That shit look civilized to you?

That’s fucked up. Looks like Gawker has lit itself on fire and is taking down jalopnik with it. Very sad.

Glorious. I love how he carries on sideways on the side of a mountain all casual; ‘Whoops, missed it! Oh, well. [pegs throttle and steers into it] la, la, la, oh look, it’s the road again! excellent!’

I think you are correct it’s a funny projection, but also think that it is in fact a little ugly and wide and weird. In a good way. In a brutish, piggish, ‘Aaargh’ kind of way. I think you’re right, people will like it.

Absolutely. ‘Ford of Europe’ is (was?) a completely different thing, building totally different cars all on their own. In all but name the Escort is a British car, oddly enough... (yeah, I know you all know this!) Also has a lot to do with the difference between American and European roads. Big American boats don’t do…

Probably more much more complicated than this, but I think a lot of it is that he considers himself a ‘real racer’ and in the lore of motor racing any real racer must go for any gap, no matter how tiny, if it is there. There’s a fabulous Senna quote about it.

TOTALLY. I’M REELING AT THE SHEER FORCE OF IT!

Either way, it was still Hamilton that tried an avoiding maneuver, lost control of his car and took both of them out.

Well put!

That, my good friend, is an excellent point. I admire and commend you on your principled stance!

‘Scuse me?

>That is a situation that could easily happen in normal traffic

Great quote! Of the 3 ways, the go down crazy is my worst fear. Oh the joy of running full speed and diving for the e-stop while machines eat themselves.

+1 insightful

One two word word.

>Did want to be disparaging,

Dafuq? Roofs are for pussies.

I was eager to take it for a test drive, and really indicate the shit outta some turns.

I have been lucky enough to encounter this magic machine cruising down the highway while on a road trip. The best thing is that it’s just as cool as one imagines it to be. You can’t help but grin, point and giggle. A thing of beauty...

Short answer? They’re slow. On a nice, tight, street track you don’t notice as much that they are way slower than f1, wec, and all that. That said the Mexico City short track was pretty cool.