Practical Enthusiast

It all started 14 months ago with a straightforward objective: buy an older BMW 3 Series in need of some work, make…

“If I finish this project, anything afterwards will be a piece of cake.” Have you ever found yourself in the middle…

You may have noticed I’ve been silent about my recent BMW E30 purchase. The fanfare of buying an elderly autobahn…

I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, that doesn’t look bad at all!” Trust me, I thought the same thing.

My good ol’ Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo did what it does best a few days ago: it broke. This time around was different…

I couldn’t help but feel bad for this little Ford Ranger. Having been subjected to years of abuse and neglect, it…

Two and a half decades is a long time. It also happens to be the same amount of time since the brakes on my old 1994…

I recently decided to do something outside my normal routine: Restore a vintage nitro-powered remote control car. I…

When buying a vehicle with more than a quarter of a million miles, you have to expect it’s going to need a lot of…

I just bought another 1980s Toyota pickup, making me living proof that you should never say “never.” Oops.

Ah, winter. The infamous off-season for many motorcyclists. Even if the icy weather doesn’t allow for riding, I…

Have you ever come across an ad for a used modern car that mentions the vehicle had just received a tune-up? What…

Unless you’re driving around in some ‘80s econobox, chances are you have electric door locks in your car. As with…

Nobody ever claimed that the Z32 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo was a reliable vehicle. Here’s one of the reasons why.

If ball joints are allowed to degrade to the point of failure, it can lead to a wheel separating from the vehicle…

If I just hadn’t gotten on Craigslist today, my conscience would have been fine. I would never have known the…

The 1993 Honda CBR900RR that I’ve been writing about is almost too much of a unicorn. Low-mileage, near-perfect…

Finding the bike of my dreams was 95 percent of the battle. Here’s the other 5 percent.

I’ve been trying to figure it out for some time now. What is it about early ’90s sportbikes that gives my stomach…

It’s been nearly four months since I last checked in about my project Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo. I’ve been trying to…