There was a bad day about 10 years ago where I hit the wall at Laguna Seca at about 100 mph. In the wake of that, my drivetrain went into a new tub and we did some major work, going to a widebody configuration and replacing the car's torsion bars with coil-overs. The 'architect' of this car is a guy named Tyson…

Ebay! I saw a local company put two hydraulic lift tables up for sale. It's not an automotive lift, per se — it's a hydraulic lift table used in industrial/warehouse applications. But I did some research and discovered that the design would work really well for a flat-bottomed car like my 911. I watched the first…

Thanks, Matt and Raphael. I'd be happy to discuss anything about the 911 and the 89-year-old garage that keeps it dry. The clip at the bottom of the post is by Auto Bild TV, which is why the initial 'time stamp' is in German. But this is the English-language version. It was made by Dani Heyne and Justin Evidon. …

Thanks!

My 911 was done for a realistic budget. But it's also the only one from this bunch willing to go side-by-side with Porsche's latest — out on the track, with Crüe.

The Missed Shift

Seems like that garage might make a good subject for the Workshop Blog at Lifehacker. :)

Did someone say 918? :)

But can it go faster through a 100-mph-sweeper than my 42-year-old daily-driver 911? I didn't believe it either, but... no! Randy Pobst recently set a track record at Willow Springs with the 918 for an article in Motor Trend. They published the data, and his lap video. He's 4 seconds faster than my car around the…

I thought you meant the SAME engine.

From BMW's website:

M6 Coupe: 1,925 kg or 4,244 lbs

Curb Weight: 4,450 LBS. That's in the neighborhood of a full-size pickup truck.

That's a good-looking Toyota. I hope they make it.

This version is better. That guy has a fantastic eye.

"One of" the all-time best? He is staggeringly great.

Even with the 'updated' rear end, that 73 still rocks. For one thing, he's driving it in December.

And you're right: the nothing-wasted overall size (and weight) is part of the appeal of the pre-impact-bumper 911s.

Gratuitous 911-on-a-drive shot.

You fall in love with the BRZ... but you look in the mirror and you're 45 years old. What to do? What to do?

THAT's why there were all the Vipers getting washed and prepped on Wednesday at Willow.

Exactly. Why do we never see lap times in these articles?

WSIR is the reference track for the west coast.

(1:27.04 here.)

Thanks! It's mine, and I think it does fit into a 'hacked' category, even though it performs pretty traditional garage functions (automotive work, carpentry, metal fabrication) with pretty traditional garage tools. But all the components are made up of broken-and-repaired pieces, or are somehow repurposed, or just…