Um, yeah. I was just in Germany and had a 420di. I do not drive particularly efficiently on the Autobahn, plus most of the driving was in the Alps. Over about 1000 km, it averaged 35 mpg. If I want an efficient car, I'm getting a diesel, not a hybrid. Mileage is about the same, easier & cheaper to fix, and not…

Absolutely. My ancient Civic and the beater truck? Those are the bad weather cars. The dang near pristine 1988 M-B I inherited from my Dad? Um, no.

The difference is, it was one flip for a 911 GT (Bill Auberlen also went airborne in a BMW prototype around the same time). Both the BMW and the Porsche were clearly freak accidents. If you watch the footage of the Porsche at Petit LeMans, you can clearly see what happens. The car is on a slight uphill, and he…

Hey, don't knock it. There are more than a few people, guys and gals, who started following racing because of that Paul Newman guy. :) Besides, Mr. Dempsey has more than shown he's not just there for the publicity. As a chick trying to get others interested in the wonderful world of sportscar racing, I'll take…

Not to mention their history. No other manufacturer has a greater potential for overall disaster at LeMans. Way too much risk for too little reward. I doubt TPTB back in Unterturkheim have forgotten the backlash from 1999.

There will be snowball fights in Hades before Mercedes-Benz returns to LeMans as factory team. See 1955 and 1999.

No, but I am, and yes, it is rather sexist and off-putting. Thankfully, you redeemed yourself with a healthy dose of self deprecation. However, speaking as a long time female car geek, this kind of crap does get old.

Wow. Further proof to the old axiom "Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good." Not that Vetted isn't good, but still.....

If she's guilty of every infraction on this list and oblivious to everything around her, then what you should be doing is getting her license removed and preventing her from driving.

I drive my late father's 1988 MB 260E. You don't know how close I've come to putting a sign on it that says, "If I was the rich snot you thought I was, I wouldn't be driving a 26 year old car."

I won't say isn't a serious factor in a number of auto accidents, and I won't disagree that it increases the likelihood of serious injury or death. But if "speed kills" in sense that most people seem to think it does, then why isn't Germany a barren wasteland with few people?