1970 Was a Good Year For muscle car : Or Cruising Again in My Vintage Auto

Now is the time to find a car you enjoy! Go out and don't hesitate, there's a world of cheap muscle cars out there. Buy a muscle car now before the price goes up! You won't be sorry. Winter is soon upon us. Madelyn and I have counted on our 1970 muscle car now for almost three years. I'm glad to report we've been thrilled with the car. We live in western Iowa, near Rembrandt, and we love driving the car during the summer months. Our opinion is I'd say it's a brilliant ride for the money. Eve

A Toast to Cancer

A small, red woundâ€"no bigger than a poppy seedâ€"appeared mysteriously on the bridge of my nose a few months ago. At first it sat there quietly and behaved itself, and I assumed the strange bump would heal steadily and vanish as furtively as it had arrived. Only it didn’t, and pretty soon it started to grow bigger and act out. One day it would bleed; the next it would scab over in a sort of mini, leathery patch; and then, right when it seemed the ugly scab had almost disappearedâ€"when it seemed we

The #1 Reason Not to Bandit a Race

A few months ago, my wife ran in a trail race where a woman fell and dislocated her finger. She had to be driven to the hospital while the race director filled out an insurance form for the park with the information on her registration. Thankfully, she was okay in the end, but had she hit her head than there could have been a very real possibility that nobody would have known who she was had she not been a part of the race. Many runners are not in the habit of carrying identification when the

Memories Of A BMW 732i [Jalopnik Reality Garage]

Seeing the BMW 735i parked down on the street this morning we were reminded of one of our past rides, a European-spec E23 BMW 732i. Since it was a gray-market import, the papers had been fudged a bit, but we're pretty sure it was a 1983 model. I bought it a few years ago while visiting San Francisco, which seemed like a great idea since I had just totaled my Buick LeSabre and had the insurance cash burning a hole in my pocket. I'm well-versed in '80s BMW trivia, but had never even heard of the