Ter' Lan

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: […]

Sometimes, some questions appear dumb – until you’re in the situation and need to get an answer or a bunch of answers fast, yourself. This is the spot a friend of mine found himself some weeks back. I found his experience so instructive that I had to dedicate a whole article to it. This is […]

After a hard day at work, you wrap the day’s shift, bid your buddies farewell at work, and jump into your super reliable (or not so reliable) vehicle. The weather is near freezing and the plan is to drive as carefully as possible, get home, and then, binge watch a show on Netflix covered with […]

Imagine this: it is a cold winter evening and your shift just ended. Unfortunately, you don’t have the luxury of working at home  (yet) and you must drive for at least an hour before you reach where you call home. However, on this particular evening, a truly worrisome storm has hit your city, pulling down […]

Once in a generation or so, a product is offered to the market that is so good that consumers doubt if even the manufacturer can replicate such an awesome product again or beat itself with a worthy successor. Usually, there is either no successor at all; or the company fails woefully when it attempts to […]

One cold winter morning, I got up late and needed to pick up some things at the grocery store about seven (7) kilometers away from my residence at the time. With the utmost confidence and assurance, I picked up the keys to my 1987 W124 Mercedes Benz classic and opened the driver’s door, got into […]