AutoPreme Introduces New Floor Mats

Posted on Apr 27, 2022 in Technology | 1 comment

Something often overlooked in the car industry is a set of good looking, high quality floor mats. While some companies make durability their only goal and forget looks, AutoPreme is one that makes durability stylish for one’s ride. Launched in the fall of 2015 by Matin Mehdizadeh and Kun Song, AutoPreme is a start-up that uses high-quality standards of...

Can You Spare the Spare?

Posted on Apr 22, 2022 in Safety | Comments Off on Can You Spare the Spare?

My daughter’s birthday nearly ended in the bitter cold, stranded on the side of the road in a questionable area of downtown. After a nice birthday dinner, my wife and two of our girls clambered into the Legacy to thaw from the unusually frozen April night. With the car started and the heat on, I was ready to pull out of my prime parking space and embark on the...

Dangers of Texting and Driving: A Personal Experience

Posted on Apr 20, 2022 in Safety | Comments Off on Dangers of Texting and Driving: A Personal Experience

The call every parent dreads begins like this: “Your kids have been in an accident.” There’s nothing scarier or more dreadful than hearing those words except for the unknown information that comes next. Are they okay? Where are they? What happened? The questions flood your brain like rapid-fire bullets, and the answers can’t come fast enough. Guilt sets in...

Scenes from the America’s British Reliability Run

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in Featured | 2 comments

Just in time to distract us from our gray Vermont winter comes a batch of photos to remind us of how much fun we had last fall on the America’s British Reliability Run. Nick Zabrecky and Andrew Paolucci of MotorCar Studios in Philadelphia took part in the three-day run, driving a client’s Jaguar E-type (above), and came back with loads of great photos of their...

Alfa Male

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 in Antique | Comments Off on Alfa Male

[On the Alfa Romeo Brera] “Think of it as Angelina Jolie. You’ve heard she’s mad and eats nothing but wallpaper paste. But you would, wouldn’t you?” I have always been an Alpha Male. I have always been the one that needs to be in control, the center of attention, and the source for all knowledge. But I am also determined to be an Alfa Male in the gearhead...

Save Bacon or Save Face?

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 in Editorials | 1 comment

Isaac writes: Recently my family was sitting around the table discussing how my youngest sister will obtain her driving permit in a month to begin the wonderful process of becoming a licensed driver. The interesting part of this conversation, and the part I hope you can offer some advice, is when we talked about safety. Are modern cars too safe for beginner...

The Best Car in the World

Posted on Mar 23, 2022 in Antique | Comments Off on The Best Car in the World

Ever since I was young, I have always wanted to own a Rolls-Royce. There was always something about the grill and mascot that made me nuts, and one day soon, I plan to make good on my promise and finally become a Rolls-Royce owner. Here then, are two of my favorites: Silver Shadow and Corniche. I hope you enjoy it. The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was introduced...

The Chiron-Sanders Effect

Posted on Mar 23, 2022 in Editorials | 3 comments

How about that new Bugatti Chiron? It looks pretty good to me. Better than the last one, anyway. I always got the impression that its predecessor, the Veyron, wasn’t styled so much as it was excreted. There was just something unpleasant about it; I think the term used in modern architecture is “Brutalist,” and it describes objects that are designed to force...

Sowing Seeds: A handful of Arizona auto shop students receive the lesson of a lifetime

Posted on Mar 20, 2022 in Featured | 2 comments

By his best reckoning, 17-year-old Daniel Gamboa has only driven a stick-shift car about eight or nine times in his life. But he shows no reticence in inching closer to the wheel of Brad Phillips’s 1983 Ferrari 308 GTS QV. Phillips has owned this car for exactly 24 hours before volunteering it for Hagerty’s Driving Experience, a program designed to expose young...

What’s Right: Right or Left Braking?

Posted on Mar 19, 2022 in Safety | Comments Off on What’s Right: Right or Left Braking?

When does braking feel like hitting a brick wall? When you try to apply the brakes using the wrong foot. For those of us with decades of experience using our right feet to slow down, our left feet might as well be attached to our hips with wet noodles. There’s just no control when it comes to using them to stop a motor vehicle. The debate about driving with two...

Third Age Suit Points to Greater Safety Technology Needs

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 in Safety | Comments Off on Third Age Suit Points to Greater Safety Technology Needs

Normally driving a 2015 Lexus RC 350 is an exercise in automotive enjoyment. On one hot day recently, I found it extremely difficult. I had trouble seeing. My movements were largely restricted, and my hand was shaking. I was less confident in my ability to safely drive. While it sounds like I was drunk, I wasn’t. I was encased in Ford’s Third Age Suit. It is...

Digging Out? Get Your Car Ready for Spring!

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 in Safety | Comments Off on Digging Out? Get Your Car Ready for Spring!

I love snow. I’m honestly a little jealous that a good majority of the country got buried this winter while I sat and watched my local ski hill warm up and close for the season by February. If you live anywhere other than the West Coast, odds are good that you, and your car, experienced record snowfall. If you’re one of the many car owners who simply gave up...

Clutch Friction Materials Explained

Posted on Mar 7, 2022 in Technology | 1 comment

Many times, car enthusiasts are simply overwhelmed with choices. As the weather gets colder here in Michigan and across many areas of the United States, a lot of my gear head friends are turning wrenches in their garage. This is the time they focus on getting their “baby” ready for spring. One such modification comes in the way of a replacement clutch. And it’s...