No doubt that I'm clearly a fan, so unashamedly recommend the June issue, but not for the Side Glances column . . . But for his feature on driving the AMG SLS Roadster in So Cal.

This baby has a window sticker that says $242,675 at the bottom. The base price is a mere $196,100, but there are nice little upgrades (the AMG carbon-ceramic brakes, for instance) that cost almost as much as a Chevy Cruze.

The piece isn't much about the technical aspects of the car as it is about great driving roads on the lower "left coast.". It's a Randy Newman song.