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Karl Ryan Furlong

Karl Ryan Furlong

As a very young child, Karl’s insane fascination with cars saw him sporadically indulge in the very bizarre, like mimicking the action of the rev counter / speedometer arrangement with his index fingers… While he has grown up a bit since then – editing for entertainment website IKAPA LIVE, studio producing for the daily live youth show Hectic Nine-9 and studying journalism on the side – his comical cravings for the sound of a six-cylinder motor, the smell of a good leather interior and the visual delight of a bi-xenon headlamp remain.


Posts for Karl Ryan Furlong

‘Budget’ Fantasy Garage

‘Budget’ Fantasy Garage

Karl Ryan Furlong | Thursday, November 8th, 2012 10:23 am GMT +2

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I don’t like expensive, exotic cars. They sadden and infuriate me, simply because I am unlikely to ever own one. All I will be able to do is wonder how Lamborghini drivers negotiate speed bumps or m...


Give Us (Back) The Boot!

Give Us (Back) The Boot!

Karl Ryan Furlong | Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 10:47 am GMT +2

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Fiat’s Uno is a better car than any current, flashy A-segment car in the local market. Well, at least in terms of one significant respect: luggage capacity. A glance at the car guide in a worn Febru...


Subaru Impreza WRX STI

Cars That You Hear Before You See Them

Karl Ryan Furlong | Thursday, May 10th, 2012 09:49 am GMT +2

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It starts as a bassy, agitated rumble. When coaxed, the rumble gives way to a fully-fledged boom that reverberates through your skeletal system. Is it a bomb? Is it 2012 holding true to its apocalypti...


Cressida GLi-6: Why My First Car Was A Local Legend

Cressida GLi-6: Why My First Car Was A Local Legend

Karl Ryan Furlong | Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 10:58 am GMT +2

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I started driving – legally – when I was 18, and like a few other lucky ones out there, inherited my parents’ old, spare car that had been consigned to a (fairly large) spot in the back yard...


A Belated Happy Birthday To You, The Car

A Belated Happy Birthday To You, Car

Karl Ryan Furlong | Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 08:21 am GMT +2

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Last year marked the 125th anniversary of the car and 125 remarkable years since Karl Benz introduced to the world the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886. Although a series of clumsy, self-propelled, cart...


Badge of honour

Reader Review: VW Polo GTI

Karl Ryan Furlong | Friday, August 26th, 2011 07:45 am GMT +2

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The GTI moniker ranks right alongside the likes of M3, AMG and VTEC in the minds of local motorists in terms of importance and legacy. In fact, so powerful is the GTI ‘brand’ that these sportiest ...


BMW Z4

Car designers and their strange sources of inspiration

Karl Ryan Furlong | Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 04:03 pm GMT +2

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Modern car designers are, seemigly, also keen and devoted poets. Well, only that would explain their increasingly profound sources of inspiration for the work that they do. While I appreciate that car...


Not quite our beige car, but you get the idea...

In Memory Of The Boring Mazda That Ignited My Car Passion

Karl Ryan Furlong | Monday, June 27th, 2011 09:26 am GMT +2

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I think that most car fanatics can trace their memories way back to the very first cars that caught their attention; for me, it started when I was just three with my mother’s E23 BMW 728i – of cou...