Turning the key...
Wrong.
No "key" will be "turned," and no cute, witty car analogies will ever pollute this corner of the automotive-themed Web.
So let's just go ahead and re-title this entry right here and now:
"Dropping the clutch at 5,000 RPM, smoking the tires for 20 feet, and ripping off a low 12-second quarter mile..."
Okay, that's more like it.
My name is Don Gammill, and I welcome you to the benevolent dictatorship that is the High-Compression Blog. Here's what it's all about:
1) PASSION for all things automotive
2) STRONG OPINIONS expressed directly yet creatively
3) APPRECIATION & RESPECT for various automotive perspectives
4) FORUM for discussion and analysis of major automotive themes
More specifically, here's what you will find in the High-Compression Blog:
- Genuine enthusiasm and excitement over virtually anything even remotely automotive in subject matter
- Vast knowledge of cars and trucks in most every sense - mechanical, industrial, economic, and competitive
- Practical expertise in various automotive roles (and vocations) during a lifetime of automotive experience
- Good grammar, decent spelling, and more often than not, good cheer
And here's what you won't find:
- Consumer advice (unless you're a consumer of pulse-quickening automotive excitement) - if you regard cars as nothing more than utilitarian transportation appliances, then go buy a Toyota Camry and don't come back here...ever
- Marketing of any sort - I'm all for commercialism and making money, but you won't find any of that here...only honest opinions and deeply held convictions will be published
- Unbiased perspectives - I have plenty of biases (pro-domestic, pro-Ford, pro-rear-wheel-drive) and actively plan on using them to fuel my writing...biases are a good thing
- Political correctness (not even one molecule of that will befoul this blog, and that's a promise)
I look forward to blogging here each week, and I encourage you to comment on any and everything you find informative, outrageous, useful, disdainful, uplifting, insulting, peculiar, nostalgic, shocking, curious, offensive, hilarious, falacious, felonious or any other adjective that might move you to write. You don't have to know everything there is to know about cars; you only need to posses a modicum of intelligence and have the same 10W-30 motor oil flowing through your veins as I do. With those requirements met, a good dialogue is all but assured, so please, proceed to comment!
Until next time...
2 comments:
I look forward to reading this blog. I like the layout and design.
What do you think about the new concept car to replace the panther?
Vroom...Vroom
I assume that the "panther" which the anonymous poster refers to is Ford "Panther" platform - the continually updated but far from modern version of the "all-new-for-1971" full frame chassis which still today underpins the Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car. And I also assume that the "replacement" referenced is the Ford Interceptor, a concept car introducted earlier this month at the North American International Autoshow.
What do I think about it? Simply, this:
Ford desperately needs a full-size rear-wheel-drive sedan that is NOT based on the antiquated Panther chassis and also isn't the namesake of a British monarch whose most famous words were "we are not amused." Do I think the Ford Interceptor is it?
In a word, no. It's certainly a step in the right direction, however, I have the following problems with it:
#1) While the car's overall shape is generally terrific, its front end appears to be a complete rip-off of another Ford concept vehcile (last year's Ford Super Chief Pickup concept).
#2) The Interceptor is build on a stretched version of the current S197 Mustang platform, which is fine, except the fact that Ford has a much more appropriate rear-drive platform in the works (to replace an existing popular Ford of Australia model).
Sure, I'd jump up and down and do cartwheels if Ford builds anything remotely like this vehicle; however, given the company's current market situation, I'm more concerned that they go about doing so in the most careful, cost-effective way possible, and build a quality product capable of dominating its segment.
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