Racing is for racing, not for testing. If I wanted to watch a race get decided by a “challenging surface” I’d watch rally.

Insurance didn’t cover it because it was a pre-existing condition.

lap belts suck.

i used to own a 67 289.

Seat belts also seem a pretty good thing to always install, regardless of age.

I heartily agree with this take. Brakes are a necessity, something that needs to be reliable, seeing as they are the only thing keeping you and a car from becoming a physics lesson.

I’ve had a few, and some were more “oh shit” than this one, but nothing tops the weird factor of this incident, so it’s the one I will share this time:

To set the scene - I was in my mid-20s, driving a ‘97 Dodge Neon. Yes, it had some “upgrades” (R/T stripes, a not-too-obnoxious aftermarket exhaust, etc.) About a half…

I’m just here for these comments so I can specifically NOT click on the impending slideshow.

Can’t wait to see the slideshow of all the comments. 

COTA 3-day parking pass: still $125.

Only if you promise this isn’t gonna turn into a slideshow at some point! :)

Torch nails it, and hard. Replace the Roadmaster’s camshaft, cylinder heads, and dreadful OptiSpark ignition, throw on a TVS 2300 blower, and be the coolest orca in a sea of tedious tuna.

You guys know the drill- getting your drivers license is a big fucking deal for a teen. My drivers education class was taught by the high school gym teacher. This guy was a Vietnam vet who looked 30, but was actually in his fifties. He was absolutely ripped, or as we said back in the 1990s, “cock diesel.” Needless to…

I live in NY, and at the time if you had your license as a teen you either needed to be on a parent’s insurance or have your own car and insurance. My mom didn’t drive (still doesn’t) and my stepfather said I could never drive his car. I went ahead and got my permit so I could take driver’s ed in summer school that’s…

I’ve got to disagree entirely. While the two are similar, the amount of confusion between the two can be huge. One is a sequential transmission, the other is not. One can have the clutch slipped almost endlessly, the other can not. One requires moving a little thing with your toe up/down, the other requires moving a…

Eh... I definitely preferred to learn in a car where messing up meant not moving for a few seconds inside of a well protected metal box instead of, you know, potentially toppling over with an engine between my legs. To each their own I guess.

If there were so little reason for the Xbox to exist, there wouldn’t be millions of Xboxes in the world. People really need to let the “just build a gaming PC” take die, it just makes you look myopic. 

Not sure where you live, but look for performance driving schools in your area. Driveway Austin is one that offers a class specifically for learning to drive a manual:

So lemme get this straight. You are repackaging reader comments into a slideshow format? Okaaaay, I guess Porsche made the Cayenne in the pure interest of money. Why not regurgitate reader comments for click bait. Necessary evil to pay those bills I guess. As long as it keeps the site alive.

Slideshow Jalopnik is not my Jalopnik.