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Our Cars, Ourselves
Embed from Getty Images My first car was a ’63 Chevy Impala. My dad took me to Red’s Used Car Lot when I was 16 and had saved up a little money, and I imagined cruising around town with my friends,...
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A 97-Year-Old Grandpa Rides In A Tesla For The First Time
— Join The Good Men Project Community. “Here’s the thing about The Good Men Project. We are trying to create big, sweeping, societal changes—–overturn stereotypes, eliminate racism, sexism,...
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The Most Popular Modifications for Cars
Embed from Getty Images — Many people spend a lot of money on modifying their vehicles for one purpose or another. Some types of modifications are more popular and practical than others. The cost of...
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10 Car Repairs All Guys Should Be Able to Do
— There are car guys, who know how to tear their cars down to the frame and put it back together again, and then there are guys with cars. If you fall into the latter category, don’t worry — you don’t...
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The Blinker
*** When cars were first invented, they didn’t have blinkers. It was only after the fact that people studying the effect of cars on society said, “hey, it looks like people keep crashing every time...
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Car Title loans: Learning the Concept
— Are you looking for a short-term loan? If yes, then you should think along the lines of opting for a car title loan. When you want to go for an auto title loan, then it is essential that you pledge...
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Cars 3 has Noble Intentions
— At the narrative arc of Pixar’s “Cars 3”, racecar Lightning McQueen, voiced by whimsical Owen Wilson, asks racecar trainer Cruz Ramirez, voiced by earnest Cristela Alonzo, to join him to find...
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Drive Less, Save Your Soul
Jackson Bliss explains why driving, social disconnection, and cultural narcissism are all interconnected —- Because I’m an undocumented sadomasochist, I used to run in LA three times a week. To avoid...
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The Charger and the Nerd
“Yes. You read that correctly. I’m a geeky-ass, hoity-toity motherfucker, and I drive the most obnoxiously meatheaded car currently on the road.” Hello. My name is Damon Young, and I’m a published...
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Sports Brain
Being a Winner or a Sportsman My sons love their bikes and Hot Wheels—anything that moves really. My younger son, in particular, is a car fanatic. The boy can name makes of cars from far away. He...
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Ten Years After
Canmore Alberta. For nearly a year I spent time walking through town only driving occasionally when the family I was staying with would ask me to take their truck to do something for them. After a...
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The Future of the Nissan 370z. Will It Ever Be Updated Again?
— At nearly a decade old, the Z cars as they’re affectionately known by are starting to show their age. As one of the premium sports cars when it made its debut in 2009, the Nissan 370z has seen a...
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Neither Here nor There
When You’re Not There Yet The day after Christmas, my cousin and I were on a flight that was just about to land at the Albuquerque airport. The pilots pulled up the plane at the last moment and circled...
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Why Are We So Slow to Make Our Cities More Habitable?
If you keep an open mind when moving around cities, it doesn’t take long to identify their many contradictions. For example, so much gridlock is generated by circumstances that are, to a large extent,...
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Rez Cars Explained and Remembered
— When a writer is coming from a place of cultural difference, there are always choices to be made about how to finesse the difference even when, as in the matter I’m about to address, I think the...
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Old Blue Volvo by Mike Schneider
Twenty horses and a crank starter – never made ’em better than the Tin Lizzie said Grandpa, a machinist at the brass mill, the Model T a shining image, youth and freedom. Henry Ford – two words...
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The Future Ain’t the Same as it Used to Be
— The Irreverent meets the sublime in this animated short film that follows an all star automotive cast from around the world. E-Type Jaguar Porsche 911 carrera RS / Flamingo spec 68 Pontiac Bonneville...
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Some Idle Thoughts On: Memory
— Once again idle blogs are idling like a classic Bugatti; ticking over, but not forgotten. And it was forgetting what day it was yesterday, unless it was the day before, that caused me to think about...
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Strive
An Early Passion My youngest came home from Pre-K the other day with a packet of papers. “Look, Dad!” he said. “My work!” With a flourish he showed several sheets with brightly colored cars he had...
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