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Cara Mia
Back in the old days, I used to post pictures of beautiful women on Sundays, mostly of screen sirens of the black-and-white movie era. I’m not going to do that anymore, because I think I mined that...
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Roadsters (1)
The concept of “roadsters” began, bizarrely I think, in 1930s Britain. In a country not known for its copious sunshine (or perhaps because it has so little thereof), car companies began to make small...
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Roadsters (2)
In my first post on this topic, I looked at roadsters in their original concept: simple, economical fun. Today I’m going to look at a development of the concept, which added performance — mostly, it...
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As Longtime Readers know, I’m a huge fan of VW cars. I’ve owned many: Beetle (actually a former girlfriend’s but I drove it as much as she did) Kombi panel van (carrying band equipment for many years)...
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Bloat
As one who succumbed to the so-called “middle-age spread” long before I actually reached middle age, one would think that I have little room [sic] to talk about bloating. But I can, because I’m not...
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The Real Bridget
In yesterday’s Comments, Reader Darwin pointed me to his “review” of the Bridget, revealing an unashamedly-retro yearning for sports-car driving of yore. And I’m in full agreement therewith. Of course,...
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Smelling Salts, Please
A recent comment by Reader Velocette got me thinking about old Alfa Romeos, so off to the Internet I went… and found this on the first try. This little beauty was offered for sale about a year ago: The...
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Sensible Precautions
It’s one of those things that few people think about carrying in their car; but like a gun, you’ll never need it until you do need it, and then you’ll need it really badly. I speak here of the car fire...
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Following a link from Insty, I was reading Car & Driver‘s review of the Audi A7 (not that I’ll ever own one, but reading about any car beats reading about Nancy Pelosi’s bullshit by about a dozen...
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Otherwise Engaged
Found this interesting pic somewhere on Teh Intarwebz: What made it interesting to me (I don’t care about the Dakar Rally) is that Graham Duxbury and I are old friends from back in our schooldays at...
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Dream Car
I don’t think I’m the only petrolhead who has a constant feeling of cognitive dissonance when it comes to the combination of looks and performance. Some beautiful cars disappoint (relatively speaking)...
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Unwanted Changes
I hate change. This should come as no surprise to longtime Readers of my fevered rantings, most especially to Mr. Free Market who, while we were on a drive trip in Britishland, punctured one of my...
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There seems to be a consensus that if driverless cars are ever to become universal, then the controlling system will have to be one single one — you can’t have competing, perhaps even incompatible...
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Dodge Charger Dodge Viper Plymouth Prowler Jensen Interceptor Ford Shelby Mustang Your suggestions in Comments.
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Additional Delights
From Comments in yesterday’s post explaining my brief abstinence: “Maybe toss in a extra-ration of zoom-zoom, bang-bang and a bit of tasteful hoochie-coochie.” I live to please. First, some zoom-zoom...
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
From Reader Gloria S. comes this little bit of mischief: “The Alvis was class, so’s this one. ’54 Jaguar XK 120 M, Drop Head Coupe.” I saw several of these last year over in Britishland, and each one...
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When Technology Sucks
I have frequently railed against modern technology on these here pages, and just as often been called a Luddite or Old Fart etc. for doing so. Here’s the latest little fad, and its downside, which came...
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Automotive Turning Point – Part 1
In the year of my birth (1954), I think the automotive world began to change. By then, the austerity forced on European countries by WWII had started to wane, and cars began to become more than just a...
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Automotive Turning Point – Part 2
As threatened promised yesterday, here’s a look at 1954’s passenger saloon cars, starting with the Mercedes 300 S: An astonishing number of 300 models are still running today, because when the chairman...
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Total Gorgeousity
Last weekend, fiend Reader Mr. Lion jogged my memory about a certain car that I’ve always loved simply because it is so beautiful. (Forget actually driving one: they cost well over a million dollars,...
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