Took the company front-wheel drive Equinox further off road this morning than many more capable vehicles will ever see. At one point I had a fan club of hungry cows.

The post on the overpriced E46 M3 for some reason sparked a memory of a university friend who was a BMW fanatic and let me drive his E36 328 sedan once. After university we didn’t stay in touch (he was more a friend of a housemate). Today I was curious what he was up to, and I find that he is, in fact, a long-time…

Someone I know announced the purchase of a Honda Clarity on Facebook. Until that moment I was not aware of this car as a plug-in hybrid, I may have heard about it as a fuel cell vehicle. What is the Oppo hot take?

Is “Jumbo Seven” an oxymoron like “Jumbo Shrimp?” Probably. This is about a friend’s one-off Lotus Seven replica. A former road race vehicle on a custom (largish) frame, and he re-built it for the road. Saturday I got to drive it a little bit, and even with some bugs still to work out and being on a residential…

You will give me this car, you cannot resist the puppy dog eyes.

Well, this was going to be a post for SC Oppos who might wish to meet up at the Greenville Cars and Coffee on Saturday (E90M3, daender, Jordan, and any others who I haven’t met). However, rather than improving, the weather forecast is solidly predicting rain on Saturday morning. Dang it. I may still stop by and see…

Today is the final autocross of the season. [Update: I won my class for the season even though I didn’t show up today, even though I’m not the fastest, and even though I missed a couple of other events!]

I’m at a professional conference and tonight I joined some clients at a bar after dinner. It got loud. I don’t like it when the level of noise is so high that my throat hurts from shouting a conversation. I’m old and boring.

Was behind this on my commute. Enjoy the wing to start your day.

Jordan was taking many more pictures, but says that he may have issues with uploading who also just dumped his in a post. Here are the few that I took, with something for Flavian, E30M3, and even David Tracy Just Jeepin’.

Me and Jordan will be at Charlotte cars and coffee shortly if anyone local wants to meet IRL.

The last two weeks I have been moving toward stopping the search for a more sport-oriented car than the GTI. I have left it at work for several nights in that time, which I would be worried about with a Cayman or C5 Z06. It was fun at autocross, and also on the street when I wanted it. And it is easy to take my dog…

Some cool cars presented for today’s event in Charlotte. See mini dump below. The incredibly cool Chevy truck did not have contrasting numbers, which caused quite a controversy because the owner wasn’t willing to use tape.

This is the Pee-Dee river today in central North Carolina. Based on the debris, it looks like it crested a couple of feet up that sign, so it has lessened, but it’s still just barely in its banks.

Saw this rolling on the highway in North Carolina today. My boss (who was driving) and I spent several minutes speculating on how the damage was caused on both sides in the middle of the cab of the truck.

I just got an email back from the seller of the Cayman. It has a Florida history, and was listed on the Jacksonville, FL, Craigslist but (wait for it) it is in Houston, Texas! Supposedly. Hah. Email included a link to inventory that I’m definitely NOT clicking on. Conveniently, there is the option to pay, have it…

I found a Cayman that appears to be for sale at about 2/3rds of market value (on Craigslist, of course). I expressed interest using a burner email account and asked for the VIN to do more research. Below is the reply: scam, or too soon to tell?

Took a quick trip to Paris before returning home. Saw many Ferraris and some other fancy cars, as well as Twingos and Smart cars and many, many crazy motorbike and scooter drivers. I went 165 mph, felt like someone was trying to recreate Janis Joplin’s art Porsche, and saw an interesting schematic of cars.

I realize that it’s early on the east coast, to say nothing of the west coast, but my drink of the evening explains why I’m asking: what’s Oppo drinking tonight?