Two weeks since I sold my 1997 M-Edition and I finally have a Miata back in the garage. It’s a 2017 RF that had been sitting in Prescott Arizona for the past year waiting for a new home. I washed, clay’d, and waxed it today. The clay got more crud off the paint than I would have thought possible. The interior…

You can see that it’s fake. Not too long ago, automakers at least tried to make you think that the massive expanse of black plastic increasing the drag coefficient at the front of the car was some sort of functional path for air cooling the engine, or brakes, or something. Now fakey-ness is a design element?

Sunday, the first of February 1953. Somewhere not far from El Paso, the members of the Southwest Sports Car club tested the capabilities of the new narrow-wheeled MGs that seem like quaint classics today. With only a little more than 50HP to work with, my uncle managed to turn the quarter mile in 23.9 seconds.

(A minor rant) When I come to a red light, I stop with the nose of my car close to the stop bar. That’s why the stop bar exist: to tell you where to stop. There seems to be an increasing number of people in my city who believe that leaving a full car length between their nose and the stop bar is somehow the right…

My dad passed away at the end of November last year, and I am finding that he saved everything for the past ninety-one years. Case in point, one purchase order for a 1964 Plymouth Fury. I learned to drive in this car, push button automatic transmission and all. I wish we still had it.

My late Christmas presents arrived from Japan! Anyone have a recommendation for the right color of powder blue?

This is a picture of my grandparents taken sometime in the late 1940s or ‘50s having a tailgate picnic. Can anyone tell what kind of station wagon they’re using?

I bought this about 1986 and have been carrying it around from home to home ever since. It has survived five moves and still works but I think it’s time to get rid of the box. Maybe. Should I keep it?

Anyone recognize this car from the new Kohler television advertising?

1. Rain on a canvas top sounds just like rain on a tent.

My son-in-law is in Japan this week. So, is it ok for him to park here or not?

Bronco game tonight was a little one sided. Kind of like this:

I wanted to buy a Mazda Miata ever since they were first introduced. As a veteran of two mid-1970s Triumphs the idea of a roadster with British styling and Japanese reliability was a balm to my Castrol oil soaked hands and garage floor. I especially liked the front of the car, with its Lotus design elements and open…