Last year when I was moving stuff out of the basement I found a cardboard box with new cocoa brown OE carpet mats inside still in the plastic bags. I had forgotten that I bought them on eBay nearly 1… (View Post)

I was behind a nice-looking newish M-B today, a rootbeer brown metallic coupe with E53 and AMG badging on the trunk, very snazzy. Driver was likely of dubious taste though as he pulled into a Wendy’s… (View Post)

This is likely a sign of old age or the inevitable decline in mental acuity, but I find the Lexus model nomenclature confusing and baffling. I wish they would switch to actual names. Or I suppose it … (View Post)

Heh. Reminds me of my job in the late ‘80. I worked for the Director of Finance, one of 5 direct reports to the big boss. The tradition was for all 20 or so people who worked in his division to get t… (View Post)

Porsches are lovely cars. But they seem to come with a bug that infects the owner into spending vast sums on the vehicle beyond the purchase price. See an example here, where Harry Metcalfe seems clo… (View Post)