Monthly Archives: August 2011

the great defender

We haven’t seen a new Land Rover Defender on these shores in a long time. Right about the time we decided everything we drove needed an airbag, the Defender grandfather claused itself onto our streets for a few years, but then, it retreated. And while nobody is saying outright, this is the New Defender, Well,...

View full post »

300 miles for a good Croque Monsieur

Recently, someone asked me an unusual question: If you couldn’t take a car, which suv/crossover would you choose to cruise up the Pacific Coast Highway? Interesting. I love these questions – they are like mental masturbation – which incidentally, is my second favorite kind. Actually, I once drove down from San Francisco through Monterey and...

View full post »

who do we have to f*#k to get this car?

Remember back when we showed you an artist’s rendering of what a Lexus GS wagon could look like? Well, the good folks over at The Lexus Enthusiast blog have produced another, this time by the incredibly talented Theophilus Chin, and its a stunner. It makes the new GS slicker, more solid looking, giving the body’s...

View full post »

Modern Times

So today I saw the new Audi A6 roaming the westside streets. The LED headlight package looks stunning, and the overall shape, though familiar, looks fresh. It has curves in all the right places, and is blocky – strangely- to a perfect effect. At first glance it is a 3/4 version of a A8, which...

View full post »

SEE This

Last night, I saw this powerful and amazing film. I am not even into racing, yet could not help being moved by such masterful filmmaking of an extraordinary life. It truly is riveting. You will leave the theater inspired, humbled and enriched. See it.

View full post »

UA-24312643-1