You were lucky!

Actually, the "trumpet" is there to make it easier for the jack man to stick the probe in to a moving target. It is an "aim-enhancer" if you like. Not necessary for the jack to function, but needed for the human to work it.

Two things:

It is a discussion of the amount of downforce the 962 made. The proverbial "drive it on the ceiling" discussion.

You even find cool cars in the parking garage at the Porsche Museum

Both companies are more than smart and capable enough to build their visions of this car on their own. The partnership helps increase sales, as either model may not sell well enough on its own to squeeze out a profit. But, if you share development costs and the sunk costs of manufacturing, it may make fiscal sense.

He will be missed. My wife bought the "Side Glances" compilations for me a few Christmases ago... Always my favorite part of R&T. Go, man! Have fun, and keep the insights coming (in a sort of Sam Posey way, I hope).

I believe this same car, not sure of driver, won the historic F1 race at the USGP last year in Austin. The driver there was certainly not driving as if it were a museum piece. Apologies for the fence in the shot.

Highlight for me: making Dan Neil chuckle while looking at a pre-war ALFA 8C. I told him he was the only thing at WSJ that made me laugh, everything else at his paper made me cry. He shook my hand for that one.

Actually, depending on the friction compound, some pads wear the rotor almost as much as the pads, it seems. On our white Miata, the side of the car will be almost orange if it is a high humidity track weekend. It is not uncommon for us to swap pads and rotors at the same time.

Ever been to a Phish concert? The scent of the patchouli that is being used to cover BO is actually strong enough to cover the pot smell, too. Imagine it was the same for a Dead show...

Hate to burst peoples' bubbles... But isn't that Michel Jourdain Jr's Champ Car? A Reynard chassis? Circa 1999-2001?

Is it scary that I could name the track they were on in within the first 4 seconds of the video? Or does everyone know Monza from every other racing game ever?

This is why I love parts like a Pertronix ignition. It keeps things looking bone stock. It sits quietly under the distributor cap. It makes your car just a touch more modern (in that you don't have to gap your points). But visually? Stock BMW M10 (well, not in your case...)

Speed Bleeders (if you can find them for your car) rock. Spring loaded ball/seat valve means one-person bleeding for about $10/corner. Might be worth it.

E39 M5 Guibo (which has the life expectancy of a lab rat in a 4-Loko toxicity experiment) is a pain.

Shouldn't the headrests have the "Turbo 6" logo on them as well?

I haven't heard it since the year Twenty-Aught-Six by my reckoning.

Maybe I'm confused, but which market segments do the Malibu and the Impala occupy? It seems to me that it's the same one. But, maybe if they called the Impala the "Malibu Gran Sport Coupe" it would make more sense to me.