One thing about this: It was helpful to know that showing up for work on time is a feat worthy of mentioning in a rapist-but-nice-guy character reference letter.

A friend of mine bought a hardtop Mondial with the 4-valve engine and I got to flog it around Denver late at night years ago. My only Ferrari experience and it was wonderful.

Car and Driver’s test of the early versions of Ghibli should be required reading if you’re tempted by one of these. They found a LOT of caveats:

Indeed. Of course, there is an army of staff supporting him. And they are having to be twice as effective as otherwise, just to limp the show to its very modest goals.

‘...a quick look on autotrader shows these things cratering down into mid-20k range after 10 years.’

I drove a 1994 XJ12 for ten years after buying it used with 70,000 miles on the odometer. Aside from regular maintenance the only failures were the fan clutch, a door latch, the radio, and a seal on the GM-sourced transmission. When I sold it with 150,000 miles, the fuel pump was sounding a bit loud.

Does your dad need an extra kid to drive his car so the battery doesn’t run down, etc.?  

Hey, I was in the audience when Mr Attell recorded Skanks for the Memories! I am part of history.

I was watching his take on Dunkirk, and Jebus, that man does not know when to just let a story speak for itself. Between the magical Spitfire that glides with no engine for eons, and the wholesale theft of Elgar’s greatest music playing to let you know “this is momentous”, it just never shuts up trying to sell you.…

No problem. Let’s just throw this on the already huge pile of things kids in Texas won’t learn about...

You took that comment 100% literally, huh? And 7 upvotes. Yup. The Jalopnik crowd is exactly as I remember it.

From the sublime F355...

I can’t look at that picture without wondering - does Kim Kardashian smell like the entire Macy’s cosmetics section?  Jebus F.

I owned a 2000 CLK and drove it for about 100k miles. What a great and enduring design, which always made me look back after I parked it, and easily the most reliable car I’ve ever had.

I just wish there was a Cletus Safari out to Norman Oklahoma to interview that drywall installer who just made a $50,000 commitment to a lifted pickup for - uh - ‘work’.

Just a map that makes it clear why insurance premiums are already skyrocketing in Florida and companies are dropping policies. But, please continue on you geniuses...

Indeed.

The ‘writing staff’ is now a group of unpaid interns.

John Cleese once stating that “London is no longer and English city” because, apparently, when he walked down the streets he encountered - uh - too many - uh - non-English-type people, gives you some idea of his character.

Horacio Pagani has made a small fortune doing just the thing you claim can’t be done.  He has given plenty of interviews on the topic.