This reminds me a lot of the movies that came out in the early-mid 90's. They’re about a young person fighting the system to help his creature friend; it’s essentially if Free Willy and E.T. had a baby that was only ever allowed to watch Transformers and Cars on a non-stop loop.

A talking octopus-monster seems more plausible.

*317 kph in the rain

Also, doing it in the soaking wet. Damn.

I bet the engineer who designed that cable barrier high fived himself SO hard after seeing this on the news.

Getting on jalopnik.com.

Selling this.

Am I the only one who read “banshee blanche” as “banshee blanshee”?

Banshee Blanche sounds like an 80s hair metal band that almost made it.

I’d love to troll enthusiasts by buying a current model car and getting that pattern vinyl wrapped onto it :D

Feeling a certain amount of schadenfreude for all sorts of reasons....

(Gas Prices in) The South Shall Rise Again!

3:28 gives me a pit in my stomach.

I might need to devote an entire piece to that....

Awesome article! One question; can we get an elaboration on the “spiked fuel?”

The family doesn't owe you shit. His public life was while he was driving a car, not his family life. Get over it.

Bugkake?

Oh, okay.

By that logic, a Nissan Versa should be the greatest car ever.