We can't help ourselves. We have no willpower. The old wheeze, "If it won't go, chrome it,'' is just too good for us not to use it here. And it still applies, but not in the way you think it does. In ...

Pete Chapouris, of California Kid fame and ex-chassis parts manufacturer, made this observation the other day: "I see hot rodding getting away from the AMG European look (painted wheels, bumpers, ...