Any E Type coupe, or an XJS. Cheap to get, if you're mechanically inclined pretty easy to do regular things like oil, etc, and still classy and smooth driving. Not your style? What about something like a 70's BMW? Still no? New car you say? Mazdaspeed 3. All of these are a blast to drive, all have charm, all except an…

There are a few flaws in the 727/commercial theory. One is that an FAA approved airframe isn't a DOD approved airframe. There is a lot of strengthening and reengineering of systems and structures. Then the idea of carrying a bunch of ordnance types that can be swapped/chosen in flight means you are carrying not really…

Boeing Wetdreamliner?

When I lived in Indianapolis, I was waiting to cross New York or Michigan Ave when a guy blew the red light at about 40mph. Sitting at the intersection about to go as the light turned green for him was an IPD cop. He looked at me, shook his head and smiled, and lit up the lights and siren going after the guy.…

Having done a long 3 day rally in one, they are both great and abysmal at the same time. Heaters were an option on many cars of that time period, and thankfully the one I was in had one. As to leg room, almost all the British cars have it in spades. My MGB, Spitfire, and Jag as well as the other Triumphs and Healeys…

In order for the town to not approve it and at least put a roadblock to delay this, the numbers have to be found. Or you have towns like Bridgehampton, which got the Hamptons put on the map. But then all the potato farmers sold, and the mansions went up, and suddenly people were upset about an operating racetrack in…

There is something you overlooked. The OWNER is the driving force to develop it. So unless a sympathetic buyer can be found, it may be too little too late to stop some sort of end of usage. As to land nearby, even if the track were to stay open, as development encroaches on it, noise complaints would surely kill it…

My dad was on Denise McCluggage's and eventually became her crew chief at most of the races she did in the Eastern US. He got the gig because his best friend worked for Briggs Cunningham and Briggs usually was the one providing cars for her. Dad always said she was professional, quick, and really nice to deal with.

Interesting and full of character, meaning full of my blood and sweat. Don't forget my parents have an NB Miata and a Triumph TR8. Runs in my family...

HA! You know what I drive. But in my life of car ownership, I can't really say I've had a horrible car. All had some redeeming trait. The Chevy Citation I had was one of the few with the 2.8L V6 with carbs, not the 3.6L with horrible FI. It could do 75 in 2nd gear and hammer all day while getting 25mpg. My Chrysler…

Being from the mountains of NY, I grew up driving in horrible weather. Now I've been in Austin over 7 years, and when this weather happens I just stay home. Actually, even if it rains here the traffic is impacted as bad as any noreaster I ever saw. To be honest, unless it's dry and clear, central TX drivers aren't the…

I autocross my 1978 Triumph Spitfire. It has a yellow trunk, white bonnet, and brown body (the original color until some idiot BACKED into me at a traffic light in an SUV) and I usually use dark blue wheels. Oh, and either a tan soft top or a white with twin blue stripes hardtop. Does it look good? Not so much. Do I…

One Lap of America CRX. Fastest CRX I know of.

As mentioned in a previous comment, the Lotus queershift, which was sequential but as Sir Stirling Moss told me a year ago when I asked him about it "it was a great idea, but you'd pull the shifter back to upshift and unlike today, it stayed at that notch. Until it was 4 more notches back. Then you pushed it forward…

If it's the driver talking, my conversation with her would be "Well, if you didn't end up on your side you wouldn't have needed the towtruck. So you have to be kidding ME that you are even remotely upset about this considering you were the force that began toppling the dominoes..." Followed by a smack to the face to…

Ok, after discussing this with my girl, she said there was a trademark/copyright on Miata by a bike company until 2013. Considering she owned/managed an MX5 Cup team and is on a first name basis with the Mazda guys, and that's what they told her, it makes sense that the name is back for 2014. Still doesn't change the…

And also is a race mechanic and owned/ran some MX-5 teams....

HA!!! Well played. She seems to have mastered her MX-5 much better than I so far. I'm better in vintage cars.

I agree with the review, the woman I'm currently seeing has a 2013 Club Sport equipped very similarly. Only thing is these are no longer Miatas, as the model changed to MX-5 when Mazda got sued by a bike manufacturer who has the rights to the word Miata. Sorry to get picky but it's a big issue in the community. I love…

I was driving a pickup towing an empty trailer north to KS from Austin on THE night it decided to snow from Temple, TX north. I gingerly chugged along at 35-45mph all night. In the hills of OK a BMW went blasting by me at easily 50mph. I was barely going 30. Not long after, there he was, down an embankment at least…