Ter' Lan

Our world is powered by alternatives; few things today are exempted from viable alternatives, no matter how exclusive they may appear to be. However, never in the history of humanity have we all been unconscious of the options before us as we have consistently been in this generation. Ironically, with all the blessings that we […]

I once narrated the story of my father’s old, carbureted Peugeot 504. Amongst the many anomalies that plagued that vehicle (even by the standards of its day), it still managed to be fun to drive and importantly, allowed very strange things (by today’s standards) to happen to it without any consequences.  One such anomaly was […]

I remember the very first vehicle I needed to jumpstart in my automotive life: it was carburetted 504 GL sedan with a (then) ‘impressive’ engine of 2.0  liters and (still) ‘impressive’ HP of just over a 100! I remember that day today, decades later, as if it were only yesterday. I had followed my dad […]

When Mercedes, BMW, and Audi launched here in the US, their offerings were quite iconic and promised two things (which they delivered, spectacularly). First, luxury and closely related, prestige. Distinguished from the local offerings (the GMs and Fords) and other more ‘conservative’ imports from Asia basically, these German offerings were the defacto marques to turn […]

We live in a funny world and the times are amusing; folks who love something (or even a person) will go to the ends of the world to defend the same, giving reasons why it should be bought, used, or tolerated. On the other hand, the converse also holds true; people who don’t like something […]

Capable of immense horsepower, torque, and raw power, V8s have come a long way from their lowly beginnings at the turn of the 20th century. Now, more powerful than ever, these brute beasts are also getting more efficient by the day and to a large extent, also smaller. Not that the size means anything though: […]