I’m thrilled for Sabine and Chris, but this whole thing has me really worried. Top Gear was more of an entertainment-focused show than it was a hardcore automotive enthusiast show. From top to bottom, the show was produced for TV viewership with all of its yuk-yuk-jokes, one-liners, and characterizations of the hosts.

More power isn’t necessarily what’s needed. What is needed is more mechanical grip and less reliance on aero grip.How many times have we seen a car close the distance to a car in front only to get into that “aerowash” zone where all the car does is loose front grip due to lack of down force on the front wing and slide…

[Holy shit the seats in the 1991 Volkswagen Vario concept car. I just...damn. Photo Credit: VW]

I saw a BMW with its turn signal on once.

Before I started riding, I visited this page:

The TAG (Techniques d’Avant Garde) side of Heuer back in the 80s produced turbocharged units during the old F1 turbo era. TAG didn’t buy Heuer until around ‘85, so before that TAG was buidling Porsche turbo engines in F1.

The roads are crap though. Maybe not as bad as Chicago, but they aren’t nice.

The curse of the US Grand Prix..

Holy crap that’s cool.

Actually, the Polo mk1 is an Audi 50. The Audi came first.

My grandfather was a Corsair pilot in WW2 and also thought Boyington was a jackass. I guess it was a figher pilot thing.

To Chris Evans and the BBC according to Clarkson

I think this is probably one of the personality traits you need to succeed and survive as a fighter pilot.

Chevon is implementing Apple Pay at pumps.

Wow, this sounds fucking terrible. The future sucks.

That was a pretty popular modification where I grew up during the winter.

I’m going to be in LA for work all week. I’m now extremely tempted to bring this back with me.

Have you seen the Prestige? You should watch the Prestige.