I have a weird history with square-shaped General Motors products from the late-1970s to the early 1980s. It started with a 1977 Chevrolet Impala wagon, dark blue on blue vinyl. … Continue Reading 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham: Boxy Nostalgia
We’ve talked before about how Jonathan is more the BMW guy here at TTS and Mercedes-Benzes are more my thing. While that is certainly true both by the sheer numbers of … Continue Reading 1985 BMW 745i: When an S-Class is Just Too Milquetoast
“Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” Our man Inigo Montoya was right. A lot has transpired in the last three years. In more or … Continue Reading Fleet Update: It All Happened So Fast
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..
One of the things that the “BringaTrailer” phenomenon has seemingly accomplished is having helped push prices of even many of the most esoteric of classic Mercedes-Benzes (and countless other marques) … Continue Reading 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SE: Bargain Benz That’s Better Than You Think
The first car my wife and I bought together with co-mingled funds was a 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata. It was September, 1996, just weeks before we were to be married, … Continue Reading Fleet Update: 1991 Mazda MX-5 Miata BRG – “The Placeholder”
Your humble servants here at Totally That Stupid have been on a bit of a nostalgia trip lately. Not just for the cars we or our families owned when we … Continue Reading 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme: Absolutely Somebody’s Father’s Oldsmobile
“Nobody drives American anymore.” – John Cusack as Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank, 1997 The truth is: I’ve never owned an American car. We had them when I was a … Continue Reading 1989 Pontiac Bonneville SSE: If RAD Could Be Measured In Buttons…
“Life is full of mystery.” Frequently derided as the default answer of the intellectually lazy, one could chalk up a lot of our modern life to that clichéd axiom. The … Continue Reading 1995 BMW 525i Touring 5-Speed: Let Me Tell You A Story
As certifiable Car Geeks, the majority of us would LOVE to have a collection of cars like the arguable King of Collectors: Jay Leno. Reports vary on the number of … Continue Reading Living Like Leno: Some of Jay’s Cars that Regular Folks Can Afford, Too
The setting was Connecticut’s gold coast, the year was 1987. My friend Dave drove a white ’83 V8 Thunderbird (on which we painted the grille and headlights surrounds black because … Continue Reading 1988 Ford Mustang GT: 80s American Muscle Summed-up in a Single Car
I didn’t start out wanting to cover RADwood-eligible cars. It just sort of happened. For the tragically unhip, the phenomenon known as RADwood bills itself as “a celebration of ’80s … Continue Reading RADwood On The Cheap
We’ve made no secret here at TTS about our affection for old-school Hondas, and Preludes in particular. Back in the 90s, both of us daily drove 2nd generation Preludes – both … Continue Reading 1998 Honda Prelude: Last of the Breed
I’ll admit – I am biased on this one. My first BMW was a 1984 533i in Alpine White over Natur Leather just like this car has. Perusing this listing … Continue Reading 1984 BMW 533i – From the “Find Another One” Files
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