Dang. Must have been a lot of alcohol. I know I said not caring is a luxury, but I must say I would never purposely damage one of my own cars. Not even when its already at the state where it has dings, I won’t add any more myself. That was a ballsy move, but I would wager that there were regrets the next day. Most…

I too recently discovered a well known but rarely discussed feature in a car. This feature that I speak of is one of convenience. It is OH SO CONVENIENT when you don’t give a shit about the appearance of your car anymore. A scratch, a ding, a dent, a quarter panel out of alignment, who cares!!! Its SO liberating.…

I have seen 20 year old dodge neons in better condition. I kind of have a strange respect for a person that will treat a car this way. I have the same problem, once I’m tired of it, once its old to me, it just gets the rental car grade treatment. Ask my poor AMG how many years its been since a wash, or my old M3 why I…

My jet black Pontiac Trans-Am WS-6 manual. I loved that car, it handled better than its reputation, I had exhaust cut outs, bolt ons, and tune. I have had far nicer cars since then, but I still love that thing. There’s been more than one occasion where I almost bought another one. However, many friends have warned me…

Yes the 2JZ with a turbo on it is not boring. I will give you that, but I was talking about modern Toyota motors. Definitely my fault for not specifying. The MR2 if I recall was a 4 cylinder and even the turbo one could just barely get out of its own way. The bottom car is a race car, I have to admit I don’t know…

Holy crap, that is one of the most demonic and awesome motors I’ve ever heard. It sounds like its sucking in a football field of air every second.... so mean!

Yup, that’s how I have motors in my books too. AMG 5.5 and 6.2 liter mills in first place, but very closely followed by GM LS motors...

Yes but we were commenting on the wonder and power of the LS engine. Toyota engines while reliable are nothing to write home about. Boring like the rest of the vehicles they come in.

I’m pretty sure that’s what’s known as the worst of both worlds.

Pretty much every accident I have seen lately involving an exotic, supercar, Vette, Mustang, whatever the case may be. All of them have the traction/stability control off. Why? I get it if you want to go drifting or even an autocross course where there’s nothing but cones to hit, but concrete barriers all around.…

I haven’t done it in a while, but one of the greatest things that can happen to you in NYC is “catching the wave.” The lights are timed just right and if the density of the traffic is also just right you can manage to catch the maniacal dance of cars down an avenue for a hundred blocks in the best cases. There will be…

Stop signs are for amateurs... AMIRIGHT?

NICE! I managed to get my rented Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2.0T up over 200 KPH with my foot on the floor long enough. You could pretty much see the diesel fuel needle slowly creeping downwards though.

That’s about it... My attempt: “In Soviet Russia, traffic signals YOU!”

I’ve driven in 18 cities in Italy and yes Naples along with the entirety of the Amalfi coast was often intense. Overall a good experience though and it will certainly teach you to fit your vehicles in the tightest spot you never thought it would get through. I love all of Italy though and honestly the driving is just…

Very true about the cabbies. They are either actually good drivers or absolutely terrible, and the problem of course is that you never know which so that you can adjust your actions to suit.

I’ve lived near NYC most of my life. I’ve driven there plenty, its a big aggressive, but honestly nowhere near the worst driving in the world. I have driven in Russia, THAT IS LAWLESS. I have driven in parts of Italy where they are out of their minds, I can show you videos from the streets of India that would make…

To be honest, growing up I’d always hear the Brits use the term shooting brake whenever they were talking about a station wagon. Right up until today I was under the impression that the difference was US vs British parlance and not any actual differences. What I find harder to discern is the difference between a hatch…

That looks marvelous. I’m actually one of the few people that doesn’t really like the look of the Model S. To me the exterior feels very plain and boring and just doesn’t excite me at all. On the other hand this wagon version is one of the better looking wagons I’ve ever seen. Elon is a sharp guy, maybe he’ll see this…

On the one hand I agree that some purists will not be very happy about the mid engine Vette, but honestly I have two buddies that own and both want the Zora. Most other people I’ve talked to are very welcoming of the mid engine layout. I also think that effectively if you want to fight the likes of the Huracan and 488…