There are many ways to express personal passion for cars. Some people work as engineers, managers and marketers for the world's car companies, others spend their time working and building cars either for themselves or for others, or some like myself are involved with automotive media and spend their time shooting and writing about all things automobile

Remember how fantastic childhood birthdays were? I remember I used to have huge parties when I was a child, perhaps just so I could get more presents! These days though it's slim pickings for birthday presents, which is probably why I normally buy myself a little treat each year. This self-present is normally always a die cast model or a motorsports

I find at most big racing events, the bits of car culture you see in the paddock and spectator areas are often just as interesting as the on-track action. It's here that you can get up close with the unique qualities of local automotive scenes. Sometimes when I'm wandering about these spectator areas I'll come across something that I will

I think it's fair to say, most of us spend a lot of time dreaming of all the different cars we'd like to drive, build and own...... Unfortunately though, unless your name is Jay Leno, it's probably these automotive imaginings will likely just remain pipe dreams. After all, it's not completely practical to have a garage filled with 200

Most guys I know have something they like to collect... comic books, urban vinyls, Le Mans annuals, magazines, kicks, rare Japanese rims... Name any type of object produced in some kind of series, and you'll likely find someone that spends their extra money building up a collection. Now, I wouldn't particularly classify myself as a serious collector