@zacarious: I had the pleasure of seeing one of those in person many years ago. Truly a beautiful car.

just about anything that ran in Group 5

@alan505: Me too. Definitely one of my all time favorite cars.

Shadow

ooo, so many to choose!

@Baby Beater Benz is a decent DD: Actually a base model Toyota. Nope, no trip odometer, no tach, no intermittent wipers, it didn't even have a cassette deck.

@gaggle64: No, I had not seen that before. Thanks for posting that. <3 clicky for that.

@ReverendDexter: It could be race gas too. I've seen that in various shades of blue to red-purple. But, wow at $8+/gal that is expensive stuff to go committing arson with.

@Baby Beater Benz is a decent DD: The gas gauge in my truck works great, but only for the first 75 miles of a tank then it just drops to E. I think it is something stupid, like a bad ground. Oddly, feeling comfortable that I know what the problem is and knowing that my theory points to a non-major failure that will be…

@stöke, booth ho-fessional: Yep. My office is a stone's throw of Franklin square.

@Dustin-The-Wind: dayumm. You just got the beat down three times in three minutes. Ouch. You gotta know your engine trivia around here.

@stöke, booth ho-fessional: Seriously. My father in law wants me to pick up cheesesteaks but now I want fish & chips... damn.

@acarr260: It seems like there is no reason it can't be both. There is so much land on the infield you could have a huge solar array and still let the track be active.

You're going to get caught anyway so might as well go out with a sense of history and style.

@duurtlang: Wow, that sounds like a terrible vehicle. It would never sell in the US. No true Red-Blooded American would ever pay for a car that had more hp AND better fuel economy. Wily American consumers would easily see through such a flagrant trap set by eco-nazis and Al Gore. the proud American Consumer has been…

That rendering looks decidedly bent; like the hoon behind the wheel tried to wrap the driver's side around a tree.

Beautiful words for married men everywhere with with aspirational fantasies. Well done.

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And for any Neko Case fans out there, here's a funny interview with her on Wait, Wait, Don't tell me.