The Crown Victoria is the very model of a seasoned career officer: experienced, tough as nails, and dependable when duty calls. Its shape is burned into our minds and it triggers a feeling of security when we see it or a tinge of panic, depending on what side of the law we’re on. The car has served well for nigh […]
It seems we automotive enthusiasts owe a great debt to Ludwig Prandtl, a Bavarian scientist whose studies into airflow theory became the foundation for what we now know about aerodynamics, drag, and streamlining. The story goes that students of his rather mockingly applied his calculations to bumble bees and ended up declaring them theoretically unable to fly. (Another version is […]
My dad had a gas station in Houston when I was just a knee-high ball of curls, and occasionally, when he would come home at the end of the day, he’d tell me about all the cool cars he had seen. Thing is, I didn’t know them then as what cars they actually were; I knew them as what they […]
Avid AutoKinesis reader “Barry” (who may or may not exist) writes in to find out what cars we’d like to have on hand to tackle snow. It didn’t take us long to compile a top 5 list of winter wonderland hoon-mobiles.
I’m re-running a Christmas-y poem I posted on the old blog in December of ’09, a goofy take on ” ‘Twas the night before Christmas” spirited into existence by the famous pro-creators of history: boredom and alcohol. Have a very merry Christmas, a healthy and prosperous new year, and we look forward to seeing you after the holidays! -Alex K.