We're dealing with a lot of the same issues. As it happens, my first car when I came to California was a '79 Spitfire (the humble 1500). I remember doing some pretty serious work on it in alleys and parking lots. A quarter of a century later, I still regret selling it.

The most straightforward way to test your aero…

Long gone? C'mon, it's a discussion of a video about my 911. I'll be checking it obsessively for years. :)

People find it hard to believe that the early 911 was considered heavy, compared to a number of its rivals back then.

With a full tank of gas, 14 quarts of oil, aero pieces, and a helmeted driver, I'm a little…

Actually, it's kind of impossible NOT to get it right, since it's the only way the car fits (for left-right), and there's a wheel stop (for fore-aft). Because both the belly of the car and the top of the lift are flat, there's a margin for error that encompasses pretty much anywhere you can stop.

That said, it's not…

I would toss him the keys in a heartbeat. I'd love to know.

It's pretty much a bang-for-the-buck decision. If you don't stress your engine and drivetrain, they last longer. To get 500 hp would cost me a boatload of money and would not be as reliable as what I've got. And importantly, it would only get me about a second a lap at my home track. The 20K-30K that is ridiculous…

He runs a faster lap.

Here's another pair of Auto Bild pictures.

Thank you! It doesn't have to cost a lot, so long as you're willing to be patient in looking for stuff, and then be creative with fixing/restoring/repurposing.

It was an impulse buy, but I love it. The only thing I'd do different, probably, would be porcelain instead of ceramic. But even ceramic is tough:

Ha! Awhile back, someone made one that goes to full height:

Thank you! I hope you didn't miss the new Auto Bild video:

Thank you!

Thanks you. But if you drive one track over and over again for 14 years, I think just about anyone can start to get it down. Put another way, a little bit of talent and a lot of persistence can trump a lot of talent without any stick-to-it-iveness.

The house is my wife's domain. But I did put together a kind of cool back-yard deck and pergola a couple of years back.

http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/…

The budget for the garage was $3,500, including 10 workbenches, lots of Lista/Equipto/Stronghold storage, and the lift. But to get all that, you need to bargain-hunt the second-hand industrial suppliers and teach yourself to weld and straighten stuff that's been slammed by forklifts. The 911 is cheap to keep…

Pro driver Randy Pobst recently set some track records with the new Porsche 918 supercar and the 430-hp 50th Anniversary 911. With worse tires and my own not-Randy-Pobst skills, I was 2 seconds a lap quicker than the 911 and able to keep up with the supercar on everything but the long straights. Here's a video that…

Used! American and German tools from back in the day that you can clean up and make young again. I've got a great 1973 Delta/Rockwell drill press, a potentially-homicidal Milwaukee 10" bench grinder from back in the day, three Wilton machinists vises, and I put together seven Metabo angle grinders from a box I…

My wife is sick of it too. :)

My parts hauler is a 1983 Jeep CJ7, which I've been punishing for 21 years, now.

When I have to arrive like a grown-up, I have a plain vanilla BMW 328i.