Forum for racing fans

Just joined the World Racing Forum and I simply had to blog about it. The first thing that caught my eye was their cool looking logo. Their tag line is "Leading the Motorsport debate" and rightly so, as it is one of the fastest growing motorsport communities on the net.

I am a member of a few auto forums but I had the most fun motorsport discussion experience on this Motorsport Forum.

This forum is made of various motorsports fan and if you want to discuss about sports cars then this is the Sports Car Forum for you. They have loads of pictures as well as videos. I was looking for a picture of the newly released Mercedes Benz CL65 AMG and I found some pictures posted up by a member there. This car has a 6.0L V12 AMG engine and takes only 4.4 seconds to reach 100 km/h.

Anyway, coming back to the site, I noticed that the Formula 1 Forum is probably the most active. Definitely a lot of Forumula 1 fans here. I am definitely looking forward to the watching the upcoming race in Malaysia. The race is on the 8th of this month (Sunday).

Without signing up you can only view a few posts. Signing up will give you access ro a number of features. Besides being able to post, reply and participate in polls, you can also upload and download pictures as well as videos.

You can even buy and sell motorsport merchandise and play in the WRF Prediction, Fantasy and BATracer Leagues.

Best of all, members enjoy a unique ad-free discussion environnment.

If you into motor sports and auto racing, then this Auto Racing Forum is just the place for you. You don't need to be an actual racer, they welcome you even if you are only an arm chair (or sofa in my case) motor racing fan.

Honda Civic forums

The Honda Civic was introduced to the US (and the World) by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. of Japan in July 1972. This first model was a 2 door coupe. They introduced the now famous Civic CVCC (Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion) in 1974. This particular model became famous for its fuel efficiency and low emissions.

The Honda Civic became renowned for it's reliability. Another reason (related to the first) the Honda Civic is so popular is it's resale value. The depreciation of this car is very low as compared to other brands in the similar category. Finally, it has become really popular for modification and customization and a community of owners and enthusiasts of modified Civics have developed.

How did I know all of this? Well, a lot of the info came from the Honda website, Wikipedia and honda civics forums. If you are owner of a Civic (any generations) or simply a fan, join Civicforums.com to read all about the latest updates of this great car and also to share ideas with like-minded people. This forum is the largest Honda Civic forums online. It is also a great place to go if you are planning to buy the car.

Going through the forum, I realise that they have categories for each and every type of Honda Civic generation right from the first to the latest (the 8th generation).

The generations are as follows:

- First generation (1973-1979)
- Second generation (1980-1983)
- Third generation (1984-1987)
- Fourth generation (1988-1991)
- Fifth generation (1992-1995)
- Sixth generation (1996-2000)
- Seventh generation (2001-2005)
- Eighth generation (2006 to present)

The forum has loads of pictures of this car too. Check them out here. You don't even need to be a member to view them.


The latest Honda Civic, The Civic Si coupe, debuted last year and has sold in record numbers and have received awards as well. It received the North American Car of the Year and Motor Trend Car of the Year awards for 2006. With fuel prices on the increase and prices of hybrids out of my reach, this fuel efficient car is my choice.

Join other Scion lovers

The Scion xB is a 5-door compact vehicle made by the US-exclusive Scion division of Toyota. It has a unique box shape and is targeted at the youth segment of the market known as the "Y" generation.

The xB was one of the three models in Scion's lineup, the others being the xA and the tC. Launched in 2004, Toyota made the Scion xB attractive to it's target segment by making it easy to personalize their vehicles by offering an extensive list of factory accessories. This includes light kits, spoilers, wheels and music systems among others. It's really amazing that you can actually choose your car, customize your vehicle and order it online. Scion builds it to order in about a week.

The maximum suggested retail price for the base models are $14,610 for the manual version and $15,410 for the automatic. This price is of 9/18/06 and includes the delivery, processing and handling fee.

I would consider that as a really good price for a Toyota but the question is, whether it is value for the money?

Going through what owners and fans of this has to say in the scion xb forums, I believe that it indeed is a good buy.

Even though there have been some criticisms that the car looked like a box or a crate or or that it is underpowered (it has a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine) it has developed quite a bit of a fan following. Another surprising thing was that even though it was targeted at the young hip generation, a lot of older people in their late 30s were attracted to the car because of it's fuel efficiency.

Another information I gathered from the forum is that the present Scion xB, which was launched in 2004 is the first generation. Toyota unveiled the second generation xB at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. It is a larger, more rounded than the present xB and is styled as a 5-door version of the t2B concept unveiled the year before at the 2006 New York Auto Show.


The second-generation xB, which is expected to come out in 2008 is powered by a 2.4L engine shared with the tC and the Camry. That should silence some of the critics who claim that it is underpowered. Besides VSC and ABS, the new generation xB will have six airbags, as well as cruise control as standard.

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