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I was truly saddened by this news. He was one of my favorite writers, and I was a fan since his days at National Lampoon.

I believe it was P.J. who first concluded that the best handling car was not front-wheel drive or rear-wheel-drive, but a rental car.

Aside from the afore mentioned "How to..." article, my favorite was his article on Rent-A-Wreck entitled "Getting Wrecked" and published in the December 1981 issue of Car and Driver magazine.

Luckily, that article and many other great car-related ones, were republished in his 2009 compilation book "Driving Like Crazy" - A book that all car enthusiasts should have on their book shelf, IMHO.

At the risk of going into PARF-ville, his "political" books were pretty good too, "Parliament of Whores" and "How the Hell Did This Happen" especially.