You ment to say, “... nearing Big Sur” didn’t you? As that rock is about 2/3rd of the way there, heading South, from Carmel.

“Skip The Festival and for REAL FAST, fender to fender action, go the the Goodwood Revival, my boy!” a cheerful older Englishman used to tell me. RIP ‘uncle’ John...

If time is of the essence, there are a few great alternatives for your next journey.

Keep on trying to get your visa. The journey is worth it. Be in Monterey 3rd week preferably or a long weekend in August to be overwhelmed with cars...

My favorite saying, “Those who know, know... Those who don’t know, does not matter anyway!”

Having experienced The Festival in person, it’s a pretty great show, no doubt. But it, like many venues that become popular, it’s way too commercialized now, IMHO. Loved it in its early years much more.

NEITHER a weekend NOR mid-Summer but a mid-week in early Spring or Fall is the time to do Hwy 1 matters not which direction. For too many tourists with campers and sometime coastal fog can ruin that otherwise AWESOME experience. Some nice places to stop too. To find those, you need to do your research so you do not…

Simply, “There is money, and a lot of it to be had, in ‘them’ Middle Eastern sands...”

The R32 GT-R - Kindly explain what do you mean, “... it was just a small step down from a Porsche 959 ...” TIA

NO MATTER how capable the Juke might be, it surely appears it’s body designers took a long, hard look at this very important species in the animal world and got inspiration from it, no doubt.

Last two photos are of BMW i8 laser light. Pretty incredible technology. About time...

Those lights, they do not look like much in daytime, but they are EXTREMELY effective, when it really counts - at night.

I stand corrected. Thank you for posting that video. For on several occasions when I saw this actual beast, it never went more than 3 to 5 mph. Surely that guy in his shorts is driving it that way too, I would imagine. At least the real rider in the video was properly attired.

Lord March, in the center, judging cars at 2012 Villa d’Este with Nick Mason, on the right...

Every year there is an unbelievably large and usually very intricate sculpture erected in front of Lord March’s residence, The Goodwod House. If you want to see more of them, ALL pretty INCREDIBLE, indeed, go and Google Goodwood Festival of Speed Sculptures Worth your while, no doubt...

Not drift but road race, perhaps? ;- ) Here at the famous Corcscrew turn at Laguna Seca...

Not to worry - it probably can only do two to five mph in real life, despite all that on-paper potential... Besides, it’s his problem if he does something silly, not yours... ;- )

Albeit not the Autostadt sample, but same idea ...