We’d like to promptly announce we are pulling all operations out of Washington state. - BMW

Indeed. The South China Morning Post story made it a little unclear how much was “parking spot” and how much was “access alcove.” Still seems like a pretty lean corner of pavement for a million bucks!

“It makes 755 HP from the LT5 engine, whose supercharger consumes about 100 HP at full boost. “So,” Lee said, “our engine is really making 855 HP at the crank, since 100 HP is used to drive the supercharger.”

No no NO! That last thing we need is Florida Man trying to one up (presumably stolen) uranium dust.

Looks like Florida Man needs to step up his game today.

If I were the thief, I’d disguise the 288 as a 308. That would be a bitchin’ “short,” Saturday night on the Hollywood Strasse. I’d race for pinks and no one could touch me! And profit ! $$$ Because I imagine it will be hard to fence a 288.

That's because Canadian Pontiacs are just embodied Chevrolets in that period. Because aside from being nice and liking the Hockey, Canadians used to be real cheapskates. Now they have worse car debt than Americans. Also back in their cheap days of fake Pontiacs, they also sold in Canada Tatra Tatraplans in the 1950's,…

“Only the French would give the passenger an aluminum kick plate solely because it looks nice.”

OK that’s even more nuts. Right outside the yard, it should’ve been towed back to the station in less than an hour. They did that just fine at Union Station when we had problems on a Wolverine I was running back from Chicago. They wouldn’t have even needed an Amtrak engine for it, they have the ones from the rail…

“The good stuff is that way!”

Yeah. This has Nashville New Money Redneck scribbled all over it.

GTAs are unloved both because they are automatics and because the transmission is a single, very expensive, part.

You have never seen a snake in the wild? Do you live in and have never left Manhattan?