BMW has a long and storied history filled with automotive conveyances ranging from the merely attractive to the genuinely lovely. At the very least most of them could be dubbed handsome. To the unwashed masses, those that don’t understand the subtleties of heel-toe and late-apex, a BMW is a BMW because it’s a good looking [...]
Monday, February 1, 2010
If you look up Triumph on Wikipedia, the first sentence you will read is this: “The Triumph Motor Company is a defunct British motor manufacturer.” Sad. Established in 1885, Triumph graduated from selling bicycles to creating nimble little sports car and moderately competent sports sedans. However, by the bitter end in 1984, Triumph was reduced [...]
Sunday, January 3, 2010
This isn’t the normal How Hard Can It Be? It doesn’t talk about a basketcase nightmare of a car that we, with a delusional infusion of cash and imagination, would restore to its alleged former glory. This episode won’t cover some rusty incomplete heap that could only again be a living car through the grace [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Nostalgia is a funny thing. I’ve said it before and I say it now. The rose-tinted memories of high school love turn into a really uncomfortable lunch date with someone you have nothing in common with ten years on. Chef Boyardee and White Castle are never as tasty as they were during a fierce bout [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Some marriages appear to be made in heaven but wind up in the inevitable hell. Witness Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp, two intelligent and impossibly attractive people who still couldn’t make it work. Other marriages you can see as doomed right from the start. Witness any attempts at mating globally gigantic Volkswagen and the perfectly [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sometimes it’s fun to compare car brands to people. For instance, I would equate Toyota to be Ben Stein. Smart and likeable, but ultimately, the dullest automaker in the business save for a couple of models in their Lexus brand. They don’t offer much to excite the senses. BMW would be Kanye West. Brilliant, creative, [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
Lately I’ve been thinking about great driving music. While the music made by the vehicle should not be trivialized, sometimes you want someone else’s sounds to accompany your travels. A great tune will immediately make my right foot very heavy and largely impossible to control. “L.A. Woman” by the Doors comes to mind, especially when [...]
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Let’s begin by not mentioning Ralph Nader. Let’s not mention him because well before he was fiddling about in US elections, resulting in mentally deficient leadership, he was mucking up the automobile industry. And that twat Joan Claybrook. Let’s not speak of her, either. Let instead talk about when General Motors wasn’t afraid to try [...]
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
If you were a young man born any time between 1968 and 1973, you were actually a product of the very late 1970s and the 1980s. You see, you may have been born earlier, but you gained consciousness later on. Thusly, you are fully aware of epic television cars like the General Lee and iconic [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
For many years there have been wonderful recreations of exceptional Ferraris. We’re not talking about the Mera, an ill-proportioned Ferrari 308 built upon a Pontiac Fiero. Nor are we talking about the Puma, something that bore absolutely no resemblance to a Ferrari 246 Dino. No, we’re talking the upper echelon. While not the absolute cream [...]
Friday, April 16, 2010
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