Back in the 1980s I was a copywriter at the advertising agency for Chevrolet, and one of my assignments was to help them sell trucks. As such I have a long history with and a deep affinity for the Silverado. I’m also a baseball fan, so when a representative from Chevrolet called and offered me a ticket to the 2015 MLB All-Star game and a new Silverado pickup as transportation from my home in Wisconsin to the game in Cincinnati, I was all in.
A good day at the office is one in which someone from General Motors sends you an email asking if you’d like to drive a 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray Convertible for a week. A great day at the office is when the Stingray actually shows up in your driveway. I was lucky enough to have […]
I have a long, and somewhat checkered history with the Chevrolet Camaro. Back in 1974 my older brother came home with a 1967 Camaro RS. It was midnight blue with a black interior, and had a 290 horsepower, 327 cubic inch V8 engine. We bolted a Hurst manual transmission to the block’s backside, replaced the […]
I would like to begin by apologizing to the residents on Agoura Road in Westlake Village. It was not my intention to set off those car alarms on that Thursday evening in November. It couldn’t be helped. I had to stab the throttle on the Corvette Z06 to avoid that guy in the Prius who […]