Dale Earnhardt winning the pole at Watkins Glen with a broken sternum and clavicle in a crash the previous week (I think Talladega?) It’s impressive enough that he was able to race at all, then add in the physical demands of a fast road course, and he still is faster than everyone else? Epic.

As you can see how welcoming we are to people fleeing a bad situation in their home countries seeking a better life.  I’m sure fleeing Americans are going to run into similar resistance to just moving to another country.

2008-ish I believe. Came so close to pulling the trigger on a Pontiac G8 GT. Test drove it, talked numbers, but just didn’t do it because I think I was concerned about the fuel mileage at the time.  Hell, they were discounting them!  I ended up with an Altima Hybrid (which was actually a good car to be honest.)  But…

Rossi was the golden boy at Andretti Autosport and expects to be treated as the number one. He was already feeling the heat of Herta coming in and being so fast. He’s threatened by Grosjean as well. Plus Grosjean has the added salt in Rossi’s wound that he actually made it in F1 and has podium trophies. Rossi is…

I think they do provide some benefit. I know people that frequent this site are anomalies, but most people don’t know about, or even care a little bit about cars. They truly don’t know what they want or need or even what’s available. These are the people that want a blue car that has a light in the vanity mirror and…

I love the whole, “Even though this is the price of our product, we won’t sell it to you unless we can milk more money out of you.”  I don’t typically agree with those anti-dealership people that want to go to direct from manufacturer sales, but lately the dealership model has been hard for me to defend.  Inevitably…

Why are you in the grays again?  Did you piss someone off?

What about finance rate holdback? You qualify for 1.9% but they tell you you were approved for 2.4% and they keep the 0.5%.

I agree, but it had a customer base, or else why would they bring it to market? I was actively trying to buy one from my local dealer and they couldn’t care less. Not every car has to sell 300,000 copies a year.  Small, niche market cars are nice, but you have to actually have some to sell before you throw in the…

Two years ago I went to my local Hyundai dealer and test drove a Veloster N.  I still had six months of my lease left, but told them I was ready to buy in six months.  Left my name and number.  Never heard back.  As far as I can tell, they haven’t had one on the lot since that one I test drove.  A nationwide search…

Maybe a movie studio looking for period piece cars that are as bone stock as possible?

I love the, “Well, everybody else is bilking the buyers.  I’m trying to get in on that action too!” reasoning.

Luckily for them, the state of Florida views Covid as a liberal hoax that Biden is simultaneously not doing enough to combat and also implementing draconian measures to oppress the people.  DeSantis says you’re good to cram into a crowded nightclub maskless.  In fact, you better be maskless or you’ll be ticketed.

Probably.  And 911's have a big ole pendulum hanging outside the rear axle.

In my circle track racing days, during practice I was accelerating out of turn two and was about halfway down the back stretch when the car just spun into the infield.  I was baffled as it felt fine and not loose at all.  I talked to my crew chief and he said basically the car never had rear bite coming out of the…

Do you read Jason Pargin’s Substack articles? He just published one that kind of hit on this exact point. White, Christian Conservatives are always portrayed in media as low-class losers or crazy zealots. He used to be an editor for Cracked, so his articles are always funny, but he makes some really good points about…

I rented an automatic FR-S and did a Track Night in America at Thunderhill. I’m not exaggerating when I say the ambient temp was 110 degrees. The brakes never faded, the transmission never slipped, the tires never gave up. I was thoroughly impressed. And it was a rental. It had already been beaten within an inch of…

I find it so odd that today’s parents are held hostage by their children and their complete domination of what entertainment gets viewed in the household.  I was never allowed to watch the same movie 800 times in a row.  I didn’t get to pick what the family watched in the evening.  I watched what the adults picked.  I…

It’s so you can drive it after slipping your handcuffs to the front.

See, I just can’t.  Some things are worth the extra money.