Ha! I was being facetious. Any chance you want to drive it from Roseville, CA to Daytona Beach, FL? I moved.
desertdingo
desertdingo
1,900 miles?! How come the odometer only said 1,500?!
You’ll stop me from doing tune ups in my driveway when you pry the 10 mm socket from my cold dead fingers. Assuming I can figure out where I left it.
Sure it’s dangerous, but it looks cool.
Hey, that’s my Class 11 at the top of the story! It drives like a cow in the game, too.
And my actual race car makes it in the trailer
Speaking as a PR person and an off-roader, I support this comment.
I fill sandwich bags with water and stick them in the freezer until they’re solid. Then I throw one inside the thermador and air flows over it and blows into the Baja like a hurricane. But at least it’s a little cooler
I’m not saying “I told you so,” but I told you so.
Hey! That’s my Baja! I actually have a Thermidor for it now. I throw a sandwich bag of frozen water in it and it actually cools the car down.
I know what I’m going to be doing this weekend.
“My guy at Mad Media.” I like the sound of that.
“My guy at Mad Media.” I like the sound of that.
Me: My car made Jalopnik’s “The Best Cars And Trucks We Drove in 2016"!
Everyone in the office: “So?”
I need to work around more car people.
The Spyker passed me in my ‘85 Westfalia on the way out to the filming site and the guy in passenger seat yelled “Cool bumper sticker!” (It said “Sorry for driving so close in front of you.” I’d never seen a Spyker before so went up to him afterward, introduced myself, and got a tour of the car.
We’re not racing the 1000 this year, but will next year for the 50th anniversary. That’s the Desert Dingo Racing (http://www.desertingo.com) Class 11 in the Youtube b-roll (used for the Beetle Dune rollout). Despite your statement, I can assure you our race car is “bone stock.”
We are the VW.
I can now legally say my race car was part of that shoot!
You can buy a race-ready Class 11 VW for $5,000-$7,000 and it usually comes with spare parts and a race pedigree. Granted, you still have all the other stuff - entry fees, pit service, race fuel, fuel for chase vehicles, hotels, food. A short course race usually costs us under $1,000 for a weekend. The Baja 1000 is in…