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In the early summer, my fiancé picked up a semi-impulse vehicle purchase (i.e. he thought about it for a few weeks, a short timeframe by his standards) in the form of the KTM 1290 “Super Duke.” I thought this was a lovely coincidence since the nickname for my car, a Lexus coupe we brought home from Oregon that spring, had been nicknamed “The Duchess” for months.
Here’s the Super Duke at golden hour, shot sometime October 2021 among Cascadian farmland.
Every Saturday morning, fickle Pacific Northwest weather allowing, spectators from all over the greater Seattle area (and sometimes beyond) converge on Redmond Town Center for a masterfully organized exotic car event. While some dealerships bring in display cars, for the most part the point of Exotics @ RTC, as it’s known, is for ordinary people to bring in own their recently detailed, show-ready, rare cars for other enthusiasts to see.
I’m not a car person, but I’d like to be. I’m working on it. It’s been something of a drawn-out, slow-burn awakening for me, from the days I drove a 143 horsepower Honda Civic in Houston to the present, landing in a niche coupe and more than tripling my power since.
And I’ve discovered I love hearing people talk about their car passions almost as much as I love being behind the wheel of a V8: their favorite roads, their modifications, their brand loyalties, the driving experience they seek, and most of all what design elements make their hearts skip a beat. I’m drawn to a squat, swoopy, mean-as-fuck silhouette, and lucky me — there are just so many cars at RTC that fit the bill.
