Bavaria Vs. America

“She’s not much to look at,” I would often remark about the 1970 BMW 2500 that Raphael Orlove and I just drove from…

Look at the picture above. That’s the dream. Your beautiful old car, out in some picturesque corner of the world,…

NEW YORK—Six days. Nearly 3,000 miles. Thirteen states. Almost 50 hours of driving. And through it all, zero…

DETROIT, MI.—The moment I heard the plan, I knew what I figured would be the hardest part. Driving this 1970 BMW 2500

LODI, WI.—Hello. This update on the Bavaria vs. America road trip will be brief because we’re trying to haul ass to…

BISMARCK, ND.—I’d love to tell you that our voyage across the country in a 1970 BMW 2500 has been fraught with…

BILLINGS, MT.—The bar we are in informs us, via loudspeaker, that “Power Hour” is soon to occur. Some inadvisable…

SPOKANE, Wash.—Driving across the country in a nearly 50-year-old car that you don’t own, that you’ve never driven…

Tomorrow, Raphael Orlove and I will attempt to do the... well, not impossible, but tricky and slow and cold: we’re…

Driving, I think we can all agree, has gotten too damn easy. Safer, yes. Faster, most definitely. More comfortable,…