I know he probably never would, but man would I love for this guy to make an affordable sports car. Something in the 30k-50k range, but there really isn’t much incentive for him to do something like that.

Indeed. I’m 58 and own a 98 VFR as part of my collection, which also includes a 916. I’ve found that core work in the form of planks and other strengthening exercises has made a huge difference in my ability to stay on the 916 longer. I have some level of arthritis in my mid back and when it’s really bad I take the…

So...you are an advocate of the six-door, no? Because if you haven’t been paying attention, the sales of 2-door vehicles was, is, and almost always has been way less than the sales of 4-door vehicles. Two door vehicles used to be less-expensive than 4-doors, but nowadays 2-doors are a lifestyle choice, and more and…

Dude (somewhat ironically) fueling his Prius was like NOPE NOPE NOPE

How bad was the Ridge?

I read an article about this woman who was a distance runner and suffered a brain injury that disabled her short term memory (like in Memento). The injury allowed her to find success in ultra-marathons, the type where the course is like 100 miles and takes a couple days to run. With no short term memory, she had no…

Columbus to El Paso is a VERY specific scenario for picking nits. A 200 mile range is fine for most applications, I think you’re overstating range anxiety, most households have at least two cars.

Similar thing happened to me in Tulsa in ‘08. My R6 was stolen by a Christopher Murphy, age 35 at the time. I’ll never forget his name because it was on the monthly installment checks that I received over the course of 20 months as he paid back my deductible in $25 increments. Bike was a total loss (thieves can’t keep…

Cops are utterly worthless when it comes to car theft. Worthless. I had 2 cars stolen in California, 1 car broken into, and the cops are basically like “whatever...we’ll see what turns up but it happens all the time.”

The “known to police” thing boggles my mind.

Not all is lost. For about 100 more dollars, you can get a piece of glass and make a side table

David Tracey’s next restoration project:

Reading David’s articles makes me feel good about my life choices.

The bearings are bad on your 90% rust jeep.

Doing it right would mean starting with a vehicle worth fixing.

This would mean that luxury SUVs and pick up trucks would ACTUALLY have to get dirty.

The big mistake was when they paved everything. Before that you could just blade the road occasionally and everyone owned a Jeep. Make America Dirt Again! (see, partisan debate commenced)

I always found it ironic that CA has some of the biggest car culture in the country, yet has the most draconian laws when it comes to emissions, modifications, and classic motors.

Old cars duking it out is better than F1 and NASCAR.