It depends on the car and on you. My M3 had a common E36 problem which made the shifting vague. I almost money shifted it all the time. I fixed the transmission and it went away. It also happens mostly when you’re shifting with G-forces. I did the 3-2 instead of 3-4 once when shifting up in a corner (was a noob at the…

Thanks Dexter— I definitely need to be more aware of the schedule for 2016— From reading the requirements it also seems like a good idea to take a couple racing courses..... this is on my radar for next year.

Ouch. Might have been a blessing in disguise though. That suggests the radiator was on it’s last legs anyway.

Lost the radiator during tech inspection, couldn’t find a replacement, day wasted.

My worst track day was about a month before Christmas a few years ago. I had it all planned out, it would be an epic day for me and my then 8 year old son. First, I’d head to Toy’s R’ Us and pick up this little gem.

Halfway through my first lap of my first session, my Mini Cooper S got crazy loose and I spun. I pulled into the pits and found my lower rear suspension link totally pretzeled. Here it is next to a new updated design one.

How does Tucker fit with the question? I don’t see where there was any scandal there at all.

“Tech Inspection Guy: This is a real Hummer, not one of them later ones, built for bitches.”

John Delorean and his drug trafficking to keep DMC alive.

CP for picking the wrong engine to swap in.

We’ll just have to agree to disagree. I can get some decent iron around here for $2500. Better than a 40 year old Pinto. I think people see a relatively low price and forgive the fact it was a POS the day it rolled off the assembly line and it’s still a POS today.

I voted CP. If it was a completely unmolested Pinto I think it would be worth $2500. As it is, this is really no different than yesterday’s project car, just at 1/10th the price. It’s another project car with uncertain quality. It won’t work as a truck because the tailgate doesn’t work. It’s a $2500 curiosity. It’s…

My cousin had the same issues with his 2014 eco diesel...to the point where the dealership replaced the entire engine after fighting the gremlins for 6+ months.

Surfs a flaming Suburban into a lake. Leaps from the blazing inferno... and holds his nose like a little girl before he hits the water.

Am I the only automotive enthusiast who is actually looking forward to fully autonomous cars? I hate driving purely for commuting, and trust a machine much more than I do the average driver. I want to use my non-autonomous sports car for fun - hooning on a track the same way a horse enthusiast rides a horse for sport,…

So much better than a Tundra.

Must be pretty good to pull this off.

Washington D.C., birthplace of America, favored Audi - a boring brand with products that are difficult to distinguish from one another and sells you what you could get cheaper elsewhere at a ridiculously marked up price.

I think a corollary is that not all cheap tools will fall apart on you.

#0: don't get your wife pregnant. A kid adds between 1 and 20 years to the completion of a project