My Car Quest

August 11, 2026

Steve Wozniak Gives Elon Musk and Tesla an Earful

A Way Out for Elon... by Wallace Wyss - An editorial on a site called Futurism.com quotes another wunderkind of the Silicon Valley Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. This website quotes Wozniak arguing that "the Elon Musk-led company's … [Read more...]

Barn Finds: The Postman’s Ferrari 250 GTO

Hey, your occupation might not matter if you’re first in line with the cash... by Wallace Wyss - What if you were a postman and somebody offered you a tatty old racecar? You would think, well, that could be expensive to repair, but what the … [Read more...]

All the World’s a Stage

by Wallace Wyss - One of my favorite lines from an auto writer is when Ron Wakefield once wrote in Road & Track "I have seen the future and it's no longer such a long way off." I recently wrote about Ford planning to offer as an option … [Read more...]

Editorial: The Coming Death (and Re-Birth) of Varoom

by Wallace Wyss - Back when I was a wet behind the ears copywriter on the Chevrolet account, in the Sixties, one headline I wrote was selected for an ad. Not sure if it was for a Camaro or Corvette but the key word was the one word headline … [Read more...]

A Unique Car Show Just For British Cars

Scheduled for Los Angeles April 23, 2023... by Wallace Wyss - Now mostly yours truly goes to concours d'elegance where the cars are grouped by make and only right and proper restored apply and judges go about, brows furrowed, fretting … [Read more...]

An Inspirational Jaguar XK120 Roadster

Full chat in top cog... by Wallace Wyss - One of the great things about old cars is they are a time machine that, for the attuned enthusiast, can reach back into eras you miss. For me, when I was out in Malibu recently, one of the most … [Read more...]