Category: Driving

New Year, Same Old Me.

Wasn’t really feeling like much of a happy new year last night or today, just laying low to start the year. But then took a ride in the Miata and for the first time in about 2 years was actually

Dream Drives: Pacific Coast Highway

It’s no secret that we live in the age of convenience. Instant gratification of information is just a cellphone away. That convenience extends to driving. Want the quickest route to cross the state? There’s an app for that; several in fact. But

What Was The First Slow Car You Drove Fast?

Back in 1999, I was a senior in high school. Ownership of my first car, a $400 Chrysler 5th Avenue, had not gone so well with it never passing an emissions test and generally sitting broken in the driveway most of

No Free Lunch: An $8,500 Porsche 996

About two months ago, I purchased my fourth new-to-me car in as many years — and I still had two of the previous three. Of those three, one was purchased for adventure (a 1977 Porsche 911S that I drove cross-country

Jinba ittai: Horse and Rider (and Dog?) As One.

  When the original Mazda Miata was being designed, it was created with the idea of the “horse and rider being one” or “Jinba ittai” in Japanese, where the car was made around the premise that it would handle as though it