I’ll see if I can find the article online. I recall he picked the car solely on the basis of engine size, and the Olds had the 3800 in it.

The press not understanding these things is nothing new. I remember when Montana eliminated its speed limits in 1990 or so, a reporter from a non-car magazine (GQ, or Vanity Fair or the like) flew to Montana on January 1st, rented an Oldsmobile with “the largest engine” to drive “100 mph” on the interstate om the…

Nope.

Oh, wait...

I dropped a 13mm stubby box wrench in my engine bay once. Never came out.

Is it just me, or is this a long-lost photo of Amy Winehouse washing a Jeep?

Oh, they are real. Really hard to take. Step 1, remove shiny plastic trim piece in trunk. Step 2: Curse about broken clip near the oil/coolant fill door Step 3: Remove entire engine cover liner and 2.5" think insulation. Step three: Remove about 12 torx bits, dropping two of them into the engine bay, only one of which…

I’ve got a Cayman with 103K. Original bearing still in there. Oil looks good. I’ll change it when it comes time for a clutch, but I’m not worried about it, personally.

Um... no Boxster or Cayman will ever have a photo of the engine compartment except from underneath... it’s not how these things work.

Instant Truckma’s gonna get you.

Your attempt to wax poetic have left me dry...

It used to be the Mason/Dixon line. Now it’s the IHOP/Waffle House line which denotes North/South.

If it’s almost a sport...

What? Man?

Hey, I had an auto-stick Beetle. And, I’ll have you know that... well...um, well.. you’re absolutely right.

However, with no top, I’m not sure I’d want to drive it in rain, nor snow, nor sleet or hail. But, it looks like it may have had some zip.

Yes, exactly. Violence is the word. It was an awesome display of power, like watching a Top Fuel dragster launch or the time I watched a Concorde do a full-afterburner takeoff at an air show. It was that sort of concentration of energy in a small space...

We did the same thing... except Austin in 2013 and then Melbourne in 2014.

As someone who laps faster in my naturally aspirated Miata on sticky tires/stiff suspension than in my turbo Cayman on stock tires/suspension I’ll tell you that power isn’t everything. Sure, it’s a riot (hence the turbo on the Cayman) but I tend to make up more time in the corners than on the straights.

It’ll look even better when you pass the dude in the ‘Vette at your next HPDE day, then!