The plane has a 200hp four banger spinning a cute little four foot pinwheel on the front that drags a few thousand pounds of fiberglass leisurely through the air with the benefit of lift from it's diminutive wings.

Pro tip: Reading the piece works well for understanding why the pictures are placed in the article.

Or you could just donate to a needy family and shut the fuck up

Way to take someone's death and use it as a soapbox for your politics. Disgusting.

Those block off plates are removable for "track use". The designed intention is to protect the cooling elements on the street while being a place holder for the would-be fog lights, then open them up for the track for added cooling.

To Gawker Media...

Why did I find my way to this article, which essentially has absolutely absolutely nothing to do with cars, via the main page of Jalopnik? For real... Get those guys over at Jalopnik back on track. I've seen them posting all kinds of stories lately that have absolutely nothing to do with cars.…

I'm extremely biased, of course, but I'm going to with mine. LS1/T56 drift battlewagon.

I mentioned this when MrBloodMuffins posted the video earlier...but...whenever I see (or drive) one of these OEM sponsor autoX style events I am always shocked that more people don't die at them. There was a dude standing basically on track at the start, cars go way too close to hard objects and the track almost…

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At first glance, the model lineup has been simplified from 10 models to XL, XLT, Lariat, Platinum and King Ranch. However, what you can see in the order guide are new Appearance Packages, such as "Sport Appearance Package" (monochromatic paint, bumpers) and "Chrome Appearance Package" (extra chrome!).

That's a nice looking Hornet!

no mention of the climb to the clouds at Mt Washington? I am disappoint.

Mt Washington hill climb !!!

New front:

Lauer has to be the worst interviewer in news media. Bill O'reilly is better at it. I'm sure everyone remembers his pathetic attempts to make Alan Mulally out to be the CEO of an inferior company. Mulally made him looks like the chump he is.

Currently half of VWVortex is wondering how to scrape together $30k.

the driver of that 360 is every drivers worst nightmare. I screamed at that guy not two months ago (in front of lots of people, no less) for flagrantly crossing double yellow lines around blind corners with his kid in the car on the exact corner where he crashed the Ferrari. Anyone who knows that road knows that…

Benny Dement was an amazing guy. He was my Cub Scout den leader, then Boy Scout Troop leader. Insane old hippie from Denver with a 3-foot long beard. The ultimate Jalop. A Mazda master-mechanic who built all kinds of insane machinery over the years, but the rotary sprite was his most inspired. I got to drive it at an…