Oh, now that I know he was driving responsibly under the influence of drugs and alcohol, my opinion of the situation is completely different :-/

I sense from your comment that you already know why things are the way that they are, but for the benefit of others, I'm gonna expand on "big events like this can bring in more net money". I'm heavily involved in the nonprofit community in my town (one of those "my girlfriend's a vegetarian, so I'm pretty much a…

I don't know if I'm more embarrassed by the original dickhead or all the apologist dickheads in the comments. I am deeply ashamed of my own gender and am deeply sorry women have to put up with this bullshit.

I try to knee at least one College of Charleston student in the balls every time I'm in town. Good work, Jim.

That's not being snobbish, that's being picky. Picky people have high standards. Snobs think they are better than other people. Enthusiasts think certain things are better. Snobs think certain people are better.

Yes. These are all absolutely, definitely, 100% real, and don't you dare let anyone tell you otherwise.

Good point. For every one legitimate enthusiast of anything, there seem to be 10 fanboys more interested in validating their own choices than helping others develop their own interests. Guess they've just colored people's expectations to the point that even the legitimate comments from levelheaded audiophiles who just…

This is why I find it so confusing that audiophile and snob get thrown around so equally and derogatorily. Isn't any serious enthusiast going to be substantially better-informed and therefore able to offer a more highly-educated opinion on a given subject? I can understand if a person isn't really into, say, cars,…

This. Collection. Is. Perfect. My god, does this guy ever get it.

Now I need a baja 2cv desperately.

72k for a Lamborghini gallardo that seats four and has a real trunk? Sign me up

Absolutely NAILED it man! Exactly what I had in mind!

That's really cool, I'm a big fan of both sites and noticed a trend in cross-posting so was curious if there might be a joining of forces in the works. I always figured the rivalry was overblown, both sites have such great writers it'd be tough not to respect and relate with each other. We had the same kind of…

Awesome. Always nice to have a good relationship with the "competition", nobody quite understands what it's like to do what you guys do unless they're actually doing it too.

Dude, I'm an automotive engineer. I have a masters degree in automotive engineering and have worked in the aftermarket and built my own cars, and participated in building high level cars and designing parts for high level cars, all designed specifically to be track-ready and all both award-and-race-winning. I say this…

My give up. I don't believe dinan is the end all of shops. I do believe they are a top-tier shop and that the intangibles that come with a turn key car justify the price. I apologize for not taking the time to check prices more carefully, I made a mistake in presuming they were using something more than their…

Is there some kind of connection between TTAC and Jalopnik, or are the two staffs just good friends? Genuinely curious, Travis, no offense intended, no conspiracy theories postulated.

I, too, have owned several track cars, and also have built track cars for other people. You're missing all of the intangibles:

The veyron does it better, but it looks tacked on and inconsistent with the character of the car in both iterations: