We with interests in automobiles can rarely unilaterally agree on general statements, but one thing we can all concede is that sports cars make no practical sense. This is immediately followed with the conceit “but we don’t care, we still love them.” Style, power, and performance are the things that cause the fuzzy bubbles of joy and excitement to […]
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 […]
Hindsight, they say is 20/20, which is a fair enough adage if you consider the flip side of viewing the past with rose-tinted lenses. This is the difference between remembering how much you loved wearing overalls in the 80’s versus seeing a picture of yourself in them as the icy touch of reality slowly strokes your spine. We’ve all been […]
Sometimes you visit a town and you don’t have time to really absorb all it has to offer. Sometimes, circumstances like the weather and a couple airports repeatedly closing and reopening force you to stay and look around a bit. I got to know Charleston, South Carolina quite intimately, and I had Toyota’s new Highlander on hand for the tour. […]