People mostly like to complain about bad things, never praise anything good.

Sporty cars are an emotional purchase. The crash test score is probably the last thing a Porsche 911 or Bentley Continental buyer is considering.

They have no airbags.

I like how the driver hits the steering wheel, effectively the dashboard (which is striking him — “second collision”), would hit the window if it was up, and then hits the B-pillar.

Quick summary for the impatient:

The outcry was over conventional steel guardrails, not cable barriers. Trinity made changes to the receivers (without informing customers) to save $2/unit. The receivers failed, and the result was the barrier speared the vehicle that hit it. End result = lots of lawsuits.

Massachusetts has installed quite a bit of “cheese slicer” (aka cable barrier) fences in the medians over the past few years to prevent cars/trucks from crossing medians at a lower installation/replacement cost, but I wonder how many of the extra fatalities are from motorcyclists losing limbs or being decapitated as a…

Fact: Dog hugs are best hugs.

Fun fact. The Nissan 350Z — a 2-seat sports car — had 5 cupholders.

Aside from a few isolated incidents, I don’t think we’ll see any flipping .

I haven’t been to the Glen in nearly two years, and probably won’t be able to run there again until next year. I can’t imagine the Glen being smooth.

Ah, the Glen. I’ve run there so many times. I’ve nearly crapped myself being a bit too brave entering bus stop so many times.

This is correct. The 458/488 wheel makes increasingly more sense the more you drive it. It’s very jarring at first, but you get used to it.

Fifth generation Lotus Esprit. Also, look at the shed-tactic shift boot.

I know this. Even for race cars, the 718 is insanely light. ~1260lbs. A 718 Boxster S is two 718 RS60s stacked on each other, each with a big guy in it.

1960 718 RS60. 570kg. 170HP. 298.2HP/metric ton.

It is. Unfortunately it’s rather loud. We did a static noise test and it registered 106dB at full chat with the sport exhaust enabled. I’m fine with that, but to be let on many tracks I have to hush it up a bit.

I’m on the other coast, unfortunately. Otherwise I’d bring a new, very noisy, “Porsche Spyder” to join you.

Oddly enough, the garage I use is actually the premiere 959 restorer. So good, they’ve had to correct cars serviced by Porsche Classic, since Porsche themselves don’t always do the work correctly. Sometimes there are three there at once!

What is your favorite sandwich?