SPEED HERO Blog — Brazil

SHDP, Day 4, Oct 31st

This morning, 6:05am to be precise, I received a text with an instagram link from a buddy. Confused as to what car he was looking at. Let's just get this out in the open now. I just don't know. What I do know is it's clearly a Volkswagen kit car. Despite the European car show seen in the rear, it immediately struck me as a Brazilian made 'kit'. You see, in Brazil, Beetle/Fusca based cars weren't exactly kits cars. They were designed and assembled the same way, but weren't perceived the same in...


Heavy Sound

I've been on a bit of a Brazilian kick, drifting and Japanese culture are still my favorites, but Brazil is coming up a pretty awesome second. Let's get this straight, I HATE car audio, but while browsing through videos and photos of VW Saveiro's these systems began popping up! These die hards are not fucking around! These are full Stadium speakers jammed in the beds of their various pick ups and hatch backs!


Guess that car!

So, I've had previous versions of this game. Some people had some trouble, others enjoyed the challenge. I only put these up to expand your mind a bit and get some fucking comments on this blog. lol So, can you guess it? Note, the car pictured below is unmodified and completely stock. Okay, apparently, some of you need more help. Here's a rear shot. Comon, it's easy. And just to be nice, I'll give this...


I'm not original

I've developed a fetish. I'm an EXTREME car nerd, and because of it, I want to get my hands wet and dirty. Dig in, fists first and see what happens. I spend much of my waking day surrounded by car related topics; wake up, check the blogs, and the forums, check my email and respond to my many emails regarding parts I find on Kijiji, wander through kijiji some more, get a craving for racing and head into some of my video games, get fed up none of the cars are to my exact and obscure tastes for this particular...