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Welcome to my blog! My name is Nate Whitehill and I am the co-founder of Unique Blog Designs, a company that provides blog design and marketing solutions to individuals and small businesses, and Highlighter.com – a new startup in the e-reading space.I have been self-employed/running Internet businesses for over four years, since January of 2007.
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Category Archives: Cars
Crazy Fast, Exotic Cars at the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction!
WARNING: For anyone who is not a total gear-head like me, this post may be of little or no interest to you. That being said, you have to admit…half-million AND MILLION dollar cars are pretty cool no matter what you think about cars, right? Yep, that’s what I thought. This was my second time going to the annual Barrett Jackson Auto Auction and Car Show, … Continue reading
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What Cars Do Dot Com Moguls Drive?
My friend, Kieron of Here.org.uk and WhiteCarWorld.com, recently interviewed some of the top business bloggers (including Shoemoney, John Chow Neil Patel and many others – even me) about their daily drivers and ultimate-if-money-was-no-object fantasy cars. It is a great read if you are a car-nut like me! Kieron is the proud owner of a white (of course!) Range Rover SE Supercharged. Sweet car, Kieron! You … Continue reading
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Video: America’s Most Exclusive Car Club
I uploaded this video clip to YouTube earlier today. This is a short video of 5th Gear visiting “America’s most exclusive car club,” the Van Horssen Group, which is located literally 5 minutes across the freeway from me here in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the owner, Ron Van Horssen: Owners of super premium automobiles often drive them less than 1,000 miles each year, making it … Continue reading
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1000 Horsepower on BioFuel? You’ve got to be kidding…
Koenigsegg is a relatively new supercar producer, releasing a several primetime cars in the past few years, including the 655 HP CC8S, folowed by the 806 HP CCR and finally the American-ized version, the CCX which complies with US impact regulations, as well as lower octane fuel. Still, even being tuned for the U.S., Koenigsegg was still able to push out over 800 HP from … Continue reading
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You Will Go Crazy over CarZi!
After over a month in planning, I am proud to finally announce the launch of CarZi! CarZi is the second blog from the Zi Media Network – owned and operated by 13-year old problogger David Wilkinson. I have been working with David on upgrading TechZi over the past few months and CarZi is the first blog we are co-authoring, along with two mad fellas from … Continue reading
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Billionaires Who Drive Lincolns, Not Lambos
You would think that a self-made billionaire who could drive any car they ever dreamed of would choose a Bugatti or Ferrari. After all, even the exorbitant running costs of those vehicles are peanuts for a billionaire. You would be surprised, however, to find out that some of the richest people in the world rather drive a Buick than a Bugatti. For example, Microsoft chaiman … Continue reading
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Pulling the Motor out of My RX-7
This weekend is going to be quite intense. On Sunday, my roommate Josh and I are moving to a new apartment in Scottsdale that is around 15 minutes north. It is a much nicer part of town, but a less expensive apartment. That is because it is not across the street from all of the clubs and bars where we currently live here in downtown … Continue reading
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The New Toyota Sportcar…A Hybrid?
There have been rumors for years now that Toyota has been prepping a replacement for its flagship Supra sportscar. The Supra was one of the most popular tuner cars of the ’90′s and continues to be regarded as one of the ultimate Japanese rockets. At the recent Detroit Auto Show, Toyota shocked the world with what may be the actual Supra replacement. Currently dubbed the … Continue reading
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The 8 Million Dollar Maybach
The engineers at Mercedez-Maybach have built a truly amazing supercar. The Maybach Exelero is a one-of-a kind, handbuilt, 700 horsepower monster. The Exelero was originally commission by the Fulga Tire Company, who wanted to build a car of vast size and capability to prove they could make extra large low profile tires that could carry 6000 lbs and go 200 mph. The final cost? Eight … Continue reading
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The Ultimate Streetcar: The GEMBALLA Mirage GT
The Porsche Carrera GT is regarded as one of the premier supercars in the world. Its German engineers have managed to pump out 612 horsepower out of the 5.7 liter mid-engined V10. It tops out at 205 mph and you can find one for around $400,000. This is a backbreakingly fast car, but the mad scientists at Gemballa, a Porsche tuning company, decided this was … Continue reading
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