Now that the potential RWD 6 is dead, it's time to start shopping for a Genesis G70.

Dodge City has been a Sebring staple for decades and is pretty well done. They were already legendary at my first trip in 2002.

Oh, so he really did blow it up. I thought that was a euphemism for he drove it when it was clearly having issues and it caught fire, some sort of tragic accident, but nope, straight up arson. Wow.

The fact you are selling your most reliable vehicle and the next most reliable vehicle doesn’t even reside on this continent is perfect. 

Fun fact - the majority of the roads that made up this course still exist 30 years later. Central Florida SCCA even did autocross on what was the front straight and pit road for a long time.

By me? Zero.

I did lose. After a year, it threw a rod while I was driving down the interstate. But in reality, I won, because then I got my first RX-7.

My very first car was a 1992 Hyundai Excel. For the uninitiated, do you know all the things Hyundai does right these days? Okay, well, back then, they were doing none of that.

There’s several problems with Ravnsborg’s story, but first and foremost is that nowhere is he referred to as "Former" Attorney General.

That was the worst Friday afternoon news dump for me for a while.

Happy 101st Birthday Mazda!

So, I’ll try to get to the topic at hand, but when reading the embedded article about great Chris Cornell driving songs, I was happy to see I am the Highway as the first song listed. That was my favorite song on that album and it got blasted every time I popped that CD in.

The out-west secret car. I’m anxious to see what this is. For some reason, I think you may have gone outside the box and NOT bought a Jeep. It’s probably still rusted, let’s not get crazy, but I think this one is partially outside the David Tracy mold.

The simple fixes are the best. My RX-7 was missing its warning beeps for headlights left on, door open but key in the ignition, etc. Opening up the CPU, $5 worth of capacitors from Mouser (enough to do 10 units), some solder skills, and it was functioning as good as new again. I did also have to replace a resistor…

My first RX-7 had 230,000 miles when it was stolen back in 2004. It had racked that up in 13 years, for an impressive average of over 17,000 miles per year.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/tucson-az-to-tampa-fl-1795957623

For real, this is what the author has referred to as “objectively” funny:

Most of my stuff is still Craftsman, but I have been replacing stuff here and there. I bought a lovely set of JIS screwdrivers made by Vessel. They are great and a must if working on anything that likely came with JIS screws. I also have another set of Wera screwdrivers and one of their ratchets. I will soon be in the…

I bought a set of Wera screwdrivers (even though I had no need for new screwdrivers at the time) and loved them. Then I bought a Wera ratchet to replace an aging Craftsman and I loved that too. I’ve got my eye on also replacing my 1/4 and 1/2 drive ratchets and that Zyklop too.

I can’t remember where all your travels across Europe will take you, but your starting point is fairly close to Frey’s Classic Mazda Museum in Augsburg. That should get the fires burning for a first gen RX-7 again.