Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Garage Like Home

Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Garage Like Home

Photo by Mel My house’s attached garage is your pretty average 20 or so foot by 20 or so foot box. And I’m really happy to have it. Because I know so many car guys that make do with a carport, lean-to, subterranean parking spot, or a single car garage, or parking on...
Welcome to Goldfield; Everywhere I Look There Are Cars

Welcome to Goldfield; Everywhere I Look There Are Cars

If you spend 25 or so years, as I have, doing car magazine road tests and feature stories, you’ll eventually end up pottering around dusty old desert mining towns. As I have. I love these places; by now most have seen better days — as you likely know, the...
The Van

The Van

My friend and neighbor Leslie just bought a used but recent model Ford van, which reminded me of this story from my checkered automotive past… During one’s lifetime, we all own at least one vehicle with “personality.” The sort of heap that, if you were playing...
Driven: Five new 2013 Chevrolets

Driven: Five new 2013 Chevrolets

If you’ve always bought Chevys because you’ve always bought Chevys, I suspect you’ll like what the Bowtie brand is serving up new or substantially remodeled for next year. And if you’ve always avoided them because you’ve always avoided...