Night Animal

End-Times Cobra Causes Terror, Nausea, and Whiplash All in One Place.

- Ro McGonegal

When we ask Mustang owners what is most appealing about their cars, 90 percent of the time they say that cars get people talking. Conversations begin. Strangers become acquaintances. Lives are usually enriched for the experience. So then, social media becomes active participation in real life.

Information flows, facts become evident, names get dropped. Nergel Lazar, along with a slew of other modular motor fans, already knew the fame of Eddie Rios. Addiction Motorsports, nestled in the SoCal burg of Canoga Park, has been enabling Mustang thrill junkies for these many years. “I’ve actually heard about Eddie Rios for some time,” says Lazar. “Eddie is the modular guru.”

Age 30, Lazar has been wheeling Mustangs since 2002, when he had his 1996 GT. “I was finally cured of cancer (twice), and since I stayed on top in school . . . I was able to graduate with my class of 2003.”

Originally he lusted after a Saleen, but when he discovered the 2003 Cobra, his ardor for the Saleen cooled a little but was still something he could not deny. Fate intervened and saved the day. “Not long after getting the Cobra, my GT was hit and totaled, so I actually wound up getting a Saleen as well.” 

But this story is not about the tuner car at all.