Razvan Calin
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Personal motto:
Don’t try. Be. Do. Live.
He’s been a field journalist, a TV producer, and a seafarer. Now he writes, finding this to be the closest to keeping wisely quiet.
Getting a degree in PR convinced him that trade job skills are more fun, but if all the schools Răzvan has been through taught him anything, it’s that he’ll never cease learning.
392 HEMI Charger Winched by a 12V Electric Motor in an Engineering Project Test
18 Sep 2022, 09:46 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Science is amazing. It gave us amongst every single item that surrounds us, cars, engineering, the HEMI V8 engine, and 3D printers. All the more reasons for one YouTuber to test physics with a very ingenious build that involves all of the above. ...
A One-Minute Flat Start-To-Finish Run, the Cutest Car Race Ever Turns Ten This Year
17 Sep 2022, 20:24 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The absolute most fantastic car race on the planet ended in a mathematically precise sixty seconds, with the undisputed winner averaging a walking-pace speed of about 240. Yards per minute, everyone, as the pilot couldn’t put the pedal furthe...
840 HP 4WD '82 Oldsmobile Cutlass Smokes, Drags, and Drives Crowds Wild With Burnouts
17 Sep 2022, 11:15 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / One 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass became a gearhead’s project of lifetime proportions, epic looks, and brawns mods. The four-decade-old car is fairly mundane looking, apart from a few exterior visual details that raise an eyebrow and a myriad ...
1968 Charger Is a Numbers-Matching, All-Black Restomod Affair With a Matching Price Tag
17 Sep 2022, 00:11 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1968 was an iconic year for American cars. Remarkably, two models shot straight to superstar status after staging the most incredible Hollywood car chase. The 1968 Mustang and its same-year Mopar counterpart, the Charger, made Bullit a masterpiece ...
5.4-Mile Silver Anniversary 'Vette Sat 44 Years in a Private Collection, Looks Like a Toy
16 Sep 2022, 20:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Bought new by Elmer Duellman, the car became part of his collection. The possessor was best known for his three-decade-long Auto and Toy Museum Collection – which is closing after the inventory sale at Fountain City Mecum auction. And it'...
XPeng G9 Comes Out on September 21, Domestic Delivery Is Expected in the Following Month
16 Sep 2022, 13:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Chinese EV maker XPeng wants to take the EV world by (lightning) storm with the September 21 launch of the much-appraised G9 SUV. According to the company, this is "the world's fastest-charging mass-produced EV," thanks to China'...
Impeccable Bespoke Land Rover Defender 110s for Sale; Buy It While It's Hot, Delivery 8/23
16 Sep 2022, 09:57 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Sixteen brand-new, six-year-old, fresh out of the assembly line, barn-stored Land Rover Defenders for grabs. There are 16 Land Rover Defender 110s of the 2015 production series. They have less than 30 miles on the clock. They have been kept in a ba...
Joe Biden Gets the "What Do You Do for a Living?" Question While Driving a 2023 Cadillac
15 Sep 2022, 15:45 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / "Hey, excuse me! Your car is awesome! What do you do for a living?" This is the opening line of vlogger Daniel Mac's short and widely popular videos of (super)cars. The Detroit Auto show is the type of event Daniel could not have mis...
Worldwide Broadband Satellite Direct-to-Cellphone Service Is One Step Closer to Reality
15 Sep 2022, 13:50 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The latest SpaceX mission on September 10th could be a turning point for worldwide telecommunication. The company's Falcon9 launched into orbit a test satellite of a very different nature from everything else that's orbiting Earth. If suc...
Stellantis Pays GM Just Under $1 Billion in Shares Buyback
14 Sep 2022, 13:52 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Stellantis buys back $922 million’s worth of shares from General Motors, the company announced in a press release. The 69.1 million repurchased common shares amount to approximately 2.2% of Stellantis’s entire share capital. In 2017,...
Next-Gen Airbus TV Broadcast Satellite Is Ready, Awaits to Be Sent Into Orbit
13 Sep 2022, 21:30 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Airbus finished the construction of the latest TV broadcast satellite, the Eurostar Neo Hotbird 13F, which is now ready to head on to... Cape Canaveral. The telecom satellite will be launched from Florida and accompanied by an identical spacecraft,...
Blue Origin's 23rd Space Mission Went Bust, In-Flight "Anomally" Triggered Booster Failure
12 Sep 2022, 18:26 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Blue Origin space company's uncrewed flight reported an error, and the capsule detached from its booster and parachuted into the Texas desert. The booster crashed, but the emergency systems deployed correctly, and the capsule performed wel...
The Strongest Man in the World Takes His Tank to the Car Wash for Fun and Games
11 Sep 2022, 21:00 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The famous former professional boxer and powerlifter Eddie "The Beast" Hall bought a tank and documented the whole affair on video. Naturally, the Internet quickly poured down suggestions on what sort of adventures and challenges should b...
Smoking at the Gas Pump When Filling the Tank Posed Unexpected Health Hazard for This Man
11 Sep 2022, 17:58 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / No motorist in the world has filled up his tank with fuel in a gas station and did not see the big "No Smoking" warning sign. The reason is almost beyond explanation, as it drives every single ICE on this planet: combustion. However, occa...
Video of Hellcat Push-Stolen Shows Low-Level Security (Warning: Lots of Swearwords Given!)
11 Sep 2022, 11:47 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Dodge made one hell of a vehicle when they put the Hellcat performance version on top of the already impressive Challenger. But I think they didn’t exactly have in mind one particular segment of the car market spectrum – the dark ...
Aptera Gamma Solar Electric Three-Wheeler Prototype Unveiled in San Diego
11 Sep 2022, 07:43 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The solar electric vehicle manufacturer Aptera debuted their Gamma prototype in their hometown San Diego at the Fully Charged Live event. It’s the official launch of the quirky automobile that claims to have a 1,000-mile range with a full cha...
Stellantis Kokomo Plant Crippled by Union Strike After Failed Talks Over HVAC Issues
10 Sep 2022, 20:13 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Problems keep pouring in for Stellantis. Workers at a group's factory in Indiana went on strike over health and safety issues. According to the United Auto Workers, the company's alleged refusal to repair and replace the plant's air ...
WWII Enigma Cipher Machine Is a War-Time Souvenir With A Hefty Muscle Car Price Tag
10 Sep 2022, 17:18 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The particularity of these cipher devices is that they shouldn't exist anymore. Not in one piece and certainly not functional. Because it was a state secret technology, utmost care was taken by German officials to keep both the Enigma and ever...
1966 Ford GT40 Mk II LeMans Winner Is a Happy-End Restoration Story for the History Books
10 Sep 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Many car brands bear the “historical” title for their significance in shaping the automotive industry. But a genuinely history-writing individual automobile is rare to find. And even more so for vehicles with near-myth symbolism for the...
Electric Luxury Carmaker Hispano Suiza Takes On the USA by Sponsoring the NY City Concours
9 Sep 2022, 21:39 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Hispano Suiza was a great name at the dawn of the automotive industry some 100 years ago. It quickly became famous due to its desirable and performant automobiles. It also set a transatlantic record when it powered the first Europe-to-USA flight ba...