Here’s to Jeff, still one of my best friends, who once came to class with no shirt on. Because he’d used it to put out a fire. In the engine bay of his 1981 Camero. In the high school parking lot.

Step 1: Make a race car street-legal

here’s what it will look like, FYI

What he really wants is a 1970 Olds Cutlass Convertible. Asking price of $18,500. Cheap to buy, cheap to maintain, plenty of smiles per mile and he can invite 4-5 of his friends along for the ride.

I think I’d keep the 300+hp 430 MEL engine.

Plausible options:
Karl (as in Benz)
Nash
Lincoln
Galvin (after the Galvin brothers, who invented the car radio)
Dwight or Ike (after the president who gave us highways)

Nope:
Edsel
Dipstick
Fender
TRD
Einspritzungmotor
Mighty Boy
Yugo

(Will add more as I think of them)

My name is Sue. How do you do? Now you’re gonna die.

Shelby. After Carroll Shelby.

$130k for a car that will probably suck and fail miserably. No idea what kind of a person would say “Yes, I do want a car for $130k from a Chinese manufacturer”.

If by “Americanizing” F1 you mean fans having better access to the the sport/spectacle via (insert whatever here), more tv and news coverage along with having more races in non-shithole autocracies and the like then I’m all with you.

I say it will be good. Road Atlanta would be a great F1 track.

On the “We aren’t car people” note, here’s another rule of thumb to share with you:

I really do love it! Something about your video made it click for me. I’ve never driven anything as solid as this thing. It’s like a bank vault on wheels. Plan to take it on some mountain trails this fall and super excited about it. You totally nailed that duality thing, and I like that it’s low key and not pimped out…