Just arrived after driving cross-country to be here for this. The weather is gorgeous and the pit lane walk is in three and a half hours. The grin on my face is starting to hurt, but I can’t make it go away.

I’ll say this: between Kubica and Heidfeld, BMW Sauber had two of the most likeably interesting personalities on the grid in the late aughts. It was a shame to see both leave the sport (albeit under differing circumstances) so close together.

What a great story! And the bonus for me is that, as someone whose daughters love to go for a ride in their dad’s 80s vintage oddity (and who like to help me work on it), I know exactly how blissful a daddy-daughter date in a cherished vehicle can be.

Amen.

Refrain From Abuse does not equal Treat Like A Fabergé Egg. Quit with the false equivalence, those of you who are bothered others are bothered by wanton abuse of property not owned by the abuser.

I shared my story of doing just that. It’s just not the blood sport the people craved.

Indeed. Now everyone go buy a McLaren F1.

$1,000 and you can drive mine for a week.

Huh. And all this time I thought my distaste for the man was irrational.

Congrats, Alanis! If ever there were a good excuse to miss this one, you’ve got it.

I’m bummed to miss this one, Stef, but will Jalopnik be there for the US GP in October?

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Only Imperial Storm Troopers are so precise.

Nix the pool and I’ve have no reason to disbelieve you if you said this was Idaho man.

I washed a rental car.

The math checks out, even if the logic supports it.

I like it, in a “It’s cool to see that driving down the road” sort of way. But I’m still waiting for them to top themselves:

There’s one I would have considered trading for, but what he was offering would have collectively netted $50 at a local pawn or gun shop.

Ahem. I believe the term you were looking for is “flame surfacing.”

I had a guy offer me 15,000 pounds of angle iron for my E36 a few years ago. When I turned that down, he offered me an assortment of old guns.