It would not surprise me in the slightest if that accelerator was stuck. Back in the 60s, I had a ‘67 Camaro RS with a 327 and a 4 speed.

For about a year it had an occassional (and perplexing) habit of coming full throttle - and I mean full throttle - usually from a red traffic light turning green.

Not that the…

A couple of years ago, they were nice enough to give my car club a tour of their Fremont factory. Public tours were not the norm but if you knew who to ask...

Anyway they said at the time that this was their “proof of concept” car - and I am certain that without a factory geared to produce these, they were pretty much…

All this is with the assumption that the AI version would be an accurate reflection of the actual driver. Used to be a saying from the 60s - GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out.

I would say this would be mildly entertaining but certainly not an accurate representation.

The book Go Like Hell also paints a good picture of Enzo.You know what his car of choice was as he was being chauffeured around Modena?

A Fiat 500

Made more cense for that purpose than a Ferrari.

I see this portrayal of Enzo and I never saw him as a relatively thin man.

He did like to pit drivers against each other.

I nominate King Vanga for the Chutzpah Award of the year...

I saw one at the SFO airport arrival gate - although it had TX plates - a company prototype? Regardless I thought it was......different. I’m not yearning for one.

When I was in the Army all those years ago, I paid $25 in 1973 for a general admission ticket and the bus ride to the Nürburgring. The German bus driver could not find the entrance to the grand stands and with 20 minutes to start, said “pick a spot along the track” - I picked the outside of a corner and other than the…

And that can be a faulty assumption. I remember when Enzo Ferrari died, The market went crazy and any old Ferrari made under his time soared. Later prices went down. Way down, in some cases.

Nothing is “overvalued” unless the seller is asking a price that buyers won’t accept. It takes a buyer and a seller.

Now me, I think virtually all Porsches are “overvalued” - even Caymans. I’ve wanted a later air cooled 911 (80->on) for years but to me I won’t pay these current prices. I think they are ridiculous. 

But…

I remember Joel from the old MR2 list. I had my 1st gen for 27 years, put over 300,000 miles on it. You talk about some hard core car people, the MR2 generates that kind of loyalty. Never understood why the car didn’t achieve some collector status - the 1st gen was designed in part by Lotus (Toyota owned a part of it…

Start-Stop technology. Ridiculously complicated for miniscule emissions improvements. 

I love road trips. And Arkansas in the winter is by far not the worst place to be - try North Dakota. I like themn for the thinkgs you can see along the way - unexpected stops - like I did with the Corvette Museum in Bowlinkg Green - just from a billboard I saw along (I-57?) in MS.

I went to school iat UVA many years…

I can remember a time when GM had a 50% market share back in the 70s, and they were worried about intervention from the Govt. Then they couldn’t change with the times and declared bankruptcy. What is their market share today?

In part because of the costs (and rules) of the UAW and in part because of a multi-layered…

Have you driven in Texas? On an Interstate or toll road 85 isn’t “absurd”. I think several states in the West have 80 mph limits on the Interstate in places.

Calling that the “Autobahn” is ridiculous. Around German cities they may have a 130 kph limit - 80 mph.

Now, if we are talking about secondary roads you might…

I can remember decades ago a local Ford dealer lost his franchise because of a front page story of being arrested for DUI. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to Louis-Victor

Look at the Honda Element. Apparently they didn’t have enough sales to keep the assembly line open, but they are hot now used. Simple supply and demand. 

Why would anyone who cares about a loved one mail their remains - and not deliver it personally? The strangest case was around Sacramento some years ago when a contractor who was supposed to dump the ashes over the ocean (or wherever the family wanted) just stacked the remains in a self-storage facility - over 400…

Parts should be no problem ;-) I’ve heard that Aston parts are even more expensive than Ferrari parts.

Iain Terrill did a great review of this model. Although it is a 1/1 Vantage version

Years ago, there was this cool place that sold on consignment used exotics. I used to consider it a Saturday’s entertainment just going there and looking at the Cobras and Ferraris.

But I was to learn, the owner had a dark side.One of our club members sold his Posche Carrara RS through them and didn’t get paid. Came…

Sounds like you are an expert, or is “alcoholic” a good descriptor?