One factor no one has mentioned: The IRS is giving tax returns for which people have claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit a bit of extra scrutiny this year. This has delayed some refunds. How much? $45 Billion.

THIS! Our “drive vs. fly” radius is a touch over 400 miles, or 6 hours in the car. Beyond 6, it’s worth it to fly. Under 6 hours, drive.

There’s a market of two people to fly around the moon. Two. Not exactly a solid long-term business plan.

First, driving is a privilege, not a right.

I prefer it under the hood and right next to the fuse box, like on my old Beetle. Safety first, kids!

They are only cheats when retroactively made illegal!

By this argument, so do shock absorbers and the sidewalls of the tires. 

Three is good... It goes downhill fast from there.

It is a win!

My wife can change her own clutch (or, hell, engine for that matter) and owned a helmet before I did. Those girls are out there. There’s at least 4 or 5 of them.

Speaking as someone who bought a house solely to get the big-ass garage with it... Be careful. Having space as a limiting factor is a good thing.

My theory on this (owning more than one higher mileage BMW from each of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s) is that the German manufacturers, notably Mercedes and BMW hit the high-point in the mid to late 80's. The cars were over engineered and bullet-proof with a little maintenance. Then, through the 90's and early…

Seals on the coolant pipe... We’re facing this repair right now on our E60. We’re going to do it ourselves, since we’re equipped to do so, along with the oil seal that’s under the alternator bracket. Yes, the alternator bracket.

I did a very similar thing with my modified WRX vs. a full-sized van. A plumber, I think. I was moving VERY quickly (above the limit) and he was tailgating so all I could see in my mirror was CMG (GMC backwards). I downshifted for the turn, so no brake lights and I never saw him again...

They are as common there as pony cars are in the US. In fact, hot Utes are more or less the equivalent of pony cars in Australia... Plus, they are actual workhorses, too.

Don’t forget Imola Red and Avus Blue. 

They are the CEO.

That’s my point. This shouldn’t be billed as racing. You want to learn how to race, go buy a $3,000 Miata and start doing HPDE events and work your way up to racing. At around $300 for an HPDE weekend in a street car, it’s a lot cheaper than renting a 600-hp supercar for 4 laps. The combination of a car you’ve…

This isn’t racing though. It’s driving an exotic car quickly. It should be amended to “driving an exotic car quickly and safely.” If the folks shelling out $400 for 5 laps want to learn racing, it’s not happening in 4 laps.