A few weeks ago I teased you all (what I’m calculating as one, maybe two readers I have) that big announcement was on the horizon. Well, as Jack Sparrow once said, “Now, bring me that horizon…” Except that wouldn’t make sense because I know what the announcement is, so really it should be you quoting … Continue reading A Big Announcement, a Book! It’s a Big Book Announcement!
Automotive
Hello The Grand Tour, I’m Not Gone and Frankly… I’m Flattered
I realize I’ve been absent to my reader. Not plural, as I’m not trying to being lofty about my hopes and dreams. Like most of you I don’t have the luxury of doing this full time. I’ve got a job and this ain't paying the bills. Plus there is all the adult things: Family, work … Continue reading Hello The Grand Tour, I’m Not Gone and Frankly… I’m Flattered
The Hunt for the Last American Grand Tourer
In the crisp evening twilight of a central Pennsylvania summer, moths attack the yellow tinted parking lot lights of a multimake car dealership. Loud thunks echo off the cracked and weathered cover filtering the amberish glow. Illuminating a MK4 Volkswagen Golf dressed in Indigo Blue Pearl. “I wish it had a tan interior” my mother … Continue reading The Hunt for the Last American Grand Tourer
From the Lemon Lot
Those of us who have had the privilege to serve, or whose parents served, are often given access to a mythical world that most aren't privy. One where aging infrastructure and moldy bathrooms are the norm. Beyond a rusted chain-link fence with signs that read "Posted" and "Lethal use of force" lies a world that … Continue reading From the Lemon Lot
I Try and Answer, “Why Cars”
There are hundreds of automotive and motorsport focused websites. Damn good ones too. But here, I want to pursue the personal narrative that comes with a passion for automobiles. The what and the why. The unanswered question of what draws us to inanimate machines and earns them an illogical place in our hearts. A question … Continue reading I Try and Answer, “Why Cars”
Hop in the Passenger Seat
Not all of this will be pithy pundit publications about Pontiacs – hell yeah, alliteration. You are all along for the ride. This journey, this road trip, where I try and turn an interest into a living or at least a legit “thing.” This whole effort – with its many names and faces – has … Continue reading Hop in the Passenger Seat
Snow Day
Traditions If you’re like me, growing up in the northeast during the wintertime, you prayed for a snow day. And you had your traditions. Before the advanced weather models and superstitious rituals of flushing ice down the toilet or sleeping with a spoon under your pillow, you’d wake up earlier than normal just to watch … Continue reading Snow Day
Total Eclipse of the Heart
I am not an automotive designer. I did, however, stay at a Holiday Inn in Wolfsburg, Germany. You know, the home of Volkswagen. It wasn’t an express because I don’t think those exist in Europe. Also, it was a Best Western. All of this is to say I am nowhere near qualified to evaluate the … Continue reading Total Eclipse of the Heart
How James Pumphrey, the Autopian and a Midlife Crisis Helped me Reconnect with my Son and Grieve the Loss of Another
Fair warning. This post will not be filled with my typical tongue and cheek quips and ridiculous parallels that may or may not exist. Really, the title should’ve given that away. It is; however, car related and will display my overuse of commas in places they most likely shouldn’t be. Note: Oxford comma for life. … Continue reading How James Pumphrey, the Autopian and a Midlife Crisis Helped me Reconnect with my Son and Grieve the Loss of Another
Weird Al, Badge Engineering, and the Return of CLADDING!
In an alternate universe #WeirdAl would have released a parody of the 1997 hit “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” in 2010 when GM folded Pontiac. Titled “Where has all the Body Cladding Gone” He’d reminisce about three decades of garish plastic cladding that came to a peak in 2001 when the Aztek was released. … Continue reading Weird Al, Badge Engineering, and the Return of CLADDING!
