And then the British electricians hooked up the wiring harness without a multimeter. Read more

While I love stories like this as much as the next guy, apply this simple test: Read more

Years ago I read a story about the time when Lotus was building the first series of Ford Cortina Lotus. Some people in Dearborn were nervous about the Lotus operation so they sent an engineer to audit the process - without warning, of course.
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So many comments on how expensive, how sub-par, how mundane the SS is. I have to say, this is such a great car to drive. With the magnetic ride control (I have a 17), this thing is as stable as Comey in a Senate hearing (time-stamping my post). It has stupid flaws, like the parking assists that beep with no actual… Read more

I was at a drift event a couple of weeks ago and my friend looked over at me and said “you know, if drifting is our generations contribution to the automotive enthusiast landscape, I think I’m okay with that” Read more

Sounds like one of those white gas plane-on-a string toys I used to have. And that was one tiny 2-stroke cylinder. Damn, those were the shit. Seemed to like crash a lot though, but that could have been the pilot. Read more

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These suckers have been rolling out on Car2G0 here in Montreal, and they are so drastically improved over the previous generation that I’m not even sure what the engineers were doing for the gen2 car. The interior finally makes sense, the ride is downright pleasant, the engine actually has perceivable torque and, most… Read more

For your consideration, the Mas d’Azil cave, in the french pyrenees, the only place in the world where a natural tunnel is occupied both by a road, a river AND a museum of paleonthology. On the left side of the cave, you can visit a sealed museum gallery, and take the guided tour to explore a portion of the huge…

Road to Hana on Maui isn’t particularly well known, but it’s an incredible drive. It’s a strange combination of good quality asphalt, but many one-lane sections, seriously old and decrepit looking bridges and treacherous cliff edges. There aren’t many opportunities to drive quickly, but anything more than 30 MPH (25… Read more

This race is amazing and I encourage everyone to check it at some point in their lives. I’ve been. You can actually volunteer to sit out by a farmer’s road all day and make sure a car doesn’t wander out onto the course and be a spotter for anything gone wrong. It’s a great place to see some cars go very fast on a… Read more

I used to own a Gen II turbo MR2, and I can tell you that it did actually live up to your dreams back in the 90's. Especially with some coilovers, sway bars, and a tune, it was quick, light, nimble, and had looks to kill. IMO it was better than the 300ZX and Mustangs of its era. Read more

Wow, you officially have a better tale of desert racing woe than me. That’s... an accomplishment Read more

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I had two of these in the mid-90's - a ‘91 turbo that was a dedicated track car and a ‘92 that was my daily driver. I absolutely LOVED them. I’m dying to buy another one so I can put a V6 into it :-) But you know how it is... kids, job, responsibilities, life... they all get in the way.
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Oh man, stop. Please stop. I was in the SW20 market all spring, and then the timing belt of my daily, a hearty 02 Accord, slipped, long ahead of schedule, and there is no more budget for an MR2. fwiw, decent non-turbos are still going for shockingly low prices on craigslist. $2400 just this week in Norfolk, Virignia,… Read more

Most of my car buddies tend to either like the first gen or the second gen. What’s wrong with loving them both? Read more

There is an idea of an MR2. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no real car. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though it can hide its’ cold gaze, and you can move the shifter and feel the clutch push back against your foot, and maybe you can even sense our driving intentions are probably comparable, the MR2… Read more

I’ve always liked the MR-2, owner a Celica, a Cressida, an Ae86, and my dad owned a Supra, I think I may need to find an Mr-2 to continue the trend. Read more

So I was a former Fisker employee who was asked to interview for a position in Finance at Faraday a year or so ago with the promise of some fairly outrageous compensation at least for the position level. I took one meeting with them and decided they were full of as much shit as Fisker was, if not more so. But I… Read more