num_pages: 202
description: The author buys a long-dead vintage BMW sight-unseen travels a thousand miles to where it sits gets it running and drives it home. During the twelve-day trip he finds that what began as a story of man-versus-machine turns into something else entirely--a story of the kindness of strangers and how doors sometimes open exactly when you need them to. Rob Siegel is a writer with the mind of a mechanic and a mechanic with the mind of a writer. Hes also an old-school romantic of the best kind and one of the few people who understands what car culture really means to the people invested in itfree of stereotype clich or pat sentiments youve read a thousand times before. Like all of his writing Ran When Parked focuses heavily on the why behind the hobby. Its a mix of casual long-form blog entry; detailed how-to; and emotive confessional; most of all he seems to believe the world would be a better place if everyone else followed on his crazy path and devoted their free time to resurrecting old iron. Hes right. Sam Smith Editor at Large Road &amp; Track
language: English
title: Ran When Parked: How I Resurrected a Decade-Dead 1972 BMW 2002tii and Road-Tripped it a Thousand Miles Back Home, and How You Can, Too
publisher: Hack Mechanic Press