year...

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How a New York Police Vet Helped Design Two of the Coolest Sinn Watches

Sinn-Spezialuhren out of Frankfurt, Germany is best known for its high-tech tool watches that have one of most robust cult followings in the watchmaking industry. Sinns are more often described as...

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The Best Homemade Korean BBQ Ribs, From a Korean Who Grew Up With Them

Some of my fondest food memories of growing up in the suburbs of Chicago are of my mom’s Korean short ribs, or kalbi. She would marinate the beef for a full day, if not longer, and my father would...

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The Case for Carrying a Knife Every Day From Someone Who Has Done It for 20...

Personal knives have been an essential everyday tool for millennia for people around the world. This tradition continues today, but in a world of technology overdose, it’s not nearly as pervasive as it...

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Why You Should Learn To Drive a Stick Shift Before it’s too Late

It was a blue 1999 Honda Accord EX with gray leather, fog lights, and a power moonroof. It wasn’t sexy, expensive, or particularly fancy, but it was my first manual transmission car. Even at that time,...

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Test Driving Unbridled Power: The 2023 BMW XM Redefines the Family Car With...

BMW has made numerous M cars since 1971, but none of them have been fully developed and built by BMW Motorsport GmbH, the brand’s subsidiary that focuses on high-performance vehicles. The exception, of...

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The 10 Coolest New Watch Releases

The rumor that smartwatches, especially the Apple Watch, would destroy the watch industry were greatly exaggerated, as exemplified by the sheer number of new watch releases every year. The industry, as...

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I’m 3 Months Into Intermittent Fasting. Here’s What I’ve Learned

Let me get this out of the way. I am not the following: seriously overweight, a fad dieter, nor a glutton for punishment. I do some weight training, running, high-intensity interval training, and...

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The Best Everyday Watches That Can Take You From Casual to Dressy

The more you start looking, the more you get engrossed in everything that’s out there. Sport watches, dive watches, field watches, chronographs, moonphase watches, pilot’s watches, dress watches, tool...

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The 2024 Toyota Prius Prime Ups the Efficiency and Removes the Embarrassment

When it was first introduced in 2000, the Prius wasn’t exactly a hit. But over the course of its first four generations, it became the best-selling hybrid passenger vehicle in history. Toyota has sold...

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The Best New Collaboration Watches You Can Buy Right Now

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Everything You Need for Cold Weather Biking

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The 7 Best New Dive Watches You Can Buy Right Now

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