When you're trying to demonstrate your urbanity, it's always a bad idea to get the foreign phrase wrong.  It's vive la différence. ... View more

"...an ace up its sleeve".  Really?  Most journalists who would revert to such an awful, obvious pun do so with a nod and a wink, if they dare at all. ... View more

Excellent story, but something's missing here: "...when you drive a car you craved in your to a place you lived when you were young."   I've found it's easier to pass a car now than it was in my youth (little-head decisions notwithstanding), mainly because it's easier to pass in a Porsche than an Austin. ... View more

It's tough to be too old to rock and roll, but too young to die. ... View more

20,0000? ... View more

Proton-powered?  Semi-alliteritive, but is it accurate?  I thought electrons did the moving. ... View more

Eek!  The word is eke, normally followed by out. ... View more

Ah, Sam.  You lived in the great Pacific Northwest too late (and in the wrong city) to have gotten the best of it.  We moved to Vancouver, WA in 1986, before Amazon and Zillow et al., when the area was more Shangri-La than San Francisco North.  We felt more kinship with Portland, OR (Seattle's little brother) than Seattle.  When you got tired of the rain, you merely drove 60 miles up the Columbia to the high desert, where no rain got past the Cascades.  For that matter, depending on the direction you chose, you could be at the ocean, in an old-growth rainforest, or high up on a mountain, in about an hour.  The summers are the best I've ever experienced and (almost) compensated for the other 9 months.  We haven't lived there for quite awhile (likewise economic exiles) but it still reasonates in my heart.  Thanks for taking me back.  Also, Vonnegut (and Heller) were among my favourite authors in my more formative years. ... View more

"We insist on the prophylactic application of meaningless upscale brands to everything we see, taste, or touch, lest we be mistaken for someone slightly poorer than ourselves."  You are an almost-poetic, canny iconoclastic observer of society.  And you know something of French and Latin.  Always a pleasure reading your musings. ... View more

You're missing a "to". ... View more

I love your little stylistic touch of stroking out words to insert the true meaning. ... View more

Who is McLaren? ... View more

Is "are synthetic engines oils all they are cracked up to be?" a bad pun? ... View more

Interesting and well-researched; you seem to know your way around audio in general, with perhaps a specialty in autos.  However, I did find a "Linoln" and a "Harmon" in the article. ... View more

Also, you have double "was". ... View more

"Predicator"?  You need a proofreader. ... View more

Another winner, both entertaining and enlightening.  You should trademark "immanentize the eschaton". ... View more

Your "makeshift" racing helmet sure looks like a hockey helmet covered in tinfoil.  I'd expect nothing less. ... View more

You're missing a "long" in the tooth. ... View more

Porsche Toucan; I love it! ... View more

Another excellent article, even though your sworn duty as an automobile journalist is to make your readers lust after this year's model.  Real-world advice from an iconoclast.  Also, thanks for exposing the fraud that is "real time" (or whatever) 4-wheel drive.  (I drive a Saabaru in winter, so I can assume the mantle of smugness).  Finally, in my annoying way, I feel the need to point out an extra "to" in "central to Ohio".   Love reading your work. ... View more

The correct expression is ..."Soviet-**bleep**-East German"..., from the Latin.   Also, the correct word is descendants, or even descendents. ... View more

You need an editor to fix all your typos. ... View more

Jack, you're wearing a mask!  How commendably responsible of you. ... View more

It's Harman/Kardon, Jack. ... View more

I hope the new direction includes a bit more editing of the articles by humans, not spell checkers.  The number of typos, missing words, and misuse of homonyms across the articles (not yours, of course) is shameful, if you have any sort of aspiration to professionality. ... View more

Perhaps it would look better with a DISCREET American flag... ... View more

Perhaps you mean "...spin on a dime..." ... View more

Your story takes me back to my own experience at the Canadian GP, 1973 edition.  I guess there are more than a few of we late-teenagers doing similar things.  I lived in Toronto so my buddy and I could make it a last-minute day trip.  Other than the unregulated pits (mentioned by others) my strongest memory was the unrelenting rain.  Eventually the FIA figured out that an outdoor event in Canada in late September was an iffy proposition and started scheduling them in June.  I also remember Graham Hill stopping in the middle of the hairpin during practice and waving to the crowd. ... View more

Oh Geez, don't tell anybody else about Bend, a very-close-to-Paradise-on-earth.  You should've seen it 30 years ago, before it was "discovered". ... View more