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BMW CCA’s Legends of the Autobahn concours is not the only attraction of Monterey Car Week, of course, but it was certainly the highlight of my week, because its latest incarnation on the grass of Pacific Grove Links in—duh!—Pacific Grove was absolutely splendid. But first you have to get there, and for some of us, the journey is the adventure. So for reasons of nostalgia and remembrance—certainly not for efficiency or speed—I chose to drive […]
over 3 years ago
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One of the great things about the time-speed distance rally game is the sudden
realization that time is relative. Einstein already informed us of this
phenomenon, of course, but it seems that we are reminded of it, again and again,
on the day (or night) before a rally, when time suddenly shrinks to…
about 3 years ago
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Yes, it is true: I am living on a tropical island where the roads resemble the tarmac stages of an FIA World Rally—but not as smooth. Oh, and to make it more interesting, they drive on the left here. Which would be easier if they maintained the roads a little more carefully, like repainting the center lines—wait, what?! There’s supposed to be a center line?!—more than once every three or four hurricane seasons. You say […]
about 3 years ago
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A couple of years ago, one of my former colleagues, the writer Larry Edsall,
wrote about driving gloves. “Okay, I admit it,” he wrote. “I might be committing
an act of sacrilege here, but I don’t understand driving gloves… I don’t
understand why some people who own sports cars wear special gloves wh…
almost 3 years ago
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Most enthusiasts are familiar with car-selling sites, from AutoTrader to Bring a
Trailer, a site which has morphed from a collection of interesting references to
other sites into a significant auction venue itself. But there are also other
ways to display your car—or cars, plural—on the Interwebs, s…
almost 3 years ago