When you drive around in your modern automobile, there is a chance that you could be distracted for some reason or another. Not because you picked up your phone for some text – which is now illegal in most of the USA by now. Maybe you saw someone that is attractive to you. Or, rather, it is a classic automobile.
With all due respect to any car show in the Twin Cities, the Back to The 80s crew pulled off an absolutely superb event at Burnsville Center. Dare I say that it was the best show of the year?
TweetThe end of the year. How do you quantify that fact? Simple. You look back, celebrate the highlights, bless the low moments, and look forward to the new year. Certainly, V&R had some highlights. We had some successful turns with various vehicles and was happy to present them to you. We did some travel, a …
TweetWant to know the power of the car community here in the Twin Cities? Last weekend at the 20th All-Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show, held in Ramsey – northwest of Minneapolis – a big surprise was about to spring on its organizer Curtis Gendron. Think about it: twenty years! This event brought Mitsubishi enthusiasts from …
TweetWhen a road trip falls in your lap – not literally, mind you – do you simply go? I was presented with the idea of joining a group of friends/fellow car folks, taking a convoy of vehicles to drive – or ride along – through the night to arrive into a city I have never …
Tweet All Photos by Randy Stern Normally, you would see a bunch of photos and plenty of text about this year's 10,000 Lakes Concours d'Elegance. Instead, we did something completely different. I had the chance to bring out Josh Dvorak (MNStreets, slashMedia), whom we were joined by the Minnesota Car Enthusiast Club (MNCEC)'s founder Daniel …
TweetWant to talk about being born at the right time? I was four years old when Mattel introduced their Hot Wheels cars at the 1968 New York Toy Show. What happened afterward was a phenomenon that engaged a child into a world of the automobile. Fifty years and six billion units later, Hot Wheels is …
Tweet All Photos by Randy Stern It was Saturday. We had significant snowfall through the week, but it enabled a brief gap of recovery for the Twins home opener. However, tradition states that the first MN Cars & Coffee would officially kick off car season for the denizens of the frozen tundra. It would be …
TweetWho knew that Dom Toretto would be the spokesman for "family values?" Vin Diesel's character in the "Fast And Furious" franchise may seem like a self-centered ex-criminal turned hero at times over the course of eight films. However, he is an ol' softy deep down inside. To his character, his definition of family is based …
TweetWho are you? Are you an enthusiast? Are you a person who wants to be an enthusiast? Do you have the best car in the world? Or, do you have the bets car you can find for the money you can spend? We are all of the above – and in-between. But, what makes us …