Author: Chris Birt

Starting next week, I will begin to test drive various cars from Sears Automotive. I understand I can flog any car for as long as I wish and report back on it to you, our readers. As you are all like me, I am sure you read English, Japanese, Finnish, Russian, American car magazines every…

This is just in–from Scarborough Research. For the uinitiated, this is the R&D group that Advertising Agencies use as the God’s (…as we understand hewm..) Truth. “This analysis demonstrates a very simple but compelling point: the more time consumers spend on the road, the more likely they are to have the latest media and information…

“Barkers.” This is an old-school term for the girls (and yes, they are girls of a kind) that pimp cars at the Auto Shows. Depending upon your neck of the woods in the automotive world these “car show girls” (I struggle with this lexicon) can be found in all stages of dress and undress. I…

I have been thinking, talking and looking at alot of Audis lately. Not too long ago someone mentioned on The Road Rake that Audis were pieces of crap (no need for literary flourish here). This is true. The early model A6s with the 2.8 liter engine were prone to electrical gremlins and leaks. Today, however,…

Sir Edmund Hillary (I am sorry, did I miss something?) was once asked why, in the deepest sense, he risked his life to climb Mount Everest. “Because it was there,” he answered. I have a corollary when asked about certain cars to buy. Some cars are just waiting there for you to buy. Because certain…

I have never fully grasped the term “waiting out the storm.” I can understand doing so during mountaineering expeditions, but not neccessarily during a blizzard in the urban jungle. Not when there are great cars that can plow through snow faster than Tony Montana without blowing a kingpin’s fortune. All it takes is knowledge of…