The engine note was unmistakable. The shriek of the supercharger was legendary. And the engine characteristics? Notorious. The massive torque and power figures chewed through differentials, driftshafts, and flywheels like saltine crackers in a blender. The power was so peaky, with maximum power coming on very suddenly…

This radically low, and also gigantic phallus-mobile with a 380 horsepower, turbocharged 6.6 liter diesel straight six shocked the establishment by grabbing pole at the '52 500. Like the turbine car, a component failure (the then-innovative "turbo-supercharger" got its inlet clogged with rubber) robbed the car of a…

1. This is nuts.

Things are not going to go well here in emergency stops, methinks.

More like "holey" car!

The guy even had to go put an M on his license plate...

(I realize this is an actual M3)

That Kia warranty is the bomb.com.

A quad-turbo W16 that doesn't explode. Tires that can take 267+ mph. Ten radiators. Good luck.

It is indeed. Sorry, Raph. Couldn't resist a little prodding of the city boy. I still love you.

This dude has nothing but some old tires, some space, and a motorized vehicle and he now has a functioning race track like I want so very very badly and I hate him and my jealousy will only subside when he inevitably crashes and breaks his collarbone.

2 year old sister fell 1 foot out of her bed onto her bedroom floor. Broke her collar bone.

Maserati Birdcage. Because, well, birdcage.

Wyoming #1. Heck freaking YES.

My wife called this one without even having seen this post. She didn't do this job herself, but baked cookies for the guy who did. She knows now that he was grossly underpaid.

This announcer's voice made me think "More like the Monty Python rally"

This is frickin' cool. That is all.

I know it was 2008 and everything, but this looks like the kind of PowerPoint some of my less-than-meticulous classmates would have put together when we were in 8th grade...in 2003.

Well, I haven't driven the car or even seen it in person yet, but pictures and others who have say that it's the 3.4 V6 and it apparently has like 180k on the clock. So if what you say about the tranny is true, then this ought to be interesting lol. My dad is the one who won it and is gifting it to my wife and I who…

GM was supposed to learn their lesson about not cheaping out their cars back in the '60s with the Corvair. They were supposed to learn their lesson again in the '80s with the domination of Japanese cars. And this was the best they could do in 2005? DRobin78:

If you're worried about lack of anonymity...