thesmokingtire
TheSmokingTire
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It’s not a couple takes, it’s that we need to do the following: Read more

no, probably not. And to most companies credit, many of them do the presentation the night before, which is fine too. But when you're doing video it's not like writing. Most people take some notes, snap a few photos, and write their story on the flight home. For video, I need every minute of available wheel time to Read more

“I made a mental note that I was the only person in the room not writing any of this stuff down. I cared... but not really. I just want to go drive this thing. The only thing I kept thinking was: I’m going to punch the first guy that raises his hand with a stupid question and delays me from getting on track sooner.” Read more

Anyone notice the driver not heel-toe downshifting at the end of that? You’d think a demonstration driver wouldn’t drag the clutch from 155 mph. You can even hear him chirp the rear wheels while downshifting in the first clip (facing travis) Read more

Of course Ferrari controls the media that covers their cars. That falls directly under the “if you could you would” clause. Ferrari has a product that is highly desirable; the autojourno’s dream gig is to go to Maranello to test some new Ferrari. And Ferrari will only invite people that they know will say favorable Read more

204k is a bit more like it! But wasn't that the pro driving in that video? Read more

While the handling of the car (and Mr. Sheddon’s driving) are impressive, only about 115 mph on a big long straight....isn’t. Read more

When you’re on a press launch and you get like, an hour with a car and only have one cameraman, you need to fill in gaps, and manufacturers spend lots of money to make sure there is pretty B-roll so you don’t have to waste their press launch time and money getting it. Has nothing to do with Ferrari’s payroll; it’s not Read more

It took ten separate trips to the DMV to register my Delorean. Ten. Read more

I work in TV and I torrented Top Gear. For a long time, in America, that was the only way to watch it at all. Read more

They have enough parts to build 500 complete cars. You can get one for something like $58k. I paid less than that to buy and have restored an original, low mile car, and that's the route I'd recommend people go. Read more

The main shop is Texas, but they also have satellite locations in Florida, Seattle, and Huntington Beach, CA. The california shop is run by Cameron, son of Stephen, the owner of DMC. Great people. They did an incredible job with my restoration and take good care of my car. It runs awesome. Read more

I think it hugely depends on the dealer. galpin is the biggest dealer in the world, so they will get a large allocation of cars, and I send them a LOT of business, not to mention the three cars I’ve bought there. So they go out of their way to take really good care of me. Read more

It is the duty of all Jalopnik readers to watch that video of Guy Martin dictating his lap of Isle of Man over the onboard video. The focus and balls on that dude is staggering. Read more

Fixed the speed sensor. Did not help the gearbox or the cruise control. Read more

It is not the sensor. We’ve checked the sensors over and over. I have put thousands into the maintenance of this car, and it runs as well as a 900,000 mile car can possibly run. Read more