It’s usually said that if you do any front-end work on a car, the car is going to need...
About six years ago, after my first book was published, I was giving a talk to the local chapter...
The older we get, the more things run together. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling like the major...
Two weeks ago I found that Bertha’s fuel-pressure regulator—the aftermarket device taking the feed from the trunk-mounted electric fuel...
It was five years ago this week that the episode of the Great White Six-Speed Shark occurred. E31 prices...
Since I own eleven vehicles, it’s not my imagination that one of them always needs an inspection sticker. Statistically,...
With COVID-19 having cancelled virtually every large automotive event (indeed, it just officially drove a stake into the heart...
When I bought back and resurrected Bertha—the ’75 2002 I’d moved here from Austin in 1984, turned into a...
Last week I wrote about putting Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002, back in storage for a bit, and swapping it...
As I wrote two weeks ago, I readied Hampton, my 48,000-mile survivor ’73 2002, for sale—but then, for a...
I haven’t driven my 1973 3.0CSi much during the past few years. It hasn’t seen a multi-day, multi-state road...
I’m usually a pretty decisive guy regarding cars: I sell one, I buy another. I rarely fret over or...
As I’ve written many times before, a “good kluge” is one that saves money, is safe, and can easily...
In the September 1991 issue of Roundel, I had a piece titled “Roadsters For 2002 Prices.” In it, I...
Last week I replaced the missing accelerator grommet in Zelda, my former Z3—now owned by my friend Kim—and wrote,...
We have a short one today: easy diagnosis, inexpensive repair, complete cure of the problem—just the way I like...
After last week’s epic self-indulgent excursion into wheel-swapping (and I must apologize yet again about my dismissive mention of...
This is a story about one 2002 finally getting the new shoes it wanted for 35 years, and the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how, while on the Nor’East 02er socially-distanced spring drive, I decided it...
As I’ve continued working on Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last fall, I reached the point on...
Nearly 30 years ago, I wrote a column for Roundel Magazine titled “The Good Kluge.” In it, I made the case...
In my column for the May issue of Roundel Magazine, I talked about the different options for parts (OE, OEM, new...
I’d been pressing forward at a slow but steady pace on the sort-out of Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002...
On Saturday, May 16, when the Vintage was supposed to be happening in Asheville before it was postponed due...
Last week I gave form to the thought of selling Bluto, my 2004 triple-unicorn X5. Once I began thinking...
At the end of last week’s piece about giving the E39 some love, I mentioned that I was leaning...
Back in early March, I posted the first part of this series describing how when I bought the E53...
Last week, I trouble-shot the problem of Hampton, my 48,000-mile ’73 2002, not wanting to prime its fuel system...
The time has come to get Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last September, out of the garage...
It’s said that if you sell a car to a friend, you’ve never really rid yourself of it, and...
