I don’t understand the fascination with this car. It’s compromised to make it different. And of us can go and drive a direct drive car. Put your car in 3rd or 4th (one of those is 1:1) and drive. Sure your car won’t have the same power, but the effect is the same.

Direct drive removes one of the joys of a nice car…

Top stories we can expect from Doug this year:

1. How I bought my new (insert car)
2. How I feel driving my new (insert car)
3. What carmax said (or rather didn’t say) when I tried to sell (insert car) to them.
4. Seriously guys, why aren’t you following me on twitter as I tell the same stories over and over again this…

Seriously? That stupid GT-r LM made a list of best race cars of 2015? What a joke. A car that debuted without sufficient testing, embarrassed itself, and faded back into the background. Who cares that it’s “thinking outside the box”, it didn’t work and is a flawed approach to begin with.

I don’t get it, you described selling any car on craigslist. Nothing about that sounded any different than any other selling experience I’ve never had or heard about involving Craigslist.

None of those things are direct drop in parts, so it falls under custom. And after all that you still have something that isn’t as good as a decent car’s stock setup.

Can we all collectively remove our lips from Hennessey’s ass? It’s well known the guy rips people off, doesn’t complete cars, and is a general tool. Doesn’t shock me in the slightest that his school is a joke too.

Please, enlighten me. Because I spent 4 years searching and there are zero options for the ‘89 G-body. I have the largest sway bar available (1.25” factory bar for the shelby cars) on poly bushings. Nobody makes shocks, so you can only buy cheap gas shocks. Nobody makes springs so it’s custom or stock. Outside of…

Being a good captain is overrated. Self preservation is more fun.

God, the brakes. I spent 4 year chasing our brakes, and they were always terrifying. New everything from the master through the rotors, and the pedal was always soft. We got good at racing without them.

Just because the ship sank doesn’t mean I did. Ships can’t swim. I occasionally can.

God what a pile of crap those cars were. Sure you could spoof the MAP sensor, crank the boost and run a semi-quick quarter mile. But they handled like a sinking ship, build quality was crap, and they torque steered into oblivion. I’ve spent 4 years racing one, and nearly everyone I meet says the same thing, either…

Yup. FWD and terrible.

I did, unfortunately they have not made my wallet more full.

Yup, I know all the reasons. Still doesn’t make it less freaky to see that thing coming at your eye.

magnets are not safe. If you happen to come in at an angle you can further scratch your eye as it pulls out. Lifting it out is safer. “dremeling” it out is necessary to make sure all the residual rust residue is gone. No offense, but i’ll take the doctor in this case.

The worst would be the day I had to have rust lifted from my eye with a needle.

Dear People,
You all suck.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a lot of time enjoying Lime Rock

I just want to see the rig the car is sitting on. Was it actually running? He’s turning the wheel, so is the platform compensating, or because they’re “recapturing” the energy for cooking are the front wheels not powered, or is steering not connected. Couldn’t care about the food, these are the things I want to know.

From someone who has pulled the engine from one of those cars single-handedly on two occasions, I feel your pain. Those cars are a nightmare to work on. Nice job getting it done.

Lotus Elise. On the right road there is nothing else out there that even comes close to being as good to drive. 10 years in and I’m still giddy every time I get to use the car. 4900 miles over a week and a half in it didn’t suck either.