Cars
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John Fitch–Racing Legend
At the age of 95 John Fitch died today. He lived just outside of Lime Rock in Connecticut. John was a World War II fighter pilot that was shot down and so spent some time in a German POW camp. … Continue reading
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USA Road Trip–preparing for a circuit of America in 2013
Seven years ago I drove an 8000 road trip from North Carolina to California and back again stopping at car museums, race shops, and private collections of cars. That year was also the Tulsa, OK, event where a 1957 Plymouth… Continue reading
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Become a Better Driver–using an iPhone?
GEICO insurance has an application available on its web site that it believes will improve your driving habits. Its called Tricky Traffic and will run on iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Check it out. http://www.geico.com/about/pressreleases/2012/20121019/ Continue reading
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Road Trip in China–the Beijing International Auto Museum
Last month I took the opportunity to see Beijing’s first car museum. It has been open barely a year. Cars have substantial and significant effect on countries commensurate with their numbers. Since 2000 the number of cars in China has… Continue reading
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Follow Up–what happened?
Sometimes a blog entry stands by itself and the story it tells is enough. Other times there is a future that adds to the original entry and provides you, dear reader with some insight into the credo of Jim’s Garage… Continue reading
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Driving in China–On a road trip
Its one thing to accommodate the driving style of the urban areas of today’s China and quite another to navigate your way on their highways. There are the written and unwritten rules of course. The written rules are typical –… Continue reading
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Driving in China–A road trip of a lifetime
A lot of thoughts were going through my head as I said goodbye to my Chinese friends and headed for the ticket counter and my return flight to the US. Sure, it is always nice to know you are going… Continue reading
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Track Day Weekend–The Miata at VIR
Finally I could make it to an event at my favorite track, Virginia International Raceway (VIR). It would be a chance for me to see what it was like to track a great handling, but low-powered car and brush out… Continue reading
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Cars & Coffee in Cary, NC
For several years this has been a regular gathering in Raleigh where on the first Saturday of the month cars would come out of their garages and to a large parking lot near the airport for all to look at… Continue reading
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What Would You do…if gasoline was $10 a gallon?
I was getting my drivers license about the time gasoline was selling for twenty-four cents a gallon. All gasoline was infused with lead as an anti-knock ingredient at the time so there were no catalytic converters in use nor were… Continue reading
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