Archive for February 2005

For those of you who have not been on an ocean cruise, I strongly urge you to try one. I took my first several years ago. There is so much to see (including Las Vegas style stage shows), do (sightsee, shop, gamble and just about anything else) and – yes, eat! There’s even car stuff,…

Even if cost was not a factor, I suspect Abe Mara would not have bought the new turbo Miata from Mazda. You see, Abe is a do-it-yourself car guy. He likes taking apart perfectly good cars and making them better, faster and more fun. That, and the fact that by doing much of the work…

I was invited by Mercedes-Benz to a working lunch near my Southern California home. The occasion was an introduction to their new, luxurious CLS-Class. I took the scenic coastal route to the upscale Bayside restaurant in Newport Beach. They call their beautiful new look “the revolution of coupe design, combining the best attributes of coupes…

I discovered Southern hospitality first-hand – at a car show, of all places! It all began several months earlier when someone organized a Caribbean cruise for owners of Miatas and PT Cruisers. We were to meet in New Orleans and set sail from there. I had never been to New Orleans before so I was…