As it happens, there are some cars I’ve driven that don’t make it onto AutoKinesis for various reasons. Sometimes, it’s a car I’ve driven at an event where the time spent with the vehicle isn’t enough to justify a full review. Other times, the car is a replacement for another that I scheduled, but was cancelled last minute due to […]
It seems in today’s branding driven, up-market world the word luxury is everywhere. Where once reserved for the elite and oligarchs of society, it now seems “luxury” can be found everywhere from the home goods stores to the supermarket. One then wonders when did luxury undergo this drastic change? When the lifestyles of the rich and the famous get a […]
I walk out of the garage to the pit lane, splashing through a few puddles. I open the door. I start the engine. “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith begins to play. The car is staged at the end of pit row. Green flag. This is a good day. Making the trip to Rockingham Speedway Race Track in North Carolina doesn’t mean […]
It’s February once again and along with the seemingly endless freezing wind there is love in the air. Now that the footballs and kegs of Bud Light have been put away, it is time for the all important lover’s holiday, Valentines Day. The very mention of this “holiday” either brings a smile of warmth or more likely a shiver of despair. […]
Toyota, you need to stop sending me mixed signals. Either you’re the purveyor of the world’s most vanilla consumer transportation appliance in the history of things with wheels, or the manufacturer of luxury items like the Lexus IS350 C, the most enjoyable run I’ve had in a V6 in quite awhile.