Author: William Shoemaker

Over the years, as I have begun to delve deeper into my passion for cars, I have maintained the position that being an automotive enthusiast is one of the best hobbies out there. The satisfaction you get by either maintaining, modifying, or driving your car is second to none and is the reason why I continued to be enthralled by the overall experience. However, like with most things, you can…

Earlier this week, the automotive community, as a whole, held their breath in anticipation as Toyota lifted the veil on one of the most anticipated cars of the decade. The all-new Supra, a nameplate we haven’t seen in the US since 1998 and one that hasn’t been in production since 2002. Toyota simply wasn’t revealing a new car, they were debuting a successor to a legend. Since the reveal in…

Many car enthusiasts eventually have found themselves in a predicament similar to this: Let’s say you achieve that next level of car guy commitment one day. You finally get that car you love and vow never to get rid of it. You have convinced yourself that this one is THE one. You tell friends and family you’re going to be buried in it. Every rational person around you starts to…

This might sound crazy but hear me out. Many think of the S-Class or 7-series as the pinnacles of the large luxury sedan. But they are wrong. So completely and totally wrong. While the German mainstays may be the yardstick of this segment, the heart and soul is found in the Jaguar XJ. Particularly in the X300 generation of the mid-1990s. For reference, By the time Jaguar came around to…

Just the other day, as I was following a Land Rover Discovery II in traffic, something profound dawned on me. Land Rover has some genuinely excellent tire cover art. Now I realize that this may be a niche subject simply because the vast populous either doesn’t pay attention to tire covers or that there are only 14 working Discovery IIs left in existence. However, I was still curious as to…

Let’s face it. The days of the cheap Miata are coming to a close. After nearly three decades since the beginning of production of the original NA model, second-hand buyers are coming around to the fact that the Miata is now a classic car worthy of preservation. No longer can one, in good conscience, purchase a clean example with the intent of modifying and enjoying it out on the track…

Recently, on a trip to Italy, I was presented with an interesting predicament. The group I had traveled with had decided to venture south from Rome to the scenic Amalfi Coast and consequently booked a charming Airbnb in the hills overlooking the glistening Mediterranean. Anybody in their right mind would have paid the 20 euros for the bus ticket and been done with it. However, due to the Italian’s propensity…

The early 2000s were an interesting time for luxury car manufacturers. Having survived the seemingly inevitable doom of Y2K, luxury car consumers began inexplicably hoarding like pigs, en masse, to the trough of ill-designed and lackluster muck that was the luxury crossover. And the blandest, most lifeless, insipid, dry, and monotonous of them all was the Lexus RX330 (Official car of: Sorry Grandma, we can’t let you back it into…

Amongst the sea of crossovers and SUVs that dominate the roads and balance sheets of automotive manufacturers today, the station wagon seems to be a dying breed. But have I got news for you, the station wagon is alive and well. And in rude health at that. While long roofs may no longer rule the highways and byways of this country like they may have decades ago, our enthusiasm as…