TIL that professional racing teams use the same blue harbor freight low-pro jack that I have.

I’ve run the section between LA and Monterey twice. First on a GSXR600 and then in a rented 2011 Camaro. It is an incredibly fun and beautiful route.

The camera phone people creep me out. I drive a Datsun Z and get a lot of these folks. They’ll pull up beside me and just record video of my car doing nothing special (you know, doing the speed limit), then completely avoid eye contact when I wave or try to say hello.

This is exactly where I'm at with mine. I built it in 2006 from a Swiftech kit. Every few years when I upgraded the main pieces of the PC I'd upgrade something in the loop as well. The pump, rad and reservoir are still the same pieces from 2006, but tubing, water blocks and liquids have changed a lot. I'm using an…

I had a 2007 GSXR600 that I rode to 67,000 miles before I got hit on the freeway. It saw a fair share of track days and canyon runs, weekday commute for 5 years and spent a good bit of time near its 16000 RPM redline. My service intervals followed:

I daily drive a '76 280Z. The little Z car is an absolute blast to own. It's fun to drive, easy to fix and starts a conversation everywhere I take it.

The small town in Minnesota that I grew up in has (had?) a Sherman tank in one of its parks. I remember being terribly disappointed that we could only play on, and not in, the tank as it was welded shut.