Living in Germany for nearly six years gave me a true appreciation for speed. The stories are real: there are stretches of the autobahn wher...

  As my time at Fort Lewis, Washington, wound down in the summer of 1991, I faced a tough career decision. The details aren't important,...

  The other night Colleen and I were trying to remember the actual progression of cars that have spent time in our driveways the past eight ...

I've been fortunate—or foolish, depending on your financial point of view—in terms of cars. If you've spent any time reading this bl...

 [ Note: As originally conceived, ‘The Cars of Ralph’ was to be an ongoing rumination on life as experienced through the cars I’ve had over ...

  Standing around at a recent Cars and Coffee, a friend and I admired a BMW 2002tii as it burbled past. "Do square tail lights bother y...

  Pickup trucks; fancy leather-laden four-wheel drive quad cab beasts, have become the family car of the 21st century for many people. Not s...