Automotive
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1.6KIn Communist Cuba, Car Love Runs Deep out of Necessity
Cuba is about more than just old cars, but the island nation’s adversarial history makes car ownership unique from almost any other...
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1.7KThe Dying Ship That Taught Me How to Read
This is a story of old ships, childhood summers, inline-8 diesels and a four-letter word. This is the story of the 52-year-old...
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2.1KWhy PRNDL?
I normally drive a manual transmission, and generally prefer to, but I’m not blind to the charms of an automatic. Shifting your...
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1.9KTazio Nuvolari, deer hunter with Silver Arrow
Hunting game and racing cars are generally pursued as separate pastimes, but not by Tazio Nuvolari at the 1938 Donington Grand Prix,...
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2.0KPT Cruiser, A Eulogy: It’s About Damn Time
Today is the final day of production for the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Once the shining star and gotta-have Chrysler of the moment,...
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2.1KWhy Old Cars Suck
I tend to get pretty curmudgeonly about Model Bloat, excessive standard features, and other ills of the current generation of cars, but...