The front end makes it look like a gap-toothed madman cackling, which is kind of cool in an "irresponsible hoon" kinda way. That rear spoiler though, whoooooo; I think they just wrapped a pep boys special in some carbon fiber print tape.

Well... she currently drives a Yaris, but she wants to restore an old Triumph Spitfire as soon as we've got the room.

Yes, this right here. There is nothing in the world more dangerous than a false sense of safety.

Hah, that's awesome. I'm working on getting my 125 street-legal as well, but I'm doing it with an electric conversion (since I wrecked the engine anyway).

Huh. I didn't expect to like it, but I think I do. I mean, for the price I'd still rather have two R8s, but it kinda reminds me of the Corvette Stingrays or an old Jag.

Yeah, I mean what if there were TWO corvettes on the podium instead of one? That would be a PR nightmare the likes of which motorsports hasn't seen since two weeks ago when Ford had the top 3 places in WRC Sweden.

This has the potential to be cool as hell, minus all the usual concept car "oh, that'll never make it to market" features.

Interesting stuff, as always. I like hearing about the technical details from the driver's perspective because, well... I'm not an engineer. Engineers tend to go far enough over my head that I'm not actually learning anything. Robb explains things as they matter and feel to the driver as opposed to raw numbers.

They should make it so you level up when you eat, sleep, use the bathroom or feed your child.

North American built? You mean like a Subaru?

Also, Tajima has been at it for quite a few years and hasn't managed to crack it. Unless their driver has some previous experience on the peak, I wouldn't expect them to beat 10'.

Cut it out, dude; you're making me feel old.

Was is Saint's Row 2 that had the mission you had to do while drugged? I like the idea of having a mission where the character has to drink and then go do something while intoxicated (e.g. you need to assassinate some guy but he needs to get shitfaced with you before he trusts you, etc).

I swear I saw this car in an episode of Adventure Time.

Well, this looks a bit cheaper and closer than O'Neill with about the same level of tech. I think I'm sold.

Oooooh, that's a damn good metric. I'm gonna keep an eye out for that in the future.

Designed by Pininfarina... 's intern... 's roommate... 's cat.

Man, you don't know how many times I re-wrote that post trying to avoid puns.

Understandably, people just don't realize the sheer magnitude of forces at work when cars are involved. Until you've dealt with them in some way first-hand, it's hard to wrap your mind around just how staggeringly huge they are. It's unfortunate when that knowledge comes with such dire consequences, but everyone…

No need to apologize; if I had my own classic-car restoration worthy paint booth, I'd be painting anything that would fit in there and wasn't bolted down!