And I thought it was a fake…

June 11, 2007

 

Watching an episode of the second season of “Las Vegas” with James Caan, I was fascinated by the car he drives as his film persona Ed Deline. The first shots of the car were so short, I never even bothered to look closer and find out what model it is.

Then the car started to play some kind of role. And I thought, nooo, this is no Aston, it looks fake, a bit like a replica based on a Corvette or Mustang. It looks…

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Victorian Times

March 17, 2007

Eusanz and I are thinking about to make a two week trip across the US, probably not the whole way from east to west, that would be more like a race.

Of course, we needed to discuss some urgent issues first, such as, well, which car we should drive. Much more important than where we would be going ;-) It’s not about the location, it’s not about the trip, it’s about the transport…

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Clarkson über den Phaeton

October 19, 2006

Nun hat endlich auch der Spiegel Jeremy Clarkson entdeckt. Genüßlich wird berichtet wie er den Phaeton V10 niedermacht. Der widerum ist ja auch ein leichtes Ziel. Hier ein älterer Filmbeitrag Clarkson und Phaeton um Wasserkochertest.

Allmählich mausern sich die Autoecke des Spiegel und etwas verborgener, die Autosektion der Zeit zu echten automobilen Schmankerln.

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