Vintage cars are alluring. They are also fussy, dangerous, and excruciatingly unreliable. Not everyone enjoys this kind of constant crapshoot in their daily drive. Fortunately, a trio of “sharing economy” apps allow occasional access to well-maintained classics.
Twelve Cylinders Good
Cruising in a 1990 Jaguar XJ-S is sublime.
The 13 Best Cars on Sesame Street
Though the series’ eponymous roadway is dominated by pedestrians—or whatever you call ambulatory Muppets—since the very start, cars have had an important role.
CARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY
Lincoln Commits Suicide
Well, suicide doors.
Artist Kevin Beasley’s Mechanical Obsession
A fascinating new solo exhibit at The Whitney underscores this artist’s affection for mechanical systems, and his abiding love of the automobile.
How to Drive a $5.8 million Bugatti, For Free
Anyone can do it. Find out how by reading the less beautiful online version of my latest print spread for Bloomberg Businessweek, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
Driving Into 2019
The 12 Cars We’re Most Excited to Drive in 2019
Trees On House
The full story of the storm that crushed our house and car (and spirits) this summer, in all of its elegiac and resurrective glory, as told by one of my favorite writers and people, my BF Tal McThenia.