BMW 7 Series

Selling self-help tapes aside, one thing I noticed is that he built his business without the help of rich parents. I have the pleasure/curse of knowing a lot of successful people and with rare exception, all of them were able to do what they did because they either got financial capital or had their parents as a…

I wish I hadn’t:

The seller has changed his post to say that his insurance does cover test drivers.

His way of saying no joy rides. I get it. While it’s only 17k, it’s this guys 17k.

There will be no test drives until the car is in your name unless you wish to purchase insurance for the car previous to the purchase of the vehicle. I’ll do whatever emergency stops, lock-to-lock wheel checks and everything else you need to check, but I can’t allow anyone to drive the car themselves until the…

I miss mine too—I knew power was too costly, so all my rx-8 mods were focused on dialing in everything else: mazdaspeed front and rear tower braces, tein h-tech springs on tokico d spec struts, a short throw shifter, a tanabe exhaust, the kn filter, cobb accessport, and “mandatory” appearance mods. All said and done,…

I am guilty of this fantasy. I drove the RX-8 for 5 years, decided that I’ve had enough fun with rev-matching downshifts and sounding obnoxious. I read about the famous “APR” tune for an S6, so I figured $6k can give the RX-8 a little extra kick. An estimate for adding a turbo and some suspension bits, from a…

I’d rather see the Motus in a Lotus.

This engine makes absolutely the best sound. It definitely fit, right?

Motus! They actually sell that as a crate motor and it’s pretty stout! I’m from Birmingham, AL (where they’re made), and have spoken with several of their guys, been to open houses, etc. Their engine is basically a Chevy LS cut in half (their words).

Plus they made this thing with one:

Thanks you so much for the kind words, it makes it all worth it.

Tyler, once again, an amazing article. This is probably my favorite piece I have read anywhere. Your consistency is mind boggling, I have yet to read a bad piece from you.

Another nice sub article Tyler. Bringing back so many memories. Much of this stuff is spot on. As a nuke I was able to live that life and by dumb luck or by plan (guess I’ll never know) was in the Con for battle stations. Had pleasure of the crazy shit forward and aft. Would love to share it all, but then I would have…

Flawed as it was, I never felt Kaz's passion for cars was as apparent as in Gran Turismo 5. In fact, I think it was because of the flaws that it shone so brightly.

The other thing I like about Gran Turismo (other than being a driving simulator, a car simulator and an excellent way to popularize both of those things) is that it forces you to start in a relative shitbox no matter which entry in the series you choose. It makes you appreciate car development in a way unique to…

Wow... I'm ashamed to say I'd never thought about Gran Turismo in that light, as an integral part of actual automotive industry and cultur. This article actually kind of blew my mind, now I gotta watch the movie.

Here's the entire gallery, minus the crops. You can see the actual outlines of the Kodachrome slides. Most images are free via the Library of Congress. This was part of the Farm Security Administration's colour photography collection.