Ayan BasuHere’s How Self-Driving Aftermarket Kits Could Be The Best Of Both WorldsThink about driving home after a long, soul-killing day at work, full of continuous browser window swapping between Facebook, Jalopnik…Nov 25, 2016Nov 25, 2016
Ayan BasuHow I Drove Lots Of Awesome Cars Without Being A Notable Auto JournalistI started my blog, Torque Affair, kind of on a whim. I didn’t have any grand plans other than getting a few of us together to go driving…Oct 22, 2016Oct 22, 2016
Ayan BasuHere Are The Most Common Ways People Like To Text And DriveI recently drove to Houston from Austin in a Tesla, and during the drive to Houston and back, I got so bored that I started thinking: do…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
Ayan BasuI Rented A Tesla And Drove It Almost 500 Miles In One DayI needed to drive to Houston from Austin and back the other day and thought: why not make my life more difficult and drive an electric car…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016
Ayan BasuWhat I’ve Learned From Setting Up A Used Car Subscription ProgramPeople have all kinds of different hobbies — like shooting guns, waiting in eager anticipation to read Hillary Clinton’s emails or putting…Sep 11, 2016Sep 11, 2016
Ayan BasuWho Needs Uber Or Lyft in Austin When You Have A Billion Other OptionsWhen Uber and Lyft decided to abandon us poor souls in Austin at the notion of having to fingerprint their drivers and pony up five…Aug 7, 2016Aug 7, 2016
Ayan BasuWhy I Like Taking My Used Lexus To The Dealer Even When I Don’t Have A WarrantyI love cars. Not all cars. Just some of them-where the manufacturer actually cares about how the car looks. I mainly enjoy driving them…Aug 2, 2016Aug 2, 2016
Ayan BasuI Couldn’t Help But Compare The 2016 BMW M4 To My Previously Owned 335iI had almost forgotten how much I enjoyed owning and driving a 2009 BMW 335i not too long ago. All those good memories came flooding back…Apr 26, 2016Apr 26, 2016
Ayan BasuOwning A Powerful Car Is Like Owning A Mansion And Being Addicted To DrugsOver the past few months, I’ve been on a kick to own and go through as many cars as I can. This has meant that I’ve gone from selling my…Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016
Ayan BasuHere Is What It’s Like To Own A Japanese Muscle CarWhen most people see a 2008 Lexus IS-F, they think, “Oh, that’s a nice looking Camry,” and then immediately go back to checking Instagram…Mar 20, 20161Mar 20, 20161