I'd love to comment, but I'm off to do some office exploring. I hope my dress shoes have the flexibility and crosstrainer-like handling that I require.

I've been riding out there, too—on dirt bikes and snowmobiles. One time while snowmobiling many miles from any road, on our way toward Kalkaska, we came across a family of four who decided to go for a scenic winter drive on some ungroomed trails...in their clapped-out Dodge Aspen wagon. Of course, they were stuck,…

Since we're talking luxury, first and foremost, and performance second, I've got to say the Bristol Blenheim.

How did you even get in it? I'm 6' 4" and I could not get into an Elise no matter what I did.

At 6' 4", with a 38" inseam, I'm used to being jammed into cars or doing whatever it takes to make myself fit. I raced a 1st-gen RX-7 in SCCA (I'm lucky I never had a wreck, my helmet was resting against the roof bar), I also built an MG Midget for SCCA, which required some creative engineering, but was much roomier…

Oh yeah, I know it does. It just made me laugh, reading the interview and seeing him say out of one side of his mouth that he's undertaking this huge project all by himself, building a car from scratch—and then seeing him admit out of the other side that yeah, well, he's using an existing chassis, and an existing…

"No matter how much automotive cred he may have for building his own car by himself"

Back when I was in high school, I knew a kid whose dad "rebodied" a Datsun 260Z chassis so it looked remarkably like a Ferrari 250 GTO. I forget who made the body kit, but it definitely came as a kit, designed and produced by somebody else. He yanked out the stock L26 and dropped in a small-block Chevy and a Doug…

"why is he not making millions?"

I get that he's fabbing some things himself, but man is this overblown. Using an existing engine, putting it in an existing chassis, covered by a body that somebody else designed. Sounds like the recipe for pretty much every kit car ever made.

A lot of people stretching the definition of "purpose-built sports car" here, with waaaaay too many hot hatches and similar showing up in the comments.

The 47-horsepower Fiat 850 Spider was no speed demon...

How did the owner not notice all of the "seams" where the wrap ended and the spray paint began?

Well, I doubt he'll get 3-5, but he might get sodomized by somebody's light saber.

"This Shelby GT500 Crashed So Hard Its Engine Detached And Hit Another Car"

All writers make mistakes occasionally, yes. But nobody who writes for a living should be making a "their/there/they're," "your/you're," "who's/whose," or "its/it's" kind of mistake. That's pretty basic.

A proofreader shouldn't need to catch that—anybody who is a writer shouldn't be making that mistake in the first place!

That's interesting—the "intent to permanently deprive" is an element of a larceny charge at common law, making it distinguishable from conversion, which traditionally does not require such intent. Makes me wonder what the difference is between larceny and conversion in Florida.

Sadly, we don't get to see F1 drivers goofing around very often.

That is an interesting observation—I recently bought a Park Avenue on Craigslist (I know, I know, but neither of my Volvos have working A/C and unfortunately, I have to wear a suit to work now and then). I went for the Park because of the generally good build quality, reliable 3800 engine, and the fact that the…