Fuel log....

Mind not yet sufficiently blown?

What I had in mind was more along the lines of "just think about baseball" IYKWIM.

I agree. It's not High Journalism, but it's not security cam footage of parking lot sex being passed off as car news. I actually like the "regurgitated iphone notes" style for a story like this, which conveys the atmosphere of the interview, but I wouldn't want Jalopnik to go *exclusively* in this direction.

Quick, to the "Ridiculously cool Daewoo Leganza" wallpaper....

I know! It's almost as if all these commenters think that the DRIVER is somehow important, too. Crazy, huh?

Don't do it!

Circumnavigating the aesthetic globe, sailing toward ugly to arrive at beauty.

Yess. (sic)

I'd prefer a Donkevoort for Seven-ing in the rain.

That's pushing 1% of all S8s stolen? Holy crap.

I'm no LFA fan, but I know what you mean. It took Mazda to make the best British roadster, maybe it took Toyota to make the best Italian supercar?

Ferrari's status-conscious customer base realize that *they* have the most to lose if the brand name is sullied.

Thus re-enabling open air driving. Nice.

Yes. Very.

About a year ago I started the process of car hunting, and my list was almost exactly this, including the Dakota (but I had a first gen on the list), but without the GM F-bodies. I also had a 240SX on the list, but those proved to be locked away in the enthusiast ghetto. After 3 or 4 months of patient searching, I…

RE: Baja Bugs... I was surprised to learn (from the excellent documentary Dust to Glory) that there is a class in the Baja 1000 for stock, unmodified volkswagen beetles.

1st gear: Your ridiculously cool Buick Skyhawk wallpaper is here.

But the the *next* Ferrari burned to the ground, sank into the swamp, and *then* burned to the ground.

I'm guessing "street legal" was implied in the question.