BLOOMBERG March 10, 2011
Big on Baja: The buggy
I’m blinking sand from my eyes, rocketing down a dirt road off the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
A hill looms ahead and my co-driver yells for me to gun it. I do, and all four of our dune buggy’s wheels quit the ground.
Now we are in the air, flying — control ceded to gravity — then snap back to earth.
“Do it again!” my buddy Boyd shouts. That went okay, so why not?
We’re in a $100,000 dune buggy, a race-built machine without doors or windshields, on a driving tour through the Baja California peninsula. Every few minutes the surreal beauty alternates with “am-I-gonna-survive-this?” adrenaline. (more…)
BLOOMBERG March 3, 2011
BMW 6 Series Convertible... the new one!
The U.S. release of the all-new BMW 6 Series convertible is like a promise to buyers: Winter really will end.
Abetted by southerly climes and convertibles, spring blooms! (more…)
BLOOMBERG Feb. 24, 2011
Rolls-Royce Ghost...
Pulling up to a hot restaurant in West Hollywood in a $302,000 Rolls-Royce feels just as dope as you would imagine. Eyes swivel and the valets get a hungry look.
Pffhhhtt.
That’s the sound of my credibility deflating as I accidentally trigger the windshield wipers, and cleaning fluid douses the entire scene in a fine mist.
So goes living with a Ghost. Over four days motoring around Los Angeles, I sip draughts of the good life, so afforded because of the assumption that I can afford this assemblage of sparkling chrome and butter-cream leather. The Ghost gets parked in the prime spot every single time. (more…)
BLOOMBERG Feb. 17, 2011
Yep, the couple in the VW next to us are definitely checking out my Nissan. But I’m not sure if I’m getting smiles of admiration or patronizing snickers.
The $22,260 Nissan Juke is the unlikely union of a sports hatchback and a compact SUV. The result, to say the least, is quirky. My co-rider, a woman in her late 20s, proclaimed it “super cute” and, seeing my hesitation, said, “It’s designed for me, not you.” (more…)
