Being a consistent folk, your humble authors there at Totally That Stupid tend to bat around the same questions over and over. These questions frequently have either no answer or … Continue Reading This or That: The Subaru BRZ vs. the Porsche 911
Two years ago, on a whim, I bought a very gently used 2018 Toyota Tundra Limited Crewmax pickup: 41,000 miles and Toyota Certified with a warranty until practically forever or … Continue Reading Trying To Convince Myself to Sell A Perfectly Good Toyota Tundra for Something Fun
At 52 years old, I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time contemplating my mortality. Not in a doom-and-gloom sort of way, but really more on the practical side. … Continue Reading What Are The Cars On YOUR Bucket List?
Recently, I’ve realized a few things. They are all related, probably true, and in this order: Despite having a largish garage with ample shelving, I feel like I’m running out … Continue Reading The Dilemma Of Old Parts
There’s been a lot of chat lately – really since the onset of the COVID pandemic -about how online enthusiast-oriented car auctions like BringaTrailer, PCar Market, MB Market, Cars and … Continue Reading Where Have All The Good Cars Gone?
JBB – This summer has been busy, especially for our relatively newly minted teenager. Seems we’re always driving him around to some activity, some of which take place at a … Continue Reading When We Was Rad: A Couple Of Gen-X’ers Revisit The Cars From Their High Schools
Last week, a 1987 Honda Prelude Si 5-speed in essentially showroom condition and with hardly more than delivery miles (a tad over 4,200) sold on the Bring a Trailer auction … Continue Reading Nostalgia is a Funny Thing…
When Porsche’s Boxster show car hit the stands in 1993, the storied marque was gasping for air. With the excesses of the 1980s in the rear view mirror, the company … Continue Reading Has the Porsche 986 Boxster’s Time Finally Arrived?
This piece was first published in Classic Mercedes magazine’s Winter 2022/2023 issue, where my good friend and editor holds me to a strict timeline and set of minimum expectations – something … Continue Reading Rally, Ho!
Hey, now! How’re things? Did you make it through COVID? Wasn’t that a drag? Did you put on the COVID 50 like we did? Moreover, are you still interested in … Continue Reading Watch This Space…
About a year ago I published a piece entitled “The Cars That Keep Me Coming Back for More” wherein I talked about a variety of cars that keep finding their … Continue Reading (My First) 25 Years of Mercedes-Benz Addiction..
As car people, one of the questions we are always asked is “What are your favorite car shows or movies?” For many of us, the motion pictures that formed our … Continue Reading Did Disney’s “The Love Bug” Foreshadow Pixar’s “Cars” Universe?
Among regular TTS readers and other folks who know me well, it’s no secret that in my 33+ years of driving, I’ve bought and sold a LOT of cars. The … Continue Reading The Cars That Keep Me Coming Back for More
We at TTS spend a lot (a LOT) of time looking at classified ads for cars – just like we know a lot of you do. Some of us <ahem!> have … Continue Reading How to Sell Your Car in the 2020s, during COVID-19, and Beyond
If history teaches us anything, it’s that we humans forget things – even bad things – pretty quickly. You might argue it has something to do with our resilience as … Continue Reading The Car Geek Life, During And After COVID-19
I visited an old friend last night – and before you start asking me about social distancing, mask-wearing, and all that, it wasn’t that kind of visit. David E. Davis, … Continue Reading Of Mad Men and Their Machines
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