Showing posts with label EVO magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EVO magazine. Show all posts
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Freak of the Week: Truck Fitter, Aston Martin. Aston Martin, Truck Fitter.
Meet FotW #19, Guy Martin, 28 year old truck mechanic. This is the cold "office" from which he travels to and from in a Ford Transit van, ideal in handling the decrepit roads of the truck yard six days a week. Those are his goggles propped on his mucky hair, that's his name on the breast pocket of his overalls, and these are his tools held between his greasy hands. Martin does not have a pension plan, has nothing in savings, and doesn't have a mortgage either because he never bothered to own a home. He lives in the home of his girlfriend's parents.
But what Martin DOES own... is this--
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Freak of the Week: Chris Harris' Kermit 911
There are two schools within the general field of automotive journalism. Actually there are more, but let's keep it at two for the sake of simplicity. The first school is those who write with number-centricity; laying out straight line performance data as well as cornering speeds, lateral g, etc. The second school is sensation-centric where the overall driving "experience" is of paramount. How does a car make you feel inside?
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