Out here in Washington the emergency vehicles have a small white strobe light on the light bar, with sensors mounted on every traffic light. When they pick up the specific strobe frequency, that light goes green and all others go red. Works beautifully and has for 20+ years. I'm amazed when I go somewhere and watch…

Don't forget the Brits also get Imperial gallons, which are 20% larger than ours. So if those 38 em-pee-gees weren't converted, that's a damn site closer to thir-tee em-pee-US-gees! Not so jealous now, eh?

Not to get nitpicky, but listen to that engine, it's clearly a 4 cylinder, the V8's are very different. Here's Malcolm Wilson making great V8 sounds:

As I recall (yes, I'm <that> old) the cars were TR7s that had a V8 stuffed in them, before there was a production TR8, ergo a TR7 with a V8. Also, the TR7 was homologated for racing while I don't believe the TR8 ever was so it made the paperwork and classification much easier. Some day I'll get a slide scanner and…

Um, that's a 4 cylinder TR7, not a V8. That came later. And this looks like Rim of the World roads in California, remember them well from back in the day.

His biography should be called "Dancing with the Devil" because that how he drives. My heart is always in my mouth when I watch him, even the long straights somehow become harrowing near misses. Amazing...

They are for luggage, each car came with a set of matching bags. That's back when Toyota wasn't boring.

The car I learned to drive in, SAAB 93 with a 3 cylinder, 2 stroke, single overhead fan shaft engine.

Not the fastest, but one of the coolest: Enna-Pergusa on Sicily. Take out the chicanes and it's palle to the wall almost the whole way around. Some cool 1965 video here:

All the good movies have already been mentioned, so how about 'Corky' with Robert Blake. 1972, lots of NASCAR drivers have cameos, and Blake gets in some practice for later in life by treating everyone and everything like shit. Oh, and he drives a Barracuda fastback with a giant wing and lakers. Ugly!!

Corolla = toaster

Is it just me or does the front corner look like a rejected CARS character??

How's this for an unusual rotary-powered car?

Hwy. 20 across Washington state, it has it all: starts in a rain forest, crosses Puget Sound via ferry, lush farm land, across the Cascade Mountains (closed 6 months of the year), high desert and prairie, glacial lakes, eventually ending up in Idaho. And all 422 miles are 2 lane, twisty, great little towns, and…

Not sure about weird, but the 61-63 Pontiac Tempest, with a 4 cylinder, 4 speed, 4 wheel independent suspension, rear-mounted transaxle, and 'rope drive' prop shaft sure takes the cake for the most innovations in one car. With a little more development it could have been a winner, but alas, profits trumped all and it…

The Ace Cafe just moved up my bucket list.  Gotta do this while I still can, of course on a Bonnie after riding ton up on the way.

Go ahead, complain about all the cheap plastic, but if you were the owner of a Chevette Scooter, you got cardboard door panels.  Yep, pressed cardboard that sorta looked like cheap plastic but got soggy if they got wet.  Oh, and there was no rear seat, either.  The Chevette Scooter in all its glory is the ultimate…

My first thought was the Tatra, but next was the Citroen SM.  Possibly the most complex ever built, I had the 'pleasure' of trying to make a Mazda rotary conversion run.  Never could.

Wow, I've done the Thunderbird a few times but not like this. These are open public roads and he's driving like that? If the Royally Mounted caught him, his license would be toast. Good car control, tho.

I got to spend an evening with this car just outside Seattle, it was said to be owned by a 'Saudi prince' although in the 80's that could mean just about anything. When I saw it it was in rough condition, didn't run and the body and interior were falling apart. Still, an brilliant experience considering I was going…