Driving sensations, not just specifications
I sold my beloved and verbosely-named Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR and replaced it with a much more terse BMW M3. The M3 is a 2011 sedan (E90) and it is optioned with DCT so my wife will enjoy driving it too; she never was comfortable driving my manual shift cars. While Evo was always… Continue reading Long Term: 2011 BMW M3
(I took a spring break trip to Germany in 2013, with the goal of driving a BMW on the autobahn and circling the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Sadly, my day at The Ring was snowed out, but I did drive nearly 2000 km on beautiful derestricted autobahns. What follows are the automotive excerpts from my travel journal.)… Continue reading Review: 2013 BMW 320d xDrive
Today I took a 2010 Nissan GT-R tuned to ~550 hp on a 5 hour/250 mile journey to find the best road in Pennsylvania. As I usually do when looking for good roads, I started out by loading Google and searching “best road PA”. Pennsylvania State Route 125 was the top named result and within… Continue reading Review: 2010 Nissan GT-R
The CTS-V is a stunningly capable car. The CTS-V was developed by Cadillac to establish its V performance brand as world-class alternative to M and AMG. The CTS-V’s headline figure is 556hp, the amount of horsepower it develops from its hand-me-down Corvette ZR-1 supercharged V8 engine. And it’s true that the V8 (code named the… Continue reading Review: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
