There are two sides to it, also. Not only the reality of driving a racecar on the street, but the reality of what it takes to keep a track car going. Play on a track enough and the car will break from time to time. It’s just a question of how often and how severe, which a function of preparation, maintenance and…

I tried this my senior year of high school while building my SCCA IT car. Even my 17 year-old self gave up driving around a caged racecar after a couple of months and bought a cheap second car to drive on the street.

Not necessarily. I don’t think the article mentioned what her daily is, so my suggestion might required either no additional action or budget, or a two part transaction. If she already has a tow vehicle as her daily, then it becomes moot. If her current daily isn’t a tow vehicle, then she might need to consider…

Then you do what many of us do on smaller road racing budgets. Buy a 1/2 ton truck or 1/2 truck based SUV and an open trailer (both of which can be had for cheap). Drive the truck to work during the week and tow the racecar to the track on the weekends. This lady indicated that she’s not driving her fun car during…

After having put a car shiny side down, it sounds like she might be ready for a real racecar with a cage and a logbook. 7-10k puts her in the range of a whole bunch of used SCCA IT cars. If she wants to stick with FWD, then there are plenty of ITA/ITS CRXs and Integras out there that ought to be in the price range,…

For me, the truck will be a lightly loaded commuter most of the time and tow vehicle for the boat and racecar on selected weekends. If I were going to use the truck in a heavily loaded state on a daily basis, I would buy the V8 too.

Bob Utter Ford up in Sherman. I found it by searching dealer inventories on Ford’s website with a 1o0 mile radius. Across the major metro areas West of the Mississippi, there 3 trucks that fit what I was looking for. This was the closest to El Paso, and also the best priced.

No, but Tom McParland is.

Regular cab, short bed, 2wd, 2.7 ecoboost, Sport package (I was fine with either XL or XLT), 3.73 electronic locking rear end, full tow package, integrated brake controller and rear view camera . The short gears and full tow package are what made it hard to find. The 3.15 open diff or the 3.33 electronic locking…

It feels a bit weird to get on a airliner, fly for an hour and half and then land in the same state you took off in.

Last weekend I bought a new F-150 from a dealership 700 miles away. I was looking for something very specific in terms of configuration. None of my local dealers had anything close, nor did they seem enthusiastic to order one. It turns out a dealership 700 miles away had what I wanted, the incentives from Ford were…

I was thinking of mocking him for his capitalization and punctuation.

Counter point: The Grand Am of that era aged far worse than the Bonneville.

I can’t say that I’ve ever been to London. However, when I was in Hawaii a few weeks ago, Hertz did give me turbocharged, 259hp 2017 Buick Regal GS as a rental car for the week. A suggestion to “get yourself a Buick” may not mean what you think it means anymore. While turn-in wasn’t as lively as a Mazda 6, it was…

One might have noticed that I conceded that a convertible on right road on the right day is a glorious thing. My point is that they suck a regular transportation, and it still stands. Your suggestions are noted, and some of them suggest that you really haven’t done what you said. Dropping the top in weather cold…

No, we’ve had six convertibles in the immediate family over the last 15 years: four miatas of various generations, a camero and a C5 convertible. They all sucked as regular transportation for anyone with a real commute, but they did work better for as weekend cars or very short commutes. I’m over the convertible…

No, convertibles are only good in theory. I used one as my daily driver for a couple of years in the Southwest. The appeal of the convertible aspect of the car wore off after about six months.

I can, at least slightly, relate to this. Back when I was in college, both of my vehicles were damaged in the same accident while both were parked and hit by a another vehicle that had also been parked before it rolled down the street without anyone behind the wheel back.

Thinking about it, VW is a big enough chunk of the German economy that I imagine they get bailed out at some point.

They don’t seem to actually get the ice off of the aileron that is visible... I’d also be curious if that rolling bottle of fluid left a dent in the side of the fuselage. (Note to self: don’t buy stock in Turkish Airlines)