https://youtu.be/yAVyAt0QLQo For much of the car scene, chasing big horsepower figures, excessively fast speeds and being the fastest from a roll is the goal. For many, performance has surpassed the importance of aesthetics. Evidenced by a time when some minivans have more horsepower than the sports cars of old, and the companies that used to be known...
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Fulfilling her dream https://youtu.be/JEzI00LpNSQ Video | Rafaela Martinez To some, cars are simply a mode of transportation, a piece of machinery that gets people from one place to another. But cars can be many things: a means of self-expression, a pesky and expensive project, or the object of one’s dreams. For Amira Madineh, senior, computer science major, having...
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Among the hundreds of cars on campus, few stand out as much as Tyler Behboudi’s 2013 Scion FR-S.
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https://youtu.be/9eVKyoNyUNM It was a hot day in summer 2019, and Giuseppe Rositani had taken ownership of his family’s run-down 2003 Land Rover Discovery, a car just as old as he. “I was looking for a car for a while, and then this was an old family car that was kind of beat up. I needed a car, and...
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It was during a drive to his job at Mohegan Sun when freshman Anson Wang had a life-changing experience. “I got only four hours sleep,” Wang says. “I was up, doing things continuously. I closed my eyes and swerved off the road into a tree.” Wang, a senior exercise science major, walked away from the crash, but his car...
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One ‘foot’ in the grave When driving through campus, or fighting for a parking space, students see vehicles of different makes, models and years. Whether a shiny new car or a hand-me-down, each car has something that makes it unique. Cooper Chay-Dolan, a senior communication major with a focus in film, television and production, drives a blue 1989...
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A 2007 Ford Mustang GT roars to life in the parking lot of the North Campus residence as 22-year-old exercise science major Daniel Crandall, a freshman, demonstrates the sound he enjoys hearing from his beloved Mustang. Crandall’s connection to muscle cars is tied to his former military service. He and his Army buddies decided to buy these cars once...
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By August Pelliccio Individuals far and wide loathe a certain Chrysler product from the mid-2000’s, Cole Terry says. The PT Cruiser made its mark on the West Coast as a quirky, retro-styled beachcomber’s car, in its element with surfboards strapped to the roof. Terry says around the East Coast, many people laugh when they see it; they do...
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Marissa Simos says there is a special sort of pressure on her to be a representative of her gender within the automotive industry. Simos, works as a marketing assistant at Excelerate Performance, a tuning shop in Branford. She also repairs cars and motorcycles at home, and photographs cars as a hobby. (Jeff Lamson/Crescent Magazine) In a culture where...
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Jordan Fredericks Standing next to his Ford Super Duty on the roof of a Southern parking garage.(August Pelliccio/Crescent Magazine) The sound of a 365-cubic-inch diesel engine is distinctly rugged, if near deafening. Passersby might expect a tractor, a semi-truck, an earth mover before they realize this sound is Jordan Fredericks, a freshman sociology major, parking his daily driver....
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