I want a modern-ish take on the ‘80s and ‘90s American big-body sedan, like the last-gen Cadillac Fleetwoods. Not just big on the outside, like the current Cadillac CT6 or Lincoln Continental, but truly massive on the inside with loads of headroom for my tall-trunked self.

Try a Camry with a landau top... I almost missed getting a shot of this one in NYC during the summer of 2014.

I’m a single, childless 22-year-old living in a maroon college town in Texas with no tickets on record, so I pay $838/year (in monthly installments) to Geico for the privilege of insuring my 2001 Mercedes E430. My premium will go up soon due to an at-fault wreck immediately after policy renewal, but there was no claim…

I had been looking at W210 E55s after my wreck before finding a fire-sale deal on a 2001 E430. I can confirm that even my lesser non-AMG is a joy to wrestle around backroads—and the transmission is just as telepathic as the AMG—even if its 275 hp 4.3L V8 doesn’t motivate quite as well as the 350 hp 5.4L E55. The main…

For a guy who loves a foot-deep blue exterior (extra points for a little bit of green splashed in) with sand-colored interior and rich wood trim, I must say that I seriously hate my silver-on-gray 2008 Highlander. (The hate is abated when I remind myself how little I paid for the car.)

It’s a double-edged sword there. If there ended up being an oil leak, then it’d be irresponsible to use water and they should switch to dry-chemical. However, as a corner marshal who has seen how quick a car’s body can oxidize after using a dry-chem extinguisher, I can understand bringing the water ones first. In…

It was Brazos County where the body was found, not Brazoria. Still a sad story all around; did you read about Albrecht’s reaction/rant to the arresting officers?

Fair enough… even in the 4th gen models, the V6 was still a steaming pile. My father owned a 2006 Eddie Bauer V6, and by the time he laid waste to its left-front clip at 215k miles, he’d been through something like five or six radiators and two head gasket replacements.

Try the 2nd-generation Explorer—base engine was a 4.0L V6, which by the end of its production in 2001 in SOHC form made 210 hp (the old OHV V6 was maybe good for 160 hp). The step-up 5.0L V8 made… wait for it… 215 hp!

Anyone who’s ever been on track or marshaled at Texas World Speedway knows that corner 7 has a pretty steep hill climb to reach the corner station. I attempted this in my 2WD Tahoe in heavy rain; needless to say, I ended up with my rear axle in the foot-deep drainage ditch and my exhaust gurgling water. Still haven’t…

...in a rear-drive car. I’ve watched enough car chases on YouTube to deduce that someone would keep going given they had wheels capable of being powered.

According to my father, if you get the right cop in Corpus Christi and it’s before six o’clock in the morning, you can tell him/her that you were setting the flow of traffic and get out of it.

I’m not too far removed from my teenage years, so I’m still living this mistake: ultra low mileage does not a reliable vehicle make.

Man, I’m the biggest advocate among my circle of influence for not buying big SUVs and trucks they don’t need—a wailing, unpopular song here in Aggieland. For me, at 6'4" (tall torso) and 280 lb., I’m nigh forced into an SUV unless I buy German, and even then, headroom isn’t guaranteed. Or bolt a race seat to the…

Here’s my Turbo config! Burgundy Red Metallic (close enough to Aggie maroon for me) over Saddle Brown/Luxor Beige leather and the standard walnut wood.

I’m thinking one of these, or even the Rolls Silver Shadow driven by the sheikh from Cannonball Run.

The A8 W12 has always been naturally aspirated, but with 500 hp from the current-gen 6.3L unit, I don’t think it needs any more air than it already gets.

The funny thing is, Mercedes-Benz recently and very quietly released a RWD version of their GLE350 to compete with the base X5! And from the introduction of the current-gen M-Class until its GLE-ification, one could order the optional Off-Road Package with the (twin-turbo V8) ML550. They still offer that package -…

I don’t need it.

A couple of months ago, I had to borrow my girlfriend’s best friend’s 2004 Camry for something or another. I was getting out of the car - door open, key out of the ignition - when I heard the car still dinging as if it still had a key in it. Turns out the key is worn down so bad that it comes out, and I didn’t think…