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Martin Grossinger
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Beautifully written Mike. I remember finding this site sometime in the 2005-2007 era and it completely changed how my teenage mind thought of cars. Likely were it not for the two of you I wouldn’t be where I am today, continuously in the search for a brown manual diesel miata wagon. Read more

I’ve been trying to write like Davey ever since. Read more

Thanks for introducing the world to DGJ all those years ago, Mike. We’d have been far worse off without him. Read more

Davey was my best and only friend from k-6th grade and really gave credence to the final words in the movie Stand By Me, “I never had any friends later on like I had when I was 12.” Rather, I am 43 now and I still have never found a friend quite like him later in life. Sadly I will never get to tell him face to face Read more

Yeah I was in a similar situation once... in Mario Kart 8. I got the ink-splat on Rainbow Road. Consequences maybe not quite as high, but it was a real nail-biter for me. Read more

These things have rear weight bias. Careful getting into a corner too hot, or you might turn the Beat around. Read more

Imagine the horror when he picks up one of these bad boys:

Even with the servile dermatologists and thrice-divorced yacht ghouls and buttery finance lordlings that crowd his social orbit and pay to belong to Trump’s clubs, there are still some latent traces of dirt under their fingernails—these people have to work to make the money to pay those dues, even if that work Read more

Lights too. People need to see you at night so no one dies. Other than that I fully agree Read more

Tires! Fix them! Stop driving around on your donut space-saver (I see this way too often). They are literally the only thing keeping your car stuck to the road.

Also, brakes. Fix your brake leaks or you and others may die. I don’t see this often, but worth mentioning.

Anything beyond that, you do you, man. Read more

This just in: The next Supra will be a pogo stick. Read more