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My first car was literally my grandmother’s old Toyota Corolla Mk II coupe, which my folks had painted red in a failed effort to make me feel beter about having to drive my grandmother’s old car. But, I was grateful for free transportation, and the freedom it brought. Mind you, this is Florida where you get your DL at…

I’m just passing along what I read, that is all.

Italian news is reporting that the bridge was hit by a massive lighting bolt in a critical spot which caused it to snap.

These kind of articles always make me itchy. 

The Audi TT has a beautiful fuel cap/flap, in all three versions too. It’s done out of aluminum, and it’s very nice.

I agree, I have driven all over Europe, and basically what he described, driver, road and traffic-wise, could describe most of rural Europe. Southern Italy, like Naples, Bari, Sicily, etc, is a whole different story, but Northern Italy is no different than any other part of Europe, and the roads and drivers are still…

Ugh. SMH.

Tell me about it. I loved Panos’ school, I did their racing school in Road Atlanta, so much fun.

No doubt, any time someone asks me what they can do to improve the handling of their car, tires is always the answer. However, in the context of mods, tires have one problem: they wear out, and need replacement. So they quickly add up, especially when your car’s rubber starts at $300 or more per tire, and as they…

Sorry to pick your piece to voice this, but must we abbreviate/shorten/twist everything in this country? I detest the word “guac”. Not only is it lazy (because heaven forbid we say “guacamole” man, those extra 2 syllables are so tiring) but it also diminishes the culture from which the dish emanated. It says “I can’t…

That thing is ugly AF. Looks like a kit car or someone who bought a CLK and then proceeded to install every goddamn aftermarket spoiler, lip, fender flare, rocker panel, and any other thing they could stick on there.

When I did a racing school a few years ago you could buy a policy that capped your liability at $5000, which I think was an extra $500. I bought it, and was glad I did, because someone in our class lost it coming down out of 12 on Road Atlanta, hit the outer wall, caromed off onto the inner wall. He didn’t buy the…

LOL, stupid .gif wouldn’t upload. Never mind, carry on.

Like this?

There you go, thanks for posting that!

Yep, my son told me later that on the last lap he was getting kind of nauseous. I wasn’t going more than 8/10, but I was happy that each lap was faster than the previous one, and that I managed to get a time decently under 10 minutes, which, all things considered, wasn’t bad.

I’ve driven the ‘ring hundreds of times on Gran Turismo. It’s not the same as being in a real car at the real track, not even close.

I’m sure they do, as I’m sure most tracks do, why should they pay for my fuck up? At least at the Glen there’s some runoff area, or bailout room should you overcook it going into a corner. What had me nervous about the ‘ring is that 80% of the corners are blind, and there’s nowhere to go if you go off. You put 2…