Musings on the daily life of an obsessed automobile enthusiast
After two Alfas from Hell (story on #2 forthcoming), the third is a winner. Sometimes, the car universe gives you exactly what you’re looking for. Alfas are like Bull Terriers in the sense that they are so adorable and have so much personality, you want all of them. Why wouldn’t […]
That’s what many Alfisti will tell you Alfa stands for. I can’t say I disagree. The Alfa bug bit hard last August when I picked up a super-clean 1984 Spider Veloce on Bring a Trailer. From a local guy in Portland, no less. Despite some idiot on BAT making the […]
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 […]