Michael Ballerban

Couldn’t continue the greatest racing program in the world.

Now you’re making me look up numbers! :)

My most shameful automtive secret.... I would buy the fuck out of this and drive it, unironically, daily.... because I LOVE every part of this, unironically.

I would park it at a tailgate, crack a Pabst and just enjoy the fuck out of life.

Hey George.

Bronco, Supra, Z Car, mid-engine corvette. The 4 cars of the apocalypse. We are 100% going to all perish in a nuclear war before those cars hit lots.

Dumb. Everyone knows the best way to kill a Ferrari is to drive it around the block until it catches itself on fire.

Ban semi-automatic transmissions.

Fiat Is Alright Too

Thousands of corvette owners would disagree

I rode the bus while waiting for replacement parts.

I’m mildy aroused by the name Nico Hulkenberg. Top in the streets, insatiable bottom in the sheets.

Those pictures remind me of being in middle-school sex ed, and they show you weird pictures of anatomy that are excessively detailed, and you’re kind of aroused, but also confused and a bit frightened.

Patrick George: “I expect his first article Tuesday.”

And people eat it up as evidenced by whoever is clapping. “Fuck yea I’m seeing a wreck!”

Bring back the Nordschleife.

Oh you like to play it dangerously.

So the Z06 absolutely suffers from cooling issues. They didn’t give it enough radiator or intercooler. When combined with a blower sized more for European hood clearance crash regs (aka, spinning the balls off a small blower right from the factory), it struggled with heat soak and plenty of videos show it getting…

I pulled up nice and early to the local C&C in my beat up POS ‘90 Miata track whip. Rolled on paint, second hand parts, autocross/HPDE numbers and bullshit sponsor stickers all over it, pure beater. (and one hell of a track car) One of my detailing customers spotted me and waved me to park next to his month-old AMG…

12 years for a 1-model-year supercar.