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| "James Riswick" |
About Me
Physical stats: 6' 3" and 32" inseam. 7 1/2 Baseball Cap Size (in lieu of knowing sleeve length)
Living Situation: Lives in an urban apartment with two roommates.
Personal Car: 1998 BMW Z3 2.8
Likes: Long telescoping steering wheel travel; 8-way adjustable seats; touchscreen and voice navigation systems; good power-to-fuel economy ratio; well-weighted and communicative steering; XM's Major League Baseball channels
Pet Peeves: Crummy interior materials; iDrive, COMAND and any other interface system that takes me longer than 5 minutes to figure out basic functions; the existence of Hummer; Text messaging and iPod-ing whilst driving; People who park themselves in the left passing lane
Fave historic cars: Any James Bond car, but especially Aston Martin DB5, BMW Z3, '77 Lotus Esprit (with or without submarine option); 2000-2003 BMW M5; 2000 Jetta VR6; Oldsmobile Aurora 1st Generation; 1965 Buick Riviera; DeLorean DMC-12; Otherwise, I generally think newer is better.
Fave modern car values: Bluetooth, Satellite Radio, Actual Fuel Efficiency
What I'm Watching, Listening To: Recent TV: MythBusters, NBC's The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Pushing Daisies, BBC Top Gear, American Gladiators on ESPN Classic. Music: Coldplay, Editors, Beatles, The Killers, Dave Matthews.
I grew up in the Canadian fishing village of Lobster Ball, Nova Scotia, where I developed an intense love for outboard motor fishing boats. I was a pretty good writer, so I figured I'd combine my two loves into a career in outboard motor fishing boat journalism. After graduating from college, I quickly discovered that Mercury Outboard Monthly and Evinrude & Driver were struggling. So I sold out and wrote about cars instead. I'll be forever shamed. Sorry Dad.
Actually, that's mostly not true. I am Canadian, though, and you can replace the boat stuff with cars. In the beginning, my goal was to write for one of the big car magazines, but being a part of Edmunds' cutting-edge online coverage is infinitely more exciting. I graduated from Pepperdine University as a journalism major and a certified newspaper junky, and from there tried to write automotive reviews and features for whomever would publish my stuff. I look forward to these next few potentially tumultuous years in the car industry, as alternative fuels and Internet technology continue to dramatically change what we drive and the way we read/write about them.
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