Unsprung mass and great tires make a heck of a difference: So here’s the deal about buying wheels and tires...

And honestly, pay attention to anything with computer controlled timing. My Miata will run just fine on unleaded, due to the computer pulling timing, but it does run noticeably better on premium.

I mean, biological sex isn’t as simple as “Man = XY, Woman = XX”. There’s a lot of intersex types out there, where either someone got a combination of 46th chromosomes different from XX or XY, or they did get XX or XY but didn’t develop normally.

I found my current Volvo V70 on Craigslist, never sold one that way. Though I have sold one on Facebook, and will be listing another one next week when I get back to Maine for the summer. Both were perfectly fine.

nah foo! Twas written on the the stone many solstice ago in the OPPO era of Mercedes’ greatness. 

How close are you to Road America?

Got my ‘89 Firebird, then COVID hit. I took the time to get it painted and now it’s almost ready for Radwood.

Hello, fellow old person.

Wait.  People born in 1996 can drive?  Aren’t they like 14 years old still?

Why in the blue hell is this not in chronological order...?!?

My favorite is cars that are clearly automatics listed as manuals.

I’m really surprised the insurance companies haven’t come up with discounts if people take Real Driver Training. I know some insurance companies offer discounts if you sit through some classroom/virtual defensive driver course, but those are just theory, with no practical component.

Aviation insurance companies often…

My knee-jerk reaction to just the opening paragraph of this was, “DUH!” But you did make me think a little...everybody thinks they are a great driver, and some of those poor souls even cite their excellent DL test results. Supposedly, at the time I got my license, NJ was one of the better states, and our test was an…

The Europeans seem to love government intrusion, but in the case of receiving drivers licenses, they have it nailed. Make the test much more difficult - make the training longer. Have the cops pull over those who hang out in the left lane. Higher penalties for infractions, and for Christ sake, make inspections more…

In early 1994 the US Army transferred me from Germany to Maryland. I arrived at my new duty station driving a clapped out 77 Buick wagon from Indiana. Anyone who grew up in that area knows full well the issues in driving any nearly 20 year old car at that time. It’s #1 issue was rust. Rust through the fenders, rust…

He now owes you all of the beers. Indefinitely.

Probably the most disgusting thing I've ever found in a car was an automatic transmission. I just wasn't prepared for it and the memory sometimes just hits me when I'm least expecting it.

When I was in high school I had a ‘98 Audi A4 (1.8T Quattro with the 5-speed Manual... rad car, when it wasn’t in the shop). My mom owned a restaurant, and while I was out of town one summer weekend, she needed to borrow my car to make an emergency supply run to Restaurant Depot.

Seems silly to intentionally wreck a perfectly good car

Batman driving a Jeep Renegade.