Infuriating Interstate Situations and How To Deal With Them

Infuriating Interstate Situations and How To Deal With Them

Coming back recently from a cross-state road trip, I have to admit I was tempted at least four times to follow a car until it stopped and then remove its valve stems. Some people just aren’t good enough drivers to traverse the Interstate system. I know it’s not my place to police America’s highways, but if a little vigilante justice results in a bad driver...

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Newport Concours, A Day of Design Excellence

Newport Concours, A Day of Design Excellence

Summer and beautiful cars, nothing is better. Today was a perfect day in New England, and I took full advantage of it by driving my Jaguar XJS Coupe down to the Newport Concours D’Elegance at Fort Allen on the harbor. The location is a beautiful island surrounded by yachts and sailboats, and the event included some of the rarest automobiles I have seen in these...

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In the End, It’s the Miles That Matter

In the End, It’s the Miles That Matter

My cruise was set at 68 mph. For my very last drive in my Boss 302, not only was I driving on a relatively straight and flatter-than-Taylor-Swift interstate, I wasn’t even doing the posted speed limit. It was a stark contrast to the way I had spent the previous forty-two months in the Recaro driver’s seat of what was likely the best pony car that had ever been...

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Turn Your iPhone into a High-Powered Performance Tool

Turn Your iPhone into a High-Powered Performance Tool

When the iPhone was introduced in June 2007, we knew it was revolutionary. It combined a phone, MP3 player, video player, internet browser, hand-held game console, and GPS all in one device, and did it with a beautiful and slick interface. What we didn’t expect, however, is that a new batch of creative developers would create applications to turn it into much...

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Of trunks and tires: The real reason every ’37 Buick came with sidemounts

Of trunks and tires: The real reason every ’37 Buick came with sidemounts

The 1937 Buick Limited owned by Lee Gurvey. Since he purchased this 1937 Buick Limited off the lawn at Hershey in 1999, owner Lee Gurvey has driven it all over the West. “We’ve taken it to Colorado, to the Adirondacks, all over the West Coast, to Crater Lake, all over the place,” he tells us. “I could drive it from Scottsdale to Chicago and not think twice.”...

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New Porsches for the Meltdown

New Porsches for the Meltdown

Back in the Stone Age of foreign car imports to this country, we called it a “Porsh,” partly to Americanize a funny name. Today, the word “Porsche,” pronounced correctly by nearly everybody, typically ignites lust and longing in the heart of all lovers of Sportwagens. For good reason: Over the years Porsche cars have been about 90% great. Even the 914 I once...

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Rats! Chevrolet’s Mark IV big-block V-8 turns 50

Rats! Chevrolet’s Mark IV big-block V-8 turns 50

Larger automobile engines have been built. Smaller engines have made more horsepower. A variety of other engines have won more races. Yet few V-8s have offered massive displacement to performance-hungry hordes and taken on such legendary status like the Chevrolet Mark IV big-block V-8 has. Fifty years after its introduction, the big-block remains as well...

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Volvo Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be—Safe or Naughty

Volvo Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be—Safe or Naughty

Since 2008, Volvo has undertaken a noble effort called Vision 2020 that declares: “By 2020, nobody shall be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo.” The company’s objective is to integrate “preventative and protective safety systems in the car,” while studying driver behavior and developing ways to protect pedestrians. Computer World reported the story as...

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Tuning a Daily Driver

Tuning a Daily Driver

Making your car an extension of your personality and a reflection of your style is the point of car tuning. Many different ways exist to tune your car. However, what if you are tuning a daily driver? Can you have a well-tuned vehicle that looks great and still use it for your daily commute? The short answer is “yes.” However, you will have to go about the...

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Classic Chevy MP Car For Sale

Classic Chevy MP Car For Sale

Take a look at this beauty! Its a 1957 Chevrolet 150 Military Police Car for sale at the Volo Auto Museum for just under $25,000 dollars. What a steal! Imagine the hit you would make at the local car show with this...

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The Truth About OnStar

The Truth About OnStar

We all have heard of OnStar. Most automotive consumers are aware of what the company offers users and subscribers via the endless number of television commercials produced over the years. They range from humorous Tiger Woods examples to the more serious “We’ve-been-in-an-accident” spots. I’m going to try not to bore readers a great deal on the specifics of...

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Red Light Cameras: Not Too Many People Love Them

Red Light Cameras: Not Too Many People Love Them

It’s like harassment, right? The gummint has just entered another area that should be private. And cash-starved cities have found another way to milk their citizens. Red light cameras have no fans among drivers, even those who drive safely. The devices have been springing up all over the U.S. for some years now, and their use has generated a lot of public...

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Have you ever wondered why you really bought a vintage car?

Have you ever wondered why you really bought a vintage car?

Though I’m partial to muscle cars, I like a lot of different vehicles for more than just their performance potential. Much of what draws me to them are specific visual cues—the way a certain area is styled or particular components or attributes that make me react like Pavlov’s dog to a dinner bell when I see them. Factory vacuum gauges and tachs, and Hurst...

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