I went to the Bondurant performance school years ago. I’d have to say the important thing I learned is that I, and most people it turned out, don’t drive as well as I thought I did. We’re not actors in powersliding German uber car commercials. That’s a sad way to die.

Uggghhhh...I think I'm going to skip taking my cycle out tomorrow. I feel inadequate all of a sudden.... That was pretty magnificent riding.

Very competitive guys in a competitive business. It's not a big deal. Lots of ego involved. Winners don't like losing. This is hardly the making of a soap opera. Now when they start ramming each other on the track, THAT will be interesting!

Slide rules....pencil...paper....brains. Amazing.

By produced...I mean created. I know it’s not production. Jalopnik commenters are sticklers for details at times.

Yeah but it looks like something you’d see in a 70’s movie to me. It would be right at home in the future scene from Woody Allen’s “Bananas.” I’m not trying to convince you. Obviously a lot of people must have liked it or it wouldn’t have been produced. It’s impossible to get 100% acceptance in design. People disliked…

Boy, everyone just assumes you give a few million dollars each to a bunch of congress people means there's funny business or favoritism going on. So cynical!

It just looks so 70’s “The Future is Here” look! I love(d) the Seventies but I do have to laugh at some of the stuff we all used to have. White spherical speakers, Shag rugs, lots of white plastic. I bet at the time this was a knockout sensation. We all have our tastes. I’m just getting old I guess.

Geee..l.. he must have been pro slavery! Thanks for straightening me out!

You really believe that? You think that's what a Conservative is?

I agree but the mitigation is the R107 has just recently gotten out of the "just a nice used car" phase and will be in a collectible phase eventually. As far as looks....that's subjective of course. I personally love the Pagoda more than these, but I'd certainly be happy to own a 190SL. No complaints.

Buick really has to overcome the public’s reflexive derision at the mention of their name. They’re actually wonderful cars.

Notice which car is absent. Mercedes has run similar print ads in the past sans images of the 190. They could be pretty in certain color combos. They were well built. But they were the skinny little offspring of the mighty 300.

Not too long ago, this the 190 was the least desirable used SL you could buy. That's certainly not the case any longer. Millions? Yeah...to the someone to whom millions is Starbucks money. Not me. It's cool but old and slow.

They got the idea from this...or vice versa. Lucas Film bleeding edge film editing system. I ran one for a little while. It was VERY complicated. No tapes...no film.....data on disks.....lots and lots and lots of puny disks.... It changed the way commercials and films were done though. Brilliant actually.

It hasn’t aged well.....has it?

Imagine the sky overhead filled with these.

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The artist formerly known as Prince, who is Prince again I think, went for a huge period of time eating nothing but canned cake frosting. I'm not kidding. Now, he could have been making it up but the interviewer kind of confirmed that his housekeeper and kitchen seemed to verify that claim. THAT is weird.…

Apple has a patent called “Everything ever imagined and more.” It has a good chance of being granted.