Touche’

No more gated shifters from Ferrari? I weep for humanity.

*AHEM*

Not sure how I missed out submitting a photo for this, but here one of my favorite car pictures that I have taken. Old meets new.

Just stopped by to leave this here. I’ll show myself out...

...and this is how fast a 2011 Yaris goes at Bonneville... with a tailwind:

Quote: “Here’s a tip that will take you a long way in life: don’t hit a plane with a van. The plane will nearly always win.”

Yes! Great minds think alike! WIND TURBINE BLADE JOUSTING!!! Look out NASCAR...

“Give the Governor a Harrumph!”

That is a valid point.

It is amazing that out of everything he did wrong, the entire episode is blamed on speeding... at a blistering 57 mph. Now, I agree he shouldn’t have been going 2x the speed limit. Perhaps if he wasn’t going 57 mph he wouldn’t have attempted the “Formula One manoeuvre”, hitting two other cars and a lamppost before…

Haha! The nerdiness continues - I just ordered a copy of the book! Now if ya’ll will excuse me, I have to go to the shop and continue my restoration of a small locomotive from the early 1900s. Guess what type of valve gear it has...

Interesting... that is one book I don’t have in the library. I’ll keep an eye out for a copy. Probably my favorite book on steam locomotive development is John H. White Jr.’s “American Locomotives, An Engineering History, 1830-1880". McShane’s “Classic American Locomotives” is a good reference, too.

And a tip-of-the-hat to you sir, for recognizing that it had Stephenson valve gear as opposed to those Johnny-come-lately valve gears such as Walschaert’s or Baker. You are obviously a gentleman of education and fine taste...

I concur.

BimmerStang?

Yes! We stopped by during a trip in 2014, and ran my wife’s Yaris down to the end and back (111 MPH indicated downwind, if anyone is interested). The guys with the Triumph/Castrol Rocket motorcycle happened to be out there doing test runs. I didn’t get to see it run, but they were gracious and let me gawk at it in the…

Back in my teenage years, I was helping a buddy pull an engine out of a ‘74 Ford 3/4 ton. With the engine out of the truck, we headed inside to get a bite to eat. We both had that oily black grime embedded in our hands that just would not come out no matter how much Lava, Goop or Dawn we used. I still remember looking…

On the other hand, the fact that you have owned 7 Aspires ought to have weight; if nothing else it would be compensation for having owned 7 Aspires. For the record, I’ve had one Aspire and 2 Festivas (both ‘93 models) plus a couple of Mustangs that never, ever ran over anyone... not to mention various other Ford…