The nouveau riche can keep their Eurotrash rallies. I'd rather spend the money on fielding a Carrera Panamericana entry any day of the week, and I don't have that kind of money to spend! Read more

@MurileeMartin: I'm pretty dang sure. I haven't put a TIV in my Bug yet, but I've seen dozens of them and there's no engine compartment modification necessary. Now, it's entirely possible that some crazy aftermarket headers might require some hot sawzall action. But the TIV can even hook up to stock Type I heat… Read more

My painful garage reality is that I do not currently own one. My brother-in-law and I currently share a two-bay garage workspace at his parents house, since neither of us owns a house yet. That doesn't keep me from collecting cars though, I currently rent a house with a very large driveway and I have invested in… Read more

There's no modification of the engine compartment necessary to put a VW TIV engine into the back of a bug. The only things that need to be modified are the cooling tins, from a pancake configuration to an upright one. There are numerous bolt-on replacement tins you can buy, including Jake Raby's really trick DTM… Read more

@Turboner: Hey! It's not a fault as far as I'm concerned! But My Fellow Americans seem to have a different opinion on that. Read more

Americans aren't universally put off by compact, fuel efficient cars. We once purchased millions of VW Beetles and they were and still are much beloved here, despite their many faults - handling, power, safety, lack of an automatic gearbox and lack of air conditioning. Americans will buy a small car if and only if… Read more

@Grambo: That's not a rack, that's a spoon! Read more

The Porsche 550-01 and 550-02 coupes or the 1952 Merecedes 300SL Gullwing prototype. Not only two of the fastest racing cars of their day, but well mannered, gorgeous and friendly on the open road. These are cars you'd not only want to race, but that you'd want to drive home from the track every single day. Read more

I love the '57s, but come on, the 1960 Impala and El Camino are definitely tops. The trim pieces alone are a thing of beauty. Their only competition? A 1958-1960 Ford Ranchero, the ones with the dual headlights. Read more

I grew up in South Texas. 'Nuff said? Read more

I definitely don't dig on the roof rack, but you can't put a luggage rack on the deck lid of a 911 since it slopes down so sharply. I suppose you gotta put your track tires somewhere, but what's wrong with the backseat and passenger seat? It's not like anybody is going to be sitting back there. The proper place for… Read more

If I could put any VW in the garage, it would without hesitation be a Bader Racing Karmann Ghia 993 RS. Now that's Brucetastic, and it's even the proper Carrera Silver. The sports car VW & Porsche should have built. Read more

Hang in there, Coop. My girl shattered her ankle last year playing Rollerderby. We're rooting for your quick recovery. You'll be on the crutches for a while and that'll suck, but on the bright side there's a bad ass cane with a skull for a handle and a sword inside in your future. Read more

I had to vote yes, because I've always irrationally loved these cars. Every time I see one I grin like a little boy. But, as for being more M than all the other Ms? I think we need to put the OG M1 on the voting block too, because seriousy, that's one hot Beemer. Read more

The Last of the V8 Interceptors. Read more

Gland comes from marine engineering, the packing gland being another name for the stuffing box which is the moisture seal around a spinning propshaft. A gland is thus any device that provides a moisture seal around a rotating shaft that emerges from a vessel containing fluid under pressure. The etymology of gland… Read more

Can we start using a picture of Frankenstein's car from DR2k instead of the now tired TechArt Porsche up there? Read more

It would have been a lot cooler if he'd done it up as a replica of the Hamster's 635csi in the Top Gear Cheap Car Challenge for non-Porsche 1500 pound coupes. Read more

On my walk to lunch today I saw the most amazingly hideously and hilarious thing. A ragged out 4th generation Honda Accord whose owner had decided to paint the brakes red, you know, like it's a sports car or something. The front calipers? Red. But then I get to the back. He has painted the rear brake DRUMS red. … Read more

@Paul Y: A full-size pickup is a ridiculous daily driver, yes, unless you're a contractor. But I have an '86 Nissan pickup w/ a carbureted 4-banger that gets better mileage than many new cars for sale today, and it'll haul 3 I4 longblocks strapped to the bed all day long at 70 mph when I need to move a bunch of… Read more