Love it. But due to budgetary restrictions I’ll need to wait for the modernized Fiero version.

Is there a reason that this series isn’t called “A Valiant Effort”?

Raymond Luxury Yacht?

Whoa! Invoking Hulk Hogan? That’s pretty ballsy for a website that used to be associated with Gawker.

“If you fail to earn enough money in a day, like I did at one point, some muscle-bound dude will deck you in the face”

I dunno. I have a phobia about running a gas station ever since the can incident.

that is my fault! I should have gotten the displacement right. however, 375 HP is 380-ish, rounding. I was intentionally being unexact with those because the point of the review was not stats, but the displacement is my mistake and I apologize for that. I cannot edit my own stories after the fact, but I would if I…

The 345/350 mistake is one I am admittedly ashamed of lolol, I should have caught that before sending this to publication. But thank you so much - as a kid that grew up on classic Top Gear and old Road and Track and Automobile stories, the ones that stood out the most to me were stories that barely were about cars -…

Aww thank you! Yeah I still try to pitch here as often as I can, I just hadn’t had much to offer recently until the trip started again. 

this is an extremely good point and honestly, as escapism, it works well, and it *is* genuinely accessible. Thank you for reading, I am sorry the conclusion didn’t work for you but I appreciate the thoughtful comment and constructive advice!

Hey! Welcome back Victoria! I’ve been reading about your journey on TheDrive and didn’t expect to see you back here.

+1. This was beautifully done.

wow!! thank you so much and thank you for reading! It is truly my pleasure!

This is the best article I’ve read on Jalopnik in a long time. Felt like I was reading a Car and Driver editorial. Thanks for the read, Victoria.

I will admit, I have always admired Patrick’s writing, and I love his story on the car. I do *understand* the appeal, but I also think that with just a 5.7, this thing doesn’t offer enough whatsoever, and even he, six years ago, admitted it was already outdated. Time has made it worse.

I have been shocked the ratio is as favorable as it is; I really wanted to tell this story and did my absolute best as I wrote it, but I also kinda figured it would be unpopular, haha. 

No, the van is fixed and I’m back on the road - updates are coming very soon, the repairs just took longer than expected! 

what happened to the trip out west and the van. i missed some updates i guess.

The beauty of reviewing cars that aren’t press ones is I don’t have to make anyone happy, lolol

The Testarossa used a FLAT-12, but as always we wont let facts get in the way of a slideshow.