Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from my dissertation. I love cars so much I spent a year researching and writing 11,000 words, despite professors telling me it wouldn’t be considered a “legitimate” academic subject. Then, I bought a 1952 Chevrolet pickup as my daily driver.

Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from my dissertation. I love cars so much I spent a year researching and writing 11,000 words, despite professors telling me it wouldn’t be considered a “legitimate” academic subject. Then, I bought a 1952 Chevrolet pickup as my daily driver.

Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from my dissertation. I love cars so much I spent a year researching and writing 11,000 words, despite professors telling me it wouldn’t be considered a “legitimate” academic subject. Then, I bought a 1952 Chevrolet pickup as my daily driver.

Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from my dissertation. I love cars so much I spent a year researching and writing 11,000 words, despite professors telling me it wouldn’t be considered a “legitimate” academic subject. Then, I bought a 1952 Chevrolet pickup as my daily driver.

Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from my dissertation. I love cars so much I spent a year researching and writing 11,000 words, despite professors telling me it wouldn’t be considered a “legitimate” academic subject.

Porsche’s 911 has been an object of cult-ish fascination almost since its inception in 1964. It is an utterly unique vehicle that excels in many categories. A 911 is a world-class sports car, comfortable and efficient enough for long trips, practical enough to use every day, built to last, and priced to sell. Usually…

Over the past couple of months, I’ve read the words “synthetic fuel” in a couple of different places, each article referring to a clean burning, clean-to-produce alternative to gasoline. In this day and age, something like that may prove the current engine downsizing we’re seeing in the automotive industry to be…

Like most of you reading this, I spend a lot of my free (and not-so-free) time browsing the internet in search of bitchin’ car deals. Lately, my time has been consumed with 1970s and ‘80s Chevy pickups, ‘60s muscle cars, Volvo C70 coupes (not even really sure why I like these), and, of course, 911s.

I’ve been really…

A few days ago, while my brother and I were taking a drive, we happened upon a sign posted on a chainlink fence a few towns over that read: “Classic Car Show/July 11th/Blue Hill Fairgrounds”. Since both of us are great lovers of cars, and since we’re currently in an area with about as much cool metal as California has…

After reading Patrick George's news that Cadillac won't be making a replacement for the ATS, CTS, or the XTS, I started thinking— something that only happens once in a very brief while.

Alright my fine feathered friends— I've got a real doozy for you guys today. But before I get into it, here's my situation:

The keen observer may be able to discern from the above picture that today, I dented my car— just a little dent, on the roof.

I think it's a 1973 Chevy on the front, and some kind of ancient GMC stepside bed. I love these old Chevy trucks— pretty much every generation from the mid-'80s on back. They seem much more handsomely designed than things these days.

According to Wikipedia— that's how you know this article will be grounded in rock-solid facts— Cadillac was one of the first players in the world in terms of coupes. Or, if you have a 3/4 inch thick steel rod shoved up your ass, personal luxury cars. That was back in the '20s and '30s, before the Thunderbird turned…

Why does this car get so much flack from the automotive community? It looks pretty good, in my opinion, at least— the proportions are spot-on, with a long nose and a short tail. There's plenty of glass area, the wheel size is good for the car, and there's a line that follows through from front to back. While looks…

It's a weird fact of life that car guys get obscenely excited about brown cars, station wagons, diesels, and stick shifts. Sometimes they get so excited they have to go to a bathroom, but that's another matter altogether. One of the things that car guys really don't like, though, is a break from tradition. Change…