After a few brief lessons to get the hang of the basics I thought I was set. My old man went away for a week on business, so I took his car, a 1991 Toyota Celica GT, to school everyday. Killed it at nearly every light early in the week, but by Friday, I was smooth sailing (mostly), and never wanted to have anything to…

Sounds like a plan. I appreciate it.

That's my favorite part of Baselworld every year as well, but alas, the auto shows have been less friendly to me. Maybe I just need to get to know the right people, seems like a tougher scene to break into.

The cynicism is tough to stomach, but I agree there seems to be little in the way of meaningful press engagement.

They hate everyone. I turned up at their booth yesterday and they flat out ignored me (I am a member of the press).

Obviously, it will have 5 cylinders.

1. E31 M8 Prototype
2. E24 M6
3. E28 M5
4. E38 Z3 M Coupé
5. E39 M5*
6. E26 M1
7. Nothing else really.

Sounds like you need to frequent more karaoke bars. FWIW, Bob Dylan wrote the lyrics.

Hey moma rock me!

It's also a challenge to get permission from all the land owners along a route to let these things come crashing through their property.

If you're wondering what the view is like from the cockpit, here is a brief video of my ride along the course with last year's overall winner (race ended in La Paz), Tavo Vildosola.

I'll do my best to swing by. I fly in on Thur so I might be late to the party, so... wait up for me.

No need really; Preuninger himself makes the argument that the car should have had a clutch pedal from 0:39 to 1:15 in the video. I couldn't put it any better myself. Those shifts do have a nice ring to them, however.