Musings on the daily life of an obsessed automobile enthusiast
As it’s been with every BMW I’ve ever owned, I didn’t know I was buying it the morning I woke up. I was minding my own business working away when the text came in: “Know anyone that is looking for a nice E39?” Well, actually, I had been agonizing back […]
Black cars may look better in the shade, but on a dreary day in the Pacific Northwest – and we have many of them, I’ll take the M&M colors anytime. But then, I’ve always loved bright, saturated colors. Back when I earned my living as an artist, a woman […]
I still remember the first day I bought my last Alfa Spider. I was driving up Scottsdale Road when this beautiful red Quadrifoglio pulled up next to me – ironically the day after I broke up with a woman who told me that buying an Alfa was irresponsible. I was […]
When the new BMWs with their monstrous grilles hit the scene a while back, many of the BMW faithful lost their shit over the new design language. A proliferation of memes hinting that soon the grille would be bigger than the car itself hit the internet. Oh the horror. If […]
While being a guest on Alan Taylor’s The Drive podcast, he said, “Hey, if you’re really a dyed in the wool Bimmer guy, how come you don’t have a 2002?” He had a point. I mentioned I didn’t find the right car yet, the right color, they were too expensive. […]
When the E30 first hit the streets, I fell in love with the shape immediately, but I was less than excited about the four-cylinder motor, carried over from the E21. When the six-cylinder ES model arrived, I took a bright red with black interior model for a test drive and […]
Horsepower is great, no, horsepower is awesome, yet there’s a lot to be said for slowing your pace down a bit. The case in point is our 1983 320i. It’s normally aspirated 4 cylinder with K-Jetronic fuel injection left the factory with 101 horsepower, so it may not have quite […]
There is a particular segment of car owners that spend more time washing and waxing their pride and joy than actually driving it. I say to each his or her own, and I certainly get it. While there is something special about a well-worn, patina’d daily driver that’s given you […]