Mario Bailey
Founder, Driven Life
Photographs
Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week 2026
Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week runs Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 October 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island, with a first Supercar and Hypercar …
What is going on with all the Montana plates?
Montana charges no sales tax, and a car eleven years old or older can be registered there permanently. That is most of the answer. …
At Porsches & Pups, the frunk is a dog bed
A November 2024 morning at a detailing shop in Sterling, Virginia, where the 911s parked with their hoods up and the point of the …
Articles
How to drive safely on a rally
Five habits that keep a group of cars together and out of trouble, from radios and turn signals to what to do when somebody …
The 25-year import rule is actually two rules
One clock is the safety standards' and runs 25 years. The other is the EPA's, runs 21, and writes its arithmetic into the form. …
What is going on with all the Montana plates?
Montana charges no sales tax, and a car eleven years old or older can be registered there permanently. That is most of the answer. …
At Porsches & Pups, the frunk is a dog bed
A November 2024 morning at a detailing shop in Sterling, Virginia, where the 911s parked with their hoods up and the point of the …
Second Motivation Rally runs Atlanta to Miami over five days
The 2026 edition ran 27 to 31 August through Tampa, Orlando and Miami, with a day trip to the Florida Keys and a format …
The trade-in tax credit your state might not give you
In most states a trade-in lowers the price the sales tax is calculated on. California and Virginia tax the full price anyway, and both …
What to check before buying a used enthusiast car
The order matters as much as the list. Paperwork before travel, a cold start before a test drive, and an independent inspection before any …
How to run a car meet people come back to
The venue decides the meet, the exit decides whether there is another one, and both get settled before a date is announced.
Paint protection film, ceramic coating and vinyl: what each one actually does
Three products, three different jobs, routinely sold as if they were one. Only one of them stops a stone chip.
Forty-eight months or sixty: what the extra year really costs
The longer loan advertises the lower rate. On the Federal Reserve's own May 2026 averages it still costs $1,124 more, and the arithmetic takes …
Insurance is the second payment
The national average premium is $119.87 a month. Which car is on the policy moves that further than the state does, and it is …
What a car costs a month after the payment
Insurance, fuel, maintenance and registration come to roughly $385 a month on national figures, before a single loan payment. Here is where each number …