Automotive

It looked to be a gray day along the coast, with low clouds and mist. But in the desert, just 90 miles away, we could find sunshine (but not too much). So we grabbed a few items and hopped in the car. It was time for our annual Drive in the Country. "The ...  

Nice Elan. One of the best and most fun FWD chassis out there. Love the photos of the desert landscape. Wojo

... and kudos to your Photoshop abilities when retouching all the traffic on the road ... no, hold on: This is not Central Europe, is it? Marcus

My trick is to go on a weekday prior to a big holiday - such as Memorial Day which is coming this weekend. Everyone is home either at work or preparing lists for shopping, repairing tents, gathering stuff around the garage, etc. Tonight they will be packi...  

Thank you for the additional info, it appears to be an absolutely great area. A friend and colleague of mine travelling with his 4x4 Iveco through the Americas, I will suggest him to eventually visit that area. Marcus

It's about time for me to do a proper road trip as well as i can't really remember when was the last time i really had fun out in my car. Only problem i have is that road trips often change into race-trips once the roads are empty and start slinging Bim

. . . which, if memory serves correct, probably had more apple pie vendors than LA. I drive over thirty thousand miles a year, almost all for pleasure, but curiously, no pleasure drives per se . A conundrum, no? ;-)

I think I average only 10-12k but that's spread across 6 cars. Probably 5-6 "pleasure" drives a year like the one I reported on here. Plus going to (or in) the occasional auto show. ...  

. . . and Maggie's is ~ 85. I really need to buy my own table . . .

The Lotus definitely seems to deliver. And in spite of its fantastic chassis, I guess FWD was too much for traditionalists...