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?
[Author’s note: At Mr. Bracq’s suggestion, I’m writing this article to a background mix of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, George Gershwin, and a host of other classical and jazz music … Continue Reading Paul Bracq at 90: Joie de Vivre!
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?
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
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!
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
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
Here at TTS we love sports cars, q-ship sedans, even station wagons. We are confirmed CAR people. That said, we can appreciate all manner of vehicle, and we maintain that we … Continue Reading It’s Winter! Here Are 5 SUVs for $5K or Less You Don’t Have to Be Ashamed to Drive
As a certifiable Car Geek I often joke (am I joking?) with family and friends that I am on a long quest to own one of every car I’ve ever … Continue Reading Mercedes-Benz W123 300D Turbo Diesels: Still Affordable Despite What You’ve Heard
True story: It was 2004, and we were in England on vacation: four Hitchcocks, two in-laws, and a fun and roomy diesel Volkswagen crossover/minivan thing. At the time our kids … Continue Reading Wagons Ho! Eight sub-$10K Estates to Chase Away the Minivan Blues
As a Car Geek (TM) and one who leans heavily to cars of the German persuasion (though not exclusively), I’m mildly ashamed to admit that I’ve never owned a classic … Continue Reading 1971 Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet: Classic Drop Top Cruising for Four on the Cheap
Totally That Stupid – Car Geekdom, and a little bit of life. 