First Time On Amtrak, Crossing the Country
I booked a trip from St Louis to Chicago to Spokane, Washington. I met some shady characters who bought me an omelette.
Category: Travel
Three awful cars!
It was a dark time for auto enthusiasts, and its easy to see how the Big Three handed over half the US market to Japan and Germany.
The promise of high speed rail vs Reality
Despite my enthusiasm for trains, reality cannot be ignored: high speed rails are too expensive to connect this vast country.
2011 Cadillac Owners Meet, Chicago
Every year, a couple dozen us Cadillac owners and enthusiasts get together in Chicago for the auto show and a metric ton of food. And every year, I seem to take anything but a Cadillac to a Cadillac meet.
2011 Chicago Auto Show
Last year’s theme: Autopocalypse.
This year’s theme: Bread and butter.
Crossing the state with an $80 bicycle.
At 40 miles across, I wasn’t exactly “crossing the state” since Missouri is 240 miles wide. Still, for me, with a cheap Wal-Mart bike in the middle of a humid midwest summer, it felt like crossing an entire continent.
Love car brochures? Here’s a web collection going back 100 years
An American car enthusiast in Norway has scanned and shared his entire collection of brochures and ads going back to 1900.
See The USA In A Chevrolet – Using Patriotism to Sell Cars
GM calls on the cast of Glee to sell Volts and Cruzes, recalling Campbell-Ewald’s 1952 ad campaign. Despite market share below 20%, GM insists that “Chevy runs deep.”
What does -26F feel like?
In a word: Shitty. I empathize with those of you in Oklahoma this week where temperatures are colder than the north pole. I can’t imagine -28F being a usual thing for Okies.
Road Trip Rules and Etiquette
I’ve covered over 50,000 miles crossing the country in all directions. Its time to lay down some rules and guidelines for drivers and passengers.