He’s earned all the whines about his car and strategy.  Read more

Vanagon- loads of storage, two double beds, a fridge, a stove, and it takes nothing to set up and take down.  That Suburban looks like hell- I’d rather be in a tent. Read more

I saw one on the road the other day and it was far sexier than it had any right to be, maybe more taller wagon than short SUV. Read more

I’m hopelessly in love with the Taycan Cross Turismo. Read more

This reminds me of an old parable about engineers versus salespeople. Read more

Because that’s what firemen do? Read more

My favorite is you can tell they’ve been riding full sized bikes so long they need to walk from the right side of the small bike to the left to get on when they can clearly get on without doing more than bending a knee.  Read more

If you classify fireworks as IEDs you can then classify the owner as a terrorist which means no amount of collateral damage is too much. We’re fighting for freedom! Read more

Because they were dealing with unstable explosive materials in addition to the fireworks. Detonating them in the containment vessel on-site was less risky than trying to move them. Imagine if this explosion happened while the truck was being driven...
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I *think* there’s a line of logic that there are more bad things that can happen in transit than there are just by using the supposedly safe truck on-location. Read more

Hey, you try being a radical on the internet. It ain’t for sissies.
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You can always pick a fight - unintentionally, even! - with Brownell in the comment section of his posts. Read more

And orange carnival barker presidents. Read more

It’s a classier car overall, but I prefer the wraparound rear seats in the George Barris-customized Olds Toronado 67-x’s (a promotional giveaway by Esso in Canada).

So these were rally “secretary’s cars”.

I just need a hit from my inhaler of Pabst Blue Ribbon — ah, that’s better. Read more

As a manual Volvo enthusiast and the owner of one of the Volvo Holy Grails, I read because my enthusiasm parallels David’s.
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The fact that nobody can believe that I’m 29 tells me this may already be happening. Read more

I think your overuse of the term “holy grail” is hilarious. I read all of your articles because your style of writing makes me interested in things I otherwise could not care less about, the 90's era jeeps. I can only imagine if you wrote a few articles about old IH trucks or K5 Blazers. Can’t wait to read more about… Read more

Naughty, wicked Zoot, er David...