Car enthusiasts are the way they are for a variety of reasons. I’m big on the driving experience and the visceral sensations you get behind the wheel of something that is just so damn good. But cars are also memory-making machines, either solo or with those special to you. And that’s where this 2022 Genesis …
The 2022 Genesis G80 Was the Conduit to a Magical Vacation Read More »
My partner and I were gearing up for an end-of-summer road trip. Our plan was to start at home in New York and work our way south to the Great Smoky Mountains. We’d spend a few days in the Smokies exploring on foot as well as by car. With Tail of the Dragon, Cherohala Skyway, …
Tail of the Dragon (and More) via Turo: 2018 Porsche Panamera 4S Review Read More »
This article’s been a long time coming, and I finally have a few minutes to pull it together. Following the success of last year’s Rainbow Road Trackcross, we booked Summit Point Motorsports Park not once, but twice for events this year. Our first trackcross weekend of 2022 took place over Mothers’ Day weekend in May …
When you’re a little kid it’s easy to lay claim to things as yours without really owning them. Calling dibs and whatnot. Saying that you have something when in reality it’s just your parents’, brother’s, or friend’s. We’ve all done it. It’s a sense of ownership that we feel, but that sense is also that …
Chasing My White Whale: Buying My 1958 Edsel Bermuda After 15 Years Read More »
In the time I’ve been reviewing new cars, there have been ostensibly cooler, faster, more expensive, and more interesting cars pass through my hands than yet another midsize sport-utility. And my parents, despite their last ride in whatever I was driving being a 668 horsepower stick-shift Cadillac, have never been so excited as when I …
Bringing a Jaguar F-Pace Home Was My ‘Hey Look Ma, I Made It’ Moment Read More »
Over the weekend, I attended my first Radwood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I’d been excited for this super-rad 80s- and 90s-themed car show for several years – the show was initially planned for March 2020 and uh… we know how that went. In any case, I cut the legs off of an old pair of light-wash jeans, …
I Was Unreasonably Excited by Old Mopars at Radwood Philly Read More »
When vacationing far from home in a 14 year-old car, it generally pays to have a contingency plan if things go sideways. Doubly so if the trip in question is to the utterly cell-serviceless, achingly beautiful, and impossibly twisty roads in and around Deals Gap, home of the Tail of the Dragon. I have known …
My First Pride at the Dragon: New Friendships, Great Roads, and a Whole Lot of Luck Read More »
No matter who you are, how you identify, everyone is at their best when they have a community of others with similar interests to connect with. I think anyone who’s been “othered” before feels this intensely, and those of us who are both queer and car enthusiasts occasionally find those two identities at odds with …
If you were paying any attention to the news in oh, 2015 or so, you might have heard about the “Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Scandal,” more lovingly coined Dieselgate by everyone obsessed with adding -gate to words. The gist of it is that Volkswagen AG was caught using a software tune that could detect the EPA’s …
Fixing an Oil Leak on my 2013 Cayenne Diesel Cost Porsche $12,310 – and Cost Me Nothing Read More »
Where do I begin with how I acquired my dream car, a Lexus LS 400? I don’t mean just any LS 400, but Diana, my Lexus LS 400 in particular. In November 2015 I acquired my first LS 400 that would ignite a passion for the car and Lexus as a brand. That car was …
Dream Car Royalty: “Diana,” Parker’s Lexus LS 400 Read More »
