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Associate Editor Tim Esterdahl is a married father of three who enjoys all things automotive including wrenching on his collection of old pickups. He also plays an absurd amount of golf. Like really absurd.

Project Great White – Featured Truck

It isn’t that often we come across a truck that looks powerful and clean with just the right amount of modifications. Through in the fact it is owned by a woman in an admittedly male dominated truck market and we took a double-take. Simply put this truck, BLOWS US AWAY!

Project Great White - Featured Truck

A beautiful beach scene made better with this awesome 2010 Toyota Tundra.

eVOLVE™ Hybrid Wheels – Another Futuristic Gas Saving Wheel

When the Ford F-150 Atlas concept showed off its electronically controlled active wheel shutters, we knew it wasn’t going to be cheap or durable. However, there is a new alternative that shows just as much fuel saving promise – eVOLVE™ Hybrid Wheels.

eVOLVE™ Hybrid Wheels

Will these futuristic wheels replace all stock manufacture wheels?

3-D Printed Urbee Car – Future of Automotive?

The buzz lately in the tech world is about 3-D printing. And now, an automotive engineer has developed an automobile using this printing technology. From car parts to entire cars, is the future of automotive in a printer?

3-D Printed Cars - Urbee Interior

Engineer Jim Kor inside his design for the Urbee 2 – very efficient.
Photo from Wired.com and Sara Payne.

Chrysler Workers Deliberately Sabotage Ram Production – Quality Issues?

In what could be the most surprising news of the year, it seems Chrysler-Fiat employees are deliberately sabotaging production on the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup over “poor morale.”

Chrysler Workers Deliberately Sabotage Ram Production

Warren Truck Assembly workers have reportedly sabotaged the 2013 Ram 1500 production to spite management over shift schedule changes.

2007-12 Toyota Tundra Rear Rubbing or Grinding Turning Noise – TSB

Does your 2007-2012 Toyota Tundra have a rubbing or grinding noise from the rear when turning? If so, Toyota has released a technical service bulletin (TSB) to address this issue.

2007-12 Rubbing or Grinding Rear Noise - TSB

Does your 2007-12 Toyota Tundra have a rubbing or grinding noise coming from the rear when turning?