Traveling the Pacific Coast Highway – one of the most beautiful drives on Earth – seems fitting in a Honda Civic Hybrid. The on-board navigation system guides us to Pacifica where the relentless Pacific Ocean is busy bashing away at the breakwaters. Motoring south along the Pacific Coast Highway in dazzling sunshine, I ignore signs [...]

I was invited to attend the launch of the 2011 Heavy Duty Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks for a first-hand session on just how much a truck can really take. So, why attend this launch and write about it? Two words: Truck Fever. Of the product launches I could have been invited to [...]

Escaping the beck and call of the outside world is a proper way to experience this spectacular landscape. And even though Death Valley National Park is the driest, hottest place in North America, two of the busiest months for visitors is smack dab in the middle of the summer. The world obviously loves superlatives.(NOT TIME [...]

In separate occasions in one week, I had the pleasure of meeting two people with two very different approaches to vintage-vehicle ownership. Time spent with them reinforced my suspicion that there are plenty of reasons people sink time, money and heartache into cars and trucks that, through luck or love, have managed to remain on [...]

Taking the freeway does not necessarily mean that you’re a tourist. Off the beaten path is where you’ll find small gems such as the Bagdad ’50s Cafe and Deli in Bagdad, Ariz. (NOT TIME SENSITIVE, LAST UPDATED MARCH 2011). Join Garry Sowerby, a four-time Guinness World Record holder for long-distance driving, on his tales of [...]

Here’s what all the fuss was about. The tires that came with the truck looked too puny, so I bought new ones and decided to put these in a yard sale. Let the frenzy begin. (NOT TIME SENSITIVE, LAST UPDATED MARCH 2011). Join Garry Sowerby, a four-time Guinness World Record holder for long-distance driving, on [...]

There are so many great angles to the road trip of Tushar and Pooja Agarwal, it’s tough to know where to begin. The couple set out to increase awareness of cruelty to animals by driving to India from London. (NOT TIME SENSITIVE, LAST UPDATED MARCH 2011). Join Garry Sowerby, a four-time Guinness World Record holder [...]

When keys to Dad’s car, or one of his two trucks, went astray, my mother, E.D., would inevitably be summoned. We would all stand there helplessly and watch her go.  If she didn’t find them within a few minutes, we would hear her muttering a prayer to Saint Antoine, the patron saint of lost items. [...]

When my wife Lisa and I packed up my recently purchased 23-foot Haulmark car hauler in Vancouver, Canada, it was not with a restored 1966 Corvette Stingray or an old Austin Healey aboard. No, my acquisition was full of mattresses, desks, filing cabinets and stuff one gathers when working and living thousands of miles from [...]

With all this big-truck history, when I get a call from my friend Luke Thompson asking if I want to go on a dump-truck run, I can’t resist. Luke works at a Western Star truck dealership and needs to get a twin-steer tandem-wheeled monster to a trade show. (NOT TIME SENSITIVE, LAST UPDATED MARCH 2011). [...]