It’s quite easy to view bad behavior as inevitable in the pursuit of wealth. It is far from the truth, though. There are many ethically grounded wealthy people. I think what’s closer to the truth is that indirect harm happens in a society with winners and losers. I own companies with 100+ employees, we pay well and…

Ford won Daytona last year, and then promptly got BOP’d to the back of the grid. By Petit Lemans they were at the very back of the class, and the BMWs had been gifted victories by IMSA. In Atlanta, the BMWs had enough power and grip to pass the rest of the class at will. The BOP for the Chevy and Ford were pretty much…

One small correction Bradley. He was never a motorsports hero.

Sorry, but this reeks a little too much of “I was a guest of BMW for the weekend, and listened a little too intently to their excuses...”

I think it’s meant to encourage more companies to show up. Ford is running a super car designed with racing in mind. Chevrolet is running a much more mass market car. Endurance racing isn’t lucrative enough for GM to bring out a direct competitor to the GT just to race with them and so they would be likely to drop…

I have a piece of carbon fiber/Kevlar from a Lola-Nissan with a Jack Daniels logo in my garage. I got it at the 2001 Rolex 24. The team said, “Help yourself,” so I did.

Maybe you could use a pair of these.

Yea the article seemed to gloss over how the advancement was made. I don’t think there are top teams recruiting out of the Lemon’s ranks so I’d assume the giant leap of budget from Lemons to GT3 Cup then the Merc. So it is very nice they say there is a path, but with any form of racing, of course there is a path if…

Yup. Our house is paid off. We buy our cars for cash. We pay off our credit card at the end of every month.

I know this will probably come off the wrong way, but there IS a smug satisfaction in knowing you actually own everything you “own” while living within in your means - which means saving more than 10% each month for retirement, having sufficient savings for an emergency, and not having any revolving debt other than…

Why are all these guys talking shit about flying cars on the day the Dukes of Hazard premiered. We all saw the General Lee take flight at least once a week during that run.

I’m more grossed out by someone walking around in piss soaked socks. Ask any flight attendant what the liquid on the bathroom floor is. Hint: it aint water.

We’ve had commercial airplane travel for a century now. The novelty of flying is long gone, so I think it’s fair to expect the accommodations to be better and more comfortable than they were in the past. Only, it seems like we’ve regressed.

Funny, it’s older farts like me that frequently bemoan the state of air travel because we can remember how much better it used to be before the deregulation era started. Mind you, though the actual flights are much worse than for example my trips to Hawaii on Wardair back in the 80's, it’s the demeaning “security…

I don’t mind it, but I don’t want the cell phone using, shaving, putting on makeup, oblivious fast food eating troglodyte in the next vehicle thinking the car will take care of everything.

I could not care less about semi-autonomous features in my car. I will avoid paying any extra money for any of them.

I have nothing but respect for farmers. Automation is obviously taking away some of the back-breaking work, but in general it’s hard to imagine a more consuming livelihood with more ways for things to go really badly.