The Volvo P1800…thank you Jaguar

This wasn’t intentional, but we have another pertinent movie reference for you to check out…before the late Sir Roger Moore took on the role of MI6 (aka James Bond) he started his spy career actually as a modern-day Robin Hood in the U.K. TV series The Saint.  And thanks to Jaguar and their refusal to […]

Porsche 944 turbo – daily fun?

If you haven’t seen Sixteen Candles you should stop reading this immediately, get up from your desk, and tell your boss you need the rest of the day off.  Few would argue the significance that closing scene brought to the Porsche brand…Jake Ryan was cool but that Guards Red 944 he was leaning against is what […]

Allopatric Speciation: The Land Rover – Santana 88 Series Lightweight

LAND ROVER or SANTANA So which is it really? Is it a Land Rover or is it a Santana?  Well, technically both until the early 1980’s.  The Santana company was founded in 1956 as “Metalurgica de Santa Ana” and, just like Lamborghini, originally manufactured agricultural equipment.  Three-years later they reached an agreement with Land Rover, […]

Land Rover Defender 90 / 110 – #SaveTheDefender

The Land Rover Defender…certainly one of the most (if not the most) iconic vehicles of all time. Granted, we are little biased here at SD Headquarters but nevertheless, what better vehicle to feature in our first post than the benchmark for 4×4 off-road enthusiasts abroad.  What you know today as the Defender was made by Land Rover […]

So what is a ‘Second Daily’ anyway?

A good writer friend of ours once expressed how much he hates it when someone starts a paper with a definition.  Therefore we chose to start with telling the story of a friend who doesn’t approve of starting that way. sec·ond {ˈsek-ənd/}: denotes having multiple choices, not confined to only one dai·ly {ˈda-le/}: the car you […]