I’ve found I much prefer track folks to cruise/car show folks. You still have ego and shitheads, just like any other gearhead gathering, but there seems to be a little more of an “all in this together” vibe, even though there’s competition involved.

I won’t make a generalization of Vette owners in general, but in my area, I see the Corvette guys do this all the time.

This whole series was fantastic. I stayed late at work just because I didn’t want to stop reading. Congrats, Robb.

David, your features continue to be my absolute favorite reads on Jalopnik. I hope you keep them coming for a long time. The human connection to cars really resonates through your writing.

Hey I get to contribute! I scanned all the non-gray replies and nobody mentions it:

I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I’m not saying anything one way or another, but I will say we had a particularly mild winter in the KC area.

As soon as I saw Ænima, list invalidated.

I love stories like this. It’s a real person, really in love with his car, and you get a real sense of what he’s like.

Bought a 1978 Chevy Nova with a block of wood baling-wired in for a transmission mount.

At least this wasn’t my own...