Yeah, on average the C-store is now responsible for 100% of the profit of that type of center. They don’t really make money on gas once you take into account all the allocated costs. This has been true since I did a gig for Amoco in the 90s.

Indeed. I rebuilt the motor on our racing 944 and am in the middle of a top-end rebuild on a different 944 for the street. It’s very, very satisfying, and I’m guessing that the Caddy motor is way easier to R&R than a Porsche 4-cylinder.

Truer words seldom spoken. It’s been sitting for three years and literally “ran when parked.” This will be a project.

1976. One of <1000 with Bendix fuel injection and the first year with disc brakes all around. My uncle bought it new in 1976 and sold it to a cousin in 1982. Now I’m buying it and bringing it to California, where it can spend more time with the top down.

I’m with you on this. There’s a lot of interesting to this car, and the condition looks minty.

I can still talk myself into all manner of stupid car stuff without Jalopnik’s help.(This week’s bad idea: Buying another Eldorado convertible. This one doesn’t run!) Maybe I’ve graduated from Jalopnik?

Is it me, or does this thing not look enough like a Lamborghini? Needs more triangles and edges.

I think you’re spot-on here.

I was surprised at that, too. I’ve spent a decent amount of time around Ferraris and never realized these were riveted to the bodywork on 458s.

Agree 100%. Out here in the real world we’ve got weather and a whole lotta potholes. I think a car tuned for WRC is way more useful on the street than one tuned for the Nurnburgring.

There definitely were! 308s won a fair number of rallies before all-wheel drive became the standard. <https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/ferrari-308-gtb-rally-car-1978.310054/>

I thought this article was solid investigative reporting. I learned some things I didn’t know about tires, sourced from people with actual tire engineering credentials. (That almost never happens on the Internet these days.) It treated Hennessy’s claims with appropriate skepticism.

According to many who have tangled with her over royalties/residuals, she already is.

Me. I’m very clear that I’m not James Bond. I am a punter that saved up enough scratch to buy a V12 Aston, though, so I’ve got that going for me.

The current Suburban is available with a bench seat in the front. Came damn close to leasing one just for the front-seat cuddling potential. If the local dealer hadn’t shipped all their trucks to Texas post-Harvey I might’ve done it.

There are exceptions to that “hot track” rule, and situations where this is no flagging station and a decent chance that your car may be hit is within the exceptions.

Porsche 944s and W220 Mercedes do this, too. (And yes, I have learned this by running down the battery after leaving the lights in this config overnight.)

The Mondial got a particularly bad reputation because of the dodgy electrical systems. There are now aftermarket manufacturers of the complex fuse box and the wiring harness. These go a long way toward making Mondials reasonable to keep.

Totally with you on this. I think the 400i is gorgeous. This one won’t go for $20k, but if it stayed at this price I’d be considering buying it. It’s a gentleman’s Daytona.

Not hating, but definitely want driving impressions.