The 2020 Toyota Supra Impresses on the Track and on the Street
Let’s get one thing out of the way – when Toyota revealed the 2020 Supra last year, I was one of the people ragging on it endlessly. Their flagship car … Read more
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Oops, I Did it Again (and Bought Another BMW M3)
In May of 2019 I made the awesome [I question my sanity] choice to buy a 1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan in marvelous 90s Resale Silver. First choice on color? … Read more
Maintenance Matters: Acura Vigor Wheel Bearing Replacement, and Lessons Learned
“It’s such a good vibration! It’s such a sweeeeeet sensation!” sang Loletta Holloway with thrill. Not as enthused as she was about my steering wheel vibration that began around fifty … Read more
Green Hell: Nurburgring Driving in a Suzuki Swift
When my friend Alvin started planning our trip to Germany, he took ideas from all six of us on what to do when we landed in Munich. Although driving on … Read more
A Vigorous Evening: Track Night in America in a 1993 Acura Vigor
Ever since my first Holiday Lap at Virginia International Raceway I have wanted to come back and go flat out through the Climbing Esses, scream down Roller Coaster, bust through … Read more
Five Cylinders of Fury: 1993 Acura Vigor on Track at NCCAR
How often have you witnessed a longitudinally mounted Japanese five-cylinder scream to its redline while the fully-independent double-wishbone-suspended chassis carves through hairpins and strikes down apexes? You haven’t? I didn’t … Read more
Hello, It’s Me (And I Will Never “Like Cars”)
16-year-old James is on record saying “I can’t imagine wanting to spend money on cars beyond their use for transportation – that is so dumb.” A year later, 17-year-old James … Read more
Accident Avoidance: Attending the Bob Bondurant ‘Charger Hellcat’ Performance Driving School
Back in April I had a car accident. Aside from being embarrassing, it became contentious at home. Over the last 20 years I’ve had 4 big accidents, this one being … Read more
The Longest Spec3 Build: Reassembly, With a Side of RTAB
When we last saw Taylor’s green BMW 325i, it was in full-on “hover mode” as he waited on several boxes of parts to arrive from various vendors. Everything finally arrived, … Read more
The Longest Spec3 Build: Disassembly
Last week, I got reacquainted with my friend Taylor’s BMW 325i, which used to be my BMW 325i. When I drove the car, he and his roommates had installed a … Read more