57 Enjoy the ambiance of rare world-class automobiles, elegant fashions and unforgettable automotive art during the Meadowbrook Concours, a weeklong celebration of the automobile each year in Michigan.
58 The largest aftermarket parts extravaganza in Europe is the Essen Show. All the hottest new stuff from the center of the tuner universe.
59 If you're really looking to test your off-road mettle, try a 10-day BMW X5 Driver Experience Tour in Africa. Deserts, swamps, rivers and mountains are all there to be conquered with the assistance of BMW instructors. Previous tours to Kenya, Morocco.
60 Test your biking skills at BMW's Bike Park in Bavaria. Seven runs from 250m to 1.7km in length and from 5m to 220m in elevation. A chair lift takes you and your bike to the top; gravity does the rest. Be prepared to take a tumble (reports a sore Elaine Catton). Longer forest tracks offer fun for those with vertigo.
61 Derek Daly's racing school in Las Vegas offers several levels of instruction in BMWs and open-wheel racers. Explore Vegas after learning how to drive more quickly at one of America's best schools.
62 A Website devoted to new-generation Volkswagens, VW Vortex is one of the best enthusiast sites in cyberspace. Logging on is to enter the world's most passionate VW gathering place.
63 You've finally agreed on Italian food for dinner. But where to go? Try La Carbonara in the Piazza di Fiore in Rome. Specialty of the house? Spaghetti Carbonara, of course. It's where it was invented.
64 On your way home, stop at the Museum of the History of Science in Florence. While everyone else is standing in line to see the art at the Uffizi Gallery, you can be enjoying an exhibit of Galileo Galilei's work (a bonus-his middle finger is also on display).
65 A great place to find the German teams on Sunday night and a terrific French brasserie in Le Mans is Taverne de Maitre Kanter. For starters, a half dozen fines de claire oysters, followed by an Onglet au Poivre Vert with French fries. The house specialty is steak tartare with hot bacon, and the ice cream "coupes" are out of this world.
66 Camera travel case from Pelican is comprised of unbreakable structural copolymer polypropylene plastic, it's hermetically sealed and doesn't weigh much. Best case in the world for transporting delicate instruments. Guaranteed for life.
67 Learn from great drivers in great cars on fun tracks with the Porsche Driving Experience.
68 Heading for Monterey from L.A.? Forget the usual highways and find back roads to stretch your car's legs properly. One of our favorites is Highway 25, slicing up a beautiful valley between the 5 and 101.
69 Every September, the Goodwood Circuit Revival is a scintillating historic race meeting down to the vintage clothing.
70 Eat with the truck drivers at Tortelli di Zucca, where the railroad tracks cross the road into Modena, just before the Ferrari factory. Huge tortellini, plump with sweet red pumpkin, loud company, low prices.
71 If you have a passion for all kinds of transport, jet off to the Lucerne Museum of Transportation. On the lakefront, it includes a planetarium and IMAX theater.
72 Surf's up! Becker's 8-ft 6-in. thruster-type longboard is beautifully shaped with great rockers and stout rails. Fun in waves from 2 to 12 ft. Best off-the-shelf board you can buy, or have one custom-made with carbon-Kevlar stringers and trick graphics.
73 The Collier Museum in Naples, Fla. Not open to the public, but sometimes it has special tours. Call, write a letter, send a fax. Collier purchased the Cunningham Museum when Mr. C retired and added many of those pieces of rolling art to his impressive collection of race cars. If they won't let you in, break down the doors. A night in the can is worth the price of admission.