My brother left a floor jack in the trunk of his Miata. He also removed all the carpeting. When I took it out for a spin in the wet to play, the jack made contact with the exposed battery terminals. It quickly caught fire and died. The FD showed up within 3 minutes but the fire had already burned itself out. Just the…

It’s a tough question - all of those Smart roadsters have been accelerating from 0-60 since 2010.

People! Can’t we just agree that a 10 generation family tree must be pulled and investigated before we do business with monsters like this?

I’m not a racist. Some of my best racecars are black.

I this one must be a super nice price: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/link/211500060

I have two softtops, Miata and R8, and while I agree with you when it comes to the Miata, the R8 has a wonderful softtop. It’s 7 years old now and looks near new. Road and wind noise is minimal. No downsides that I can think of.

Welcome to the 21st century - modern Soft tops, *ESPECIALLY* BMW’s, can be fantastic. I have a convertible 6, and can (and do) comfortably join conference calls on my way into work in the winter. I have no problems with noise or temperature, and I live in Denver.

Folding hard tops are stupid, heavy, mechanically…

I went last July while I was in the area for ST Octane academy. I found the whole Bonneville area to be surreal, almost eerie.

Personally, I wouldn’t do that to someone’s car from Turo unless specifically allowed by the owner, but I’m sure many would.

We were probably there within a couple of days off each other. All I had to play with was a rented Kia Sportage though. With the traction situation of the salt, 80mph was pretty sketchy, after doing a comfortable 85 all the way from Salt Lake on I-80.

I finally made it out to the flats for the first time the week before. Just putzing around on the salt is strange enough. Going 200mph on that surface must feel crazy.

1800lbs

It’s come a long way since I saw it last...

What a Super Hang-On!

I drove a manual in DC traffic and crappy streets and wouldn’t have done it any other way! If anything, my left foot and right hand kept me amused while wading through traffic and was hardly a nuisance.

That’s jacked-up man, wrenching every pun out of this guy’s misfortune.

A DUI is a heavy burden to have to lug. Nut or not, this man will have a circuit of court dates that he’ll be going round and round on for some time. Addiction is the driver here folks. I suspect he’ll draft the services of some talented professionals to get him on the right track.

they know what the Hamptons are. They’re slightly classier hotels across the interstate from the Holiday Inn Cousin Eddie’s been living at for 3 months

I don’t get it.

Man, that’s the pits, what a wreck. This would be a good time for him to take stock of his life. When life throws you a left turn, lean in to it but use caution. He can bank on a court-ordered recovery program. It’ll be a long road but I’m sure he’ll make it to the finishline though success won’t just land in his lap.…