Dear Redbook Auto Awards, Just Shoot Me
Redbook magazine recently released a fascinating piece titled “The Best Cars For Women: Redbook Auto Awards 2013.” It opens with this promising statement– “Cars are usually judged by men,…
Love Letters
Dear BMW Design Team
Full disclosure: I’m a Beemer fan. For about a decade now, I’ve been addicted to the slow morphine drip that is the Ultimate Driving Machine.…
Dear Mr. President: Mama’s Economic Recovery Plan
Yesterday on Twitter, my friends at Jalopnik asked the intriguing question “Would you trade America’s Car Market for Europe’s?” And my answer is– Yes, please.…
Bitchin’ Camaro
It takes a strong woman to admit when you’re wrong. And Mr. Camaro, I’ve been wrong about you. But you gotta understand–growing up, Camaros were…
In Defense of The Gas Guzzler
Smaller! Lighter! More fuel-efficient! Yay! I’m so sick of fuel-efficient cars, I could barf. I mean, I get it– smog blows, no one wants a…
How You Doin’, El Camino?
It’s happened to all of us. Somewhere random, like a grocery store, restaurant or gym, you get confronted by someone– someone mysteriously attractive– claiming that…
The Diane Keaton of Cars
In this land of billionaires, Bugattis and Botox, looking for a flashy car is kinda like looking for fake boobs…throw a rock and you’ll hit…
To All The Cars I’ve Loved Before
You know when you break up with someone and it hurts.. a lot? Then, maybe a month, a week, a year later, you are forced…
VW, VW wherefore art thou? VW…
I’ve been thinking a lot about VWs lately. How’s that, you ask, dear reader? First of all, on my commute through Topanga Canyon every day,…