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Bob Hoover pouring tea while rolling in his Shrike Commander. The man is a legend.

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Bob Hoover wins it, hands down. His demo of energy management with both engines shut down still amazes me after many years.

Probably the first time I've ever celebrated the actions of any owner of a lifted Ram bro truck. Awesome.

Mmmmmm....Sloane Peterson.

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Yes, you heard that right: A Dogecoin Aussie V8 Supercar racer. What a time to be alive.

Go time~

Sell off some bits and pieces to get it below the $500-mark and race it at LeMons. I bet the judges would even turn a blind eye if it stays slightly above that level....just to have a Phantom racing at LeMons.

Eat ice cream, take a shit, take a nap, race, get drunk.

Complain loudly and often. Accept blame for nothing

SKYNET and mandatory autonomous fears aside...I fear that damn ads. Let's say I tell the Google car that I want to to to the store...Google will know my shopping patterns and incessantly ask me if I am "interested" in going to other places that relate to my purchases. Or worse, it will just take me there... GET OUT OF

CHRYSLER

Hertz. Do I need another reason?

Everyone is wrong. Even the Wrangler CJ/YJ/TJ are wrong - they made compromises to be able to do 75 MPH without you dying. Pretty close.

Mazda Miata - you know exactly what you are getting from the moment you open the tin. Light, fun, simple, enjoyable top down motoring with zero pretense.

The Wrangler up through the TJ generation. Simple off-road machines that didn't even have the option of power windows or locks or mirrors or traction control through 2006! It can even be hard to find one with ABS. The ride is very very bumpy and you can take the doors off. The motor gets terrible mileage, but has

Volvo 740 wagon.

1995 F-150 Pick Up.

I don't know if this will qualify, since in two years the car wasn't fast enough to qualify for the 500, but Greenfield GC209T V8 was one of the crazier attempts from what was a crazy era.