A Somewhat Biased Review of the 1989 Toyota Supra
This is sort of a played-out concept: a random person on the internet does a review of their own car, driven by some sort of overzealous fantasy of launching a YouTube channel into a fabulous hundred-thousand-subscriber empire. I mean, that worked for some people: David Patterson, Mr. Regular, that guy […]
The E46’s Achilles (Motorsports) Heel
A while ago, I wrote about how the E46 325i is the best first car for the budding petrolhead. For the most part, I still stand by my statement; it really is a fantastic one that does it all car. However, its heart has one big, potentially fatal (for your […]
How To Do Your First Track Day
Your one stop shop on everything you need to hit the track.
1976 Porsche 914/6
The Plaques “1970 914/6” – “In the late 1960s, the long-standing relationship between Porsche and Volkswagen leads to the design of the VW-Porsche 914 – a sporty yet affordable car. In addition to the four-cylinder version for VW, a six-cylinder version of this handy mid-engine car is built for Porsche. […]
(Real) Cars with (Fictional) Stories: 1987 Trabant 601
The year is 1960, and after waiting a long five years you finally get your Trabant 601. It’s quite a luxury; most East Germans like you who live in Berlin don’t even get a motorcycle and are expected to use public transit.
Saving Private Mia: Stage One
On May 28th, I decided to go on a drive with Mia without checking the dipstick in a while. Suffice to say, she was short on oil, and a short while later her BP4W decided it had enough, and started to knock.
Canon EOS Elan IIe First Impressions: Autofocus? More like Automagic.
The EOS 50/50e (Elan II/Elan IIe, respectively in North America) is an advanced amateur SLR introduced in 1995 and discontinued in 2000. Compared to its EOS 10 predecessor, the new camera adds Eye Controlled Autofocus on the “e” model and a few other things.
“A Nice Morning Drive” – A Short Story By Richard S. Foster
A Nice Morning Drive is a short story originally published in the November 1973 edition of Road & Track – in which the author, Richard S. Foster, wrote about a future that in many ways has actually come to pass. Hit the jump for the full text of the story: