Contest: Win a Free Lemur BlueDriver for Your Best Car Story!

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 in Technology | 2 comments

“Looks like your’re low on blinker fluid fluid from a broken tank. Don’t worry, I’m fixing it now. It will only be $900, all said and done. Wanna see our customer lounge?” Frustrating being at the repair shop, feeling like you got the run around . . . Tell us your WORST, most HILARIOUS and downright RIDICULOUS experience with a repair shop or service facility....

Dan Wheldon’s Unnecessary and Awful Death

Posted on Sep 14, 2020 in Racing | Comments Off on Dan Wheldon’s Unnecessary and Awful Death

Here we go again. Dan Wheldon, a highly talented, respected and loved race driver dies in a horrifying crash that should have been prevented. IndyCar racing has now claimed six drivers since 1996. Six were injured in this 15-car crash alone. Driver Alex Zanardi lost both his legs in a crash in 2001. Sunday’s IndyCar 300 race in Las Vegas was just another...

Burning Oil in a Brand New Car

Posted on Sep 8, 2020 in Safety | 2 comments

Burning oil in a 1973 Cadillac seems legit. Drive an old boat like that around for long and you’ll stop at every gas station and put in a quart of oil. Worn engines simply burn and leak oil, often causing heavy smoke and the putrid odor of crusty black tar. Drivers of those old cars don’t get too angry at the oil consumption because they know it just comes with...

High-Low, High-Low, It’s Off To Work You Go

Posted on Sep 5, 2020 in Editorials | 1 comment

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of editing Daniel Ho’s theories on crossovers as reflections of the zeitgeist. In his thoughtfully-written piece, Daniel argues that crossovers are chimeras, reflecting a social trend towards generalized products that combine social signaling attributes from multiple socio-economic categories. The crossover, therefore, is...

Most Beautiful Cars: Ferrari 250

Posted on Sep 4, 2020 in Antique | Comments Off on Most Beautiful Cars: Ferrari 250

“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines” “I don’t sell cars; I sell engines. The cars I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in.” – Enzo Ferrari When I decided to create this list, I started with some simple rules. First was to disqualify all pre-war cars, as most were custom built boutique examples created by specialty...

A period-modified 1970 GTO appears on the ‘Rockford Files’

Posted on Sep 3, 2020 in Featured | 2 comments

As a regular viewer of The Rockford Files when the show originally aired in the 1970s and I was just a little kid, I’ve remained a fan since then. Every few years or so, I end up watching episodes again via reruns on TV or the DVD collection. While there’s plenty to be written on Jim Rockford’s (James Garner) string of gold second-gen Firebirds, this blog will...

Italdesign’s Caimano at Bremen Classic Motor Show

Posted on Sep 3, 2020 in Concept | Comments Off on Italdesign’s Caimano at Bremen Classic Motor Show

Germany a very special motor show: „Die 70er: Einfach Keil” . This is an exhibition dedicated to car models designed or manufactured in the 1970s. Because I love classic cars, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to tell you about it. It’s going to be a big event that marks the start of the classic car season. It will be a big one, too: over 600 exhibitors will show...