I know a Lexus LF-A is only a V10, but you will NOT care once you hear it. Plus, it will always work, unless most of the British/Italian cars people will suggest. Also, unlike those other cars, you will be the only one pulling up with one at your local golf club. Unique, reliable, fast, screams more than most…

McLaren has scored a single podium since the end of the 2012 season. That lone podium was with Mercedes power at the Australian GP, where they fell ass backwards into it because one RBR blew up, the other was DQ’ed, Hamilton blew up, and Ferrari hadn’t figured out how to make the turbo V6s work. It’s fun to bash on…

My granddad fought in WWII. He stormed the beaches of Normandy. He had to navigate an actual Nazi minefield. Did that stop him from buying a Beetle a decade later? Not a chance. Let it go people.

And don’t forget the Scottish bastard before them!!!

I did the math and an Integra Type-R cost just under $37,000 in today’s money ($24,000 in 1997). So price is in-line with previous Type-Rs. Well provided the performance stacks up.

Part of me agrees with giving more points to the longer races. You survived 600 miles instead of the usual 300-400? You deserve more of a prize.

El Mundo, one of Spain’s biggest newspapers, has kept a running commentary and a position tracker during Alonso’s F1 races for the last decade or so. The Spanish absolutely love Alonso. For the first time ever, El Mundo did the same for the 500. Because Alonso.

My entrance exam for potential new engineers:

Nope. Spare tire is for emergencies. Not very useful if it is dry rotted to a crisp in the engine bay. But to answer the question of “what if my trunk is full of stuff?” I answer this:

I’d love if Forza included some ghost tracks in their roster. Looks like Pixar already has a model they can use...

The abuse items (clutch/trans, bad turbo seals, worn out struts) were definitely not Mazda. But the booster, broken stud, CPS, and door handle were all Mazda failings. At least when one of the fundamental engine sensors goes bad, it should throw a CEL. That’s what made that particular issue so annoying, if there…

It was. Before they turned it into the new library.

This SOB. I remember when the Mazdaspeed3 came out. It was fast, practical, and engineered in America, despite it being a Japanese car. Plus, I was an avid reader of Sport Compact Car at the time and loved Dave Coleman, AND HE FREAKING WORKED ON IT! Come 2016, I was looking for a new daily driver, but didn’t have…

Ford wasn’t trying to compete with tech companies, but shareholders demand the type of growth tech companies see. Fields was forced out because while the company was making money, it wasn’t growing at the rate shareholders demanded. It’s a dumb, short sighted way of running a company though and again, I hope it…

1st gear: NPR had a great segment on this yesterday. Tech companies always start out with a ton of promise and potential because with technology, the sky is the limit. Anything is possible! Look at Juicero, or more familiar to Jalops, Elio and Farady Future. Tons of promise! Tons of potential! Tons of missed…

Obvious answer is obvious

Definitely clutch failure. Probably severed a fuel line.

The sideways hit reminded me a lot more of Scott Brayton. While Brayton spun first, his car hit almost square on its side. Bourdais’ car sustained much more side damage than nose damage.

Anyone with a reasonable knowledge of F1 knew this. F1 was on an unsustainable path with ever growing sanction fees, costs, and the number of races. Bernie isn’t dumb, he knows that his time on Earth is limited, and was packing his bank account as full as possible before he retired or died. What the hell does he…

That is what the owner should have done in the first place.