Inspired by Cara Bennett’s “All Watches Should Be Unisex” feature on Hodinkee
Sigh, let’s face it, I have a woman’s wrist. There’s just no getting around it, no amount of stuffing my face with peanut butter, Nutella and syrup drenched pancakes made with mass gainer instead of flour is going to change that. I did one of those BMI test kits where you wrap a band around your wrist when I was in high-school and my score was unidentifiable. My wrist was literally so small that the band went such a short distance around my wrist it didn’t even show…
Hethel’s new replacement to all that came before. Is this the start of a new era for sports cars?
I’m actually a pretty big Lotus fanboy. I can’t claim any love for the heritage or pretend to know anything about the F1 team, but something about the name, the brand, and the lightweight ethos has always fired it up the ladder of my good books. I’ve driven every iteration of Lotus’s refresh since 2015, from the Evora 400 to the Exige 430 Cup, and every version has given me this debilitating lust for small, tight, raw, race car excellence that…
Fintech, a relatively nascent concept in its current scope, is actively disrupting the financial services industry. The corporate world is, for the most part, aware of the driving forces surrounding fintech companies. Retail customers, on the other hand, are oblivious to what “fintech” is.
Pose the question; “What is fintech”, and the average retail customer will nod their head in unwavering confidence and say, “Well it’s obviously financial technology”. Obviously yes, but beyond the palpable name, there is little understanding from the average retail customer on what exactly fintech is. We should be keen to remember that the retail customer…
The first time electric was done right, just so happened to be the first time it was ever tried. I remember when the original 2008 Tesla Roadster came out, every eyeball in a 1000 mile radius seemed to be glued to Elon’s idea of a Duracell bunny on wheels. This all-electric, stubby stepsister of the Lotus Elise had poetically sculpted lines, blistering supercar credentials, and could do 320 miles on a single charge. I saw it as the true embodiment of an Autobot from the Transformers, of course without the ability to turn into a plus-sized titan and smash your…
It’s funny how there’s always this underlying modicum of banter that subjugates the owners of even the most exceptional automobiles. Zalaan’s 3.8 RS is no exception. I’ve been bullying him about not having a 4 liter for as long as we’ve been friends and every time we go out for a coffee it finds its way to bring itself up in conversation over and over and over again. Admittedly he always counters with the good old “at least I don’t drive an EcoBoost” retort, which is a completely childish nod to the kit car culture that exists surrounding S550 series…
Okay, let’s get something straight, I hate this car with a burning passion. Anyone that ever want’s to get a rise out of me just has to use the letters S and F concurrently in a sentence and I’ll erupt in a fiery ball of flames, (picture Hades in Disney’s 1997 animated portrayal of Hercules). To me, every suave old Ferrari owner should not drop their bowl of bolognese in awe of this thing, they should be grabbing handfuls of meat sauce and chucking it at whoever decided this was a good idea. …
Why does every car enthusiast seem to despise Tesla? One could argue that the dawn of the electric age terrifies us so much, that the only prospect for survival is to relent against the dying of the light, which in this case is to bad-mouth anything that comes out of Elon Musk’s department. Whilst that may be a part of it, nobody seems to have an issue with the Porsche Taycan or upcoming electric rivals from performance outfitters. There’s always been something offputting about the way Tesla has existed. …
Lots of alliteration in this car’s name isn’t there? Last time I saw this much triple-letter action was when I whooped my seven-year-old cousin in Scrabble. But I digress. Anyway, yes, the beast is in question today. Whether you love it or hate it there’s something undeniable about the presence of an Aventador. That too, an original bodied 2014 Roadster, the first attempt at sculpting an icon. I am of the opinion that the best Aventador in the slurry of unusable trim levels is the original Aventador. Okay, it’s a fight between this and the SV but the rest of…
One of my closest friends over the last few years has been my big ‘brother’ Basil. Basil, or Big Chief B as I like to call him, is one of those characters that has an energy you can’t match, but nonetheless love to be around. His cars often follow suit with the same enigmatic personality. This is the story of how we met.
I was picking my brother up from a party close to eleven o'clock at night and honestly, I was dead tired, I could hardly press the clutch down as my little Focus ST spurred on the winding…
I think the mid-2000’s Elises and Exiges had about as tough a time as the first water-cooled 996 911’s did, with the whole bug-eyed look, but I always found the face to be somewhat endearing in its aloofness. You could draw similarities to the front lights to the TVR Sagaris or a Pagani Zonda at a stretch with the extended primary bulbs sheltering the small lights with its whimsical gaze. The point is, it’s a good-looking car from the front. This tangerine example is particularly astonishing to look at from any angle as its flake glints in the sunlight, bathing…
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