Caddy was in P and GTLM or GTD. He was just siting the cars that looked like the production models.

Totally.

Yeah. That is something frequently missed in discussions on the morality of weapons use. I think he illustrated that well. Basically, everyone with a family in the Pacific theater would have been at the steps of the White House with pitchforks if they knew we had a war ending weapon and didn’t use it.

The Hardcore History podcast came out with a 5hr episode last night talking about the development and use of the bomb. I’m only an hour into it, but the quality is very high and worth a listen. Really, all their stuff has been good up to this point.

It is a cool spot to visit for a car nut. They even had a couple of limos you could crawl around in and a nice little motor racing shop that had some F1 stuff at reasonable prices. I was bummed to find the Hello Kitty shop in the attached mall had moved out. Getting souvenirs for my daughter was a great excuse to…

We are going to Race of Champions. Flying down from Atlanta. Look for pics on Oppo.

I have pondered that as well

How ragged out was your donor car? I’ve been keeping an eye out for lightly wrecked cars.

I talked with Exomotive about an LS swap at Petit Le Mans this year. They were all like, Yep, you can do that.” I have an LS2 in the garage and Exomotive is based about 10 minutes from work.

Its fun because of...

That’s awesome that you guys got proper recognition. Getting stopped safely takes precedence over getting stopped pretty.

Yeah, I just wanted to share the vid so those who wanted to see could see. Carbon brakes are really impressive. They also fail in really impressive ways. Little, tiny bits I see all you get.

Here is a relevant video that shows how aircraft are tested for this. Some related notes, wheels have fuse plugs that are designed to melt at high temps to prevent the tire from bursting. Still things happen so that is why you stay away from the wheels in that situation until the cool. Part of certification is the…

A sad end for a name plate that has been around since 1973. The old ones are pretty awesome in that early 70s Japanese sort of way.

Drove around southern Iceland in 2005. Spent a good amount of time on gravel roads. The minivan shown above was our ride. Good times. Amazing place to see.

My Evo purse along with a belt. It is about time I change it.

THey have always been able to attract big names and the racing is fun to watch. Alan Prost is a regular there. Yvan Muller, the touring car driver, has won there a bunch as well. The racing kind of has a stadium super truck race feel, but with more ice and less jumps. Good times.  

Be gone with your real world film production logic.

I am disturbed by the Empire’s inconsistent approach to fall hazard mitigation. Sure, the catwalk for the control panel for the dish had rails, but what about Vader’s castle. One misstep, or an ill timed force choke, and someone is going into the lava.