The Thermal Club, near Palm Springs, California, is a private race track, featuring million dollar garages, a BMW Performance Driving School, a clubhouse, a pool, tennis courts, a spa, catering, a kid’s club, and individuated concierge service. In other words, it’s heaven. (Though a very expensive heaven.) I stayed there, and drove there, and wrote this for the summer issue of Departures.
Comedic actor Rob Corddry and I drove around Manhattan in a vintage Mustang convertible, discussing rusty Pintos, useless iWatches, and his ongoing obsession with the Buick Regal GNX.
“We don’t do ugly cars,” says Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer.
My latest for ShowBoats International. Click on the thumbnail above, then click again, to view a cruddy scan.
Insane Porsche, Audi, Nissan, and Toyota hybrids battle for the future of racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But only one of them looks like the Schmoo.
Norman Bel Geddes, who designed GM’s Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair, predicted that “Cars of 1960 and the highways on which they drive will have in them devices which will correct the faults of human beings as drivers.” He was wrong.
My latest car page for DETAILS. Click on the thumbnail above, and then click on it again, to view a cruddy scan.
“It”s like putting on an old shoe””still fits great.”¯ -Kevin Dillon
