What 63 Horsepower Taught Me
Sixty-three horsepower, three cylinders and Bridger Canyon. The slowest car I own is the one that taught me to drive.
The 944 Is Montana's Porsche
Four Porsche 944s showed up to race on a frozen airport in West Yellowstone. Not one of them came wearing a car cover.
Let Someone Else Pay Retail: A Built 2024 Lexus GX 550 Overtrail+ on Cars & Bids
A lifted, winched 2024 Lexus GX 550 Overtrail+ was bid to $75,000 on Cars & Bids and still didn't sell. A CPA does the depreciation math on buying used.
Crack Pipe or Nice Price: Three FJ40s From $3,000 to $55,000
Three Toyota FJ40s for sale within 500 miles of Bozeman: a $3,000 Fort Collins project, a $49,500 Stevensville restoration and a $55,000 Cle Elum mystery. Crack pipe or nice price?
Ciao, Giulia: A GTA-Style 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Is My Dream Car
A red, GTA-style 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT just showed up on Cars & Bids. It is my dream car, so I ran the comps and made a price prediction.
Snow Day for the Porsche 911 Dakar
Porsche built 2,500 lifted 911s for the desert. A few of them ended up sideways on a frozen airport in West Yellowstone, which is honestly where they belong.
Goose Lake, 2017: The First Time Up
Bison on the way in, old mining roads up top and a Tepui by the lake. My first trip up the Goose Lake jeep trail.
Honda Night: A Red CRX and My Yellow Beat
A red second-gen Honda CRX parked next to my yellow Beat under a wall of neon. Two of the best small cars Honda ever built, nose to nose.
The End Is Near. Bring a Toyota: The Best Vehicles for the Apocalypse, Scored
Financial collapse, killer robots, a pandemic, zombies or civil war. I scored five Toyotas against all of them, then adjusted the results the way any responsible CPA would: with bias.
Crack Pipe or Nice Price: Three First-Gen 4Runners From $6,000 to $14,000
Three first-gen Toyota 4Runners for sale within 500 miles of Bozeman, from $6,000 to $14,000. One is a steal, one is a trail toy and one is priced like its parts list.
How to Read an MVUM and a BLM Travel Map (and What to Do When onX Disagrees)
How to read a Forest Service MVUM and a BLM travel map line by line: vehicle classes, 50-inch trails, seasonal tables and camping corridors, plus what to do when onX or Gaia shows something different.
A Road on the Map Isn’t Permission: Checking Montana Trail Access Before You Drive
An app line up a two-track isn’t legal access. How to check land ownership, the MVUM, BLM travel maps and DNRC rules before you drive a Montana road, plus the closures and gates that catch people.
Crack Pipe or Nice Price: Three FJ40s From $8,500 to $45,000
Three Toyota FJ40s for sale within 500 miles of Bozeman: an $8,500 orchard truck, a $22,500 low-mile original and a $45,000 aluminum-tub trail rig. Two nice prices, one crack pipe.
Crack Pipe or Nice Price: Every Honda Beat Auction, and Three Yellow Zebras Scored
77 Honda Beat auctions, ten years of prices and three yellow, zebra-interior Beats scored: $6,969 in Spokane, $7,700 in Cambridge and $9,100 in Yorba Linda.
I Blame Gran Turismo 2 for My Car Obsession
The Land Cruiser, the Fiat, the tiny yellow Honda, the camera bag, the blog. None of this is my fault. I have a two-disc PlayStation game to blame.
What Replaces Veleno? The New MR2, Celica, NE Miata, RX-9 and Lexus LFA
Toyota's new MR2 and Celica, the next NE Miata, Mazda's rumored RX-9 rotary and the electric Lexus LFA, compared. I'm not shopping. Boone has the deciding vote.
A Field Guide to the Montana Shitbox
Rally Porsches, old Subarus, Toyota pickups and one Swedish brick: a field guide to the hardest-working cars in Montana.
The Scooter Is the Real Car: 1984 Honda City Turbo II and Its Motocompo
A 1984 Honda City Turbo II hit Cars & Bids with its matching Motocompo in the back. I did the per-pound math. The scooter wins.
Applications Open: 2 Frost, 2 Furious Returns to West Yellowstone
Applications are open for 2 Frost, 2 Furious, February 19–21, 2027, in West Yellowstone. Here are the entry fees, the invitation timeline and what’s new.
The Day I Met Johnny
A rock under the skid plate, a white FJ on its side, and the day I met one of my best friends.