Another thing to bear in mind is that the Miata Cup car is engineered for road courses...more importantly, it is GEARED for road courses. So, with a taller rear end, and modifying the gears in the sequential 6-speed so they have broader spacing (no need for ‘tight gearing’ when not on a road course...the lower gears…

I think you sell Peter Collins a little short here...he actually volunteered his car to Fangio, he wasn’t ordered to do it. Collins was a nice guy, but the reason he stated at the time was a desire to avoid the pressure a championship at his age would bring...and, sadly, he was ‘only 25 years old and have plenty of…

Hmmm....’won’t be competitive’....interesting. Because goodness knows that Cadillac has NO racing pedigree and has NO idea how to build a decent racing powerplant. Nope. I mean...they have had SOME success, but in piddly little races like the Rolex 24hr at Daytona, Le Mans, etc. Nothing substantial like Red Bull had…

I disagree completely...driving a Beetle is complete and utter entertainment, even when it scares the hell out of you (people pay money to see horror movies), which is only sometimes. The only other car I’ve ever driven that made me giggle like a little girl was the MINI Cooper S on a curvy backroad.

You’ve actually touched on one of the big drivers of this...the tax breaks that towns gave to big companies to open/build new buildings in their areas. My own company had opened a new building about 30 miles away from one of the old ones, and the town gave them huge money to do it there...BUT there was an occupancy…

Jumping off a ski-lift is not a good idea...what looks like nice powder might be hiding something not so nice. Fell off a lift once because some kids were rocking it side to side and it got amplified the further away it got. I managed to land in fairly deep powder (still wasn’t fun), guy behind me wound up hitting the…

I have one particular one in mind, but I honestly cannot remember what it is called...

Wait a second....a few years back they started changing all the ‘swoopy’ front ends on cars because they claimed that was worse for pedestrian safety, leading to all these higher and blunter noses. Now they are saying the higher noses are worse for pedestrian safety? WHICH IS IT YOU PHILISTINES???

The earlier Imperator had the same configuration. A little boxier looking, though, but same thing.

The entire Ford SUV line. Their names are all the opposite of what their size should be based on what you’d need to carry on that sort of trip they name...

Laptop/Notebook computer with LCD screen...perhaps included in the ‘mobile devices’ item, but wasn’t specifically mentioned. Temps below 20 will ruin the display...I know this one as a fact.

Exactly...let them through...then you have a rabbit to follow and get the ticket!

Came here to post this...I will say, though, that I take note of what they are driving and, if I can, their tires. I never tailgate a car with better brakes or tires. Everyone else is fair game if they are blocking traffic (and, yes, I know two wrongs don’t make a right, but they should get the hell out of the left…

The crew I was on was quite the experience...in some ways like a ‘typical’ team sport, but oh so very different. Any team sport had camaraderie and that whole ‘team thing’...but there is a fundamental difference that I think makes your crew almost like family (and, much like family, there may be guys you cannot stand…

Wrong year...Lamborghini’s issues with Ferrari came some years later.

You could do pretty much any Chris Nixon book, but “Mon Ami Mate” has it ALL...epic racing, a good love story, an amazing ‘buddy’ story, tragedy, and a bit of mystery. Plus amazing cars....hell, Hawthorne died in a very cool Jaguar sedan while playing cat n mouse with Rob Walker in a 300SL...object lesson, too, as it…

Wow...there are some REALLY good ones suggested here! Here’s a couple more:

In a vehicle, you basically have two methods available to communicate with other drivers: lights and horn. What you are saying is that you reduce your ability to communicate by 50% without any consideration. That seems silly.

I remember reading a few years back how Microsoft was getting into vehicle operating systems and GM was one of the first in line for it...now I wonder if that happened and we are seeing the result here. It sure sounds like it runs on Windows...

A couple things...first off, the Catera was actually a pretty decent car, it was just a bad Cadillac (it was, after all, a German car, so had fairly sound engineering).