In the modern era where exotic European sports cars equipped with automatic transmissions, shifted manually with paddle shifters, are not only the norm but the standard. Flashback twenty five years or more, the mere thought of an automatic transmission in Continue reading
The 3 Largest Post-WWII Landyachts
The 1970s were the pinnacle of large American cars. Some may argue that large cars are alive and well today. They would be wrong. The massive shrinking of large cars which began in the late-1970s and continued through the 2010s Continue reading
Chance Encounter with the Wienermobile
What’s more American than hot dogs? It’s a simple processed food that most Americans have been eating since they first learned to walk. Hot dogs come in many different varieties and sizes. The hot dog has become a staple of Continue reading
My Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Dilemma
It was late afternoon on Sunday, July 3 and I had a little time to kill. For those of you unfamiliar with the car sales business, the 4th of July weekend is a big sales weekend. No rest for the Continue reading
1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – the Best Z28 Ever Made?
Though the first generation Camaro made a big performance splash with its big-block 396 cubic inch V8, it reached legendary status via Chevrolet’s COPO program which allowed the Camaro to be ordered in the late-1960s with a multitude of Continue reading
Part 1: 1987 Oldsmobile New Car Lot Memories – Rear-Wheel Drive Bliss
Twenty nine years ago, I graduated from high school. While many of my high school classmates went immediately to various mid-Atlantic area beaches to celebrate beach week I started work at Templeton Oldsmobile in Tysons Corner, Virginia. It was Continue reading
Why 1970 Was the Year the Muscle Car Bubble Burst
The original muscle car era was an almost mythical time in automotive history – cheap gasoline, lots of horsepower, and plenty of choices of inexpensive new performance cars. Like all good times such as the Roaring Twenties or the 1990s Continue reading
Motor Trend Car of the Year Retrospect: 2016 Camaro vs. 1982 Camaro Z28
What a big difference 34 years makes. The Los Angeles Lakers were the 1982 NBA champions, and now in early-2016 one of the worst teams in the NBA. In 1982 Donald Trump first made Forbes magazine’s 400 (richest) list, today Continue reading
Rolex GMT II Master (116710BLNR) – a Unique Alpha Male Driver’s Watch
Ever looked through a car magazine and noticed all the wrist watch ads? It’s no coincidence. Most car magazine readers are male who also share a fondness for wrist watches. Cars and watches, they are big boy toys. The Switch Continue reading
What’s the Deal with the 3-speed Manual Transmission?
Anyone new to the the muscle car hobby will quickly stumble across a golden era muscle car with a floor-mounted 3-speed manual transmission. It’s a shock to these newbies who were under the misimpression that all manual transmission equipped classic Continue reading