Isn't the last part, "Be judged by the FIA to have consistently demonstrated outstanding ability in single-seaters but with no opportunity to qualify, at which point they'd need to drive at least 300 km in a current F1 car over two days", basically the loophole you're asking for? It seems that the phrase "no…

I agree. Many nations have prolonged licensing processes that would only add further delay and there is so little consistency between licensing qualifications that you can't even argue that it would mean any particular thing for the driver. Compare the Finnish or Japanese licensing process with those of any US state…

Book? Doug wrote a book? <heads to Amazon>

It varies state-by-state. In California, the plate stays with the vehicle except when you have a vanity plate (the stupid customized plates people use to spell out "clever" messages).

They take operators, which aren't any cheaper than other camera ops and are less flexible. If you're running a conventional camera, you can work a corner getting shots, do setups, or do OTF interviews. They also take a lot of battery swaps. Your options for broadcast-grade video that can be bounced to a truck live…

My time is worth too much too waste on games that aren't worth buying. That's some BS justification you're slinging there.

Plastic scuba fin for a My Little Pony doll did it to my tub.

As a rule drifting is not the fastest way around - when you're going sideways your tires are not getting maximum acceleration - but there are times when you want to rotate a car (which is essentially a kind of drift) through a corner to repoint it quickly. So it definitely is part of a quick lap, but doesn't look…

But Acura was created to sell the NSX in the US, wasn't it? If Honda had built that brand well they could use it as a premiere marque worldwide the way Toyota has basically imported the Lexus brand into Japan.

If they don't attend auto shows, how will they show off fantastic concepts they have no intention of ever manufacturing?

Me too. I'm trying, but haven't made much progress. We should start a support group.

Yep. I don't care about cylinder count. I don't really care about type of powerplant, for that matter, just how it contributes to the whole driving experience.

Maybe it's right. Go test drive a 911. Worst case scenario, you still have fun.

A real man-of-the-people would fly Spirit, then bitch about it for the rest of his life.

Get a life? No, we can all just sit here and watch it together.

While I can certainly appreciate a company working vigorously to maintain standards of excellence, actually delaying the departure of a flight for something this trivial misses the forest for the trees. No matter how good the service, the point is to make sure your passengers arrive happy and on time. This sort of…

Have you seen a GT 250 spider in the dark blue? Nothing about that beauty wants to be red.

Nope. He keeps them at home, not in storage. They're plain white, not even look-at-me red. Most importantly, he drives them and treats them like cars not sculpture. I can't hate anything about his relationship with cars.

Of course the coupe is on hold. It's because the shooting brake concept has to be put into production first. Right?

Wagons man, wagons! They solve everything.