Car Throttle

The weekly Sonic Drive-In Meet in Raleigh is always good for car spotting.  It's pretty heavy on Import Performance cars, but you still wind up seeing some pretty unique stuff out there. It's not often you see a Merkur XR4Ti any more; most of them are in junk yards or have been shipped off to China as bulk steel to be turned into a refrigerator by now.  This white one is remarkably clean and wingless.  Our European readers are probably saying "So what?  It's a Ford Sierra."  Not nearly as common here! Another from the front.  So bizarre to see these days. An odd pair!  A clean, original Mercury Comet (based on the Maverick) - next to a slammed Bugeye WRX.  That WRX has a

eBay "Other Makes" is like the deep end of the pool when you're 6.  You're free to go there, but you might sink in. There's so much cool stuff in this dark corner of eBay it's hard to pick just a few favorites.  Want some more?  You've come to the right place! You know what's really boring?  Driving just on land.  What you need is a car that can drive directly from the boat dock into the lake.  Might wanna get in on the auction for this 1965 Amphicar if that fits the bill for you.  The seller says it's in working condition, but the pile of junk on it would indicate it's more of a Ran When Parked. Not trying to be a

Lately, a couple of friends and I have been throwing around the idea of starting a racing team. Of course, since none of us have very much money, this would normally be impossible.  But, if you've been living under a large rock for the last few years, I have good news - there's a solution to this problem!  It's called the 24 hours of LeMons (as opposed to the real deal, the 24 Hours of LeMans), and it's just about the best thing to happen to grassroots racing since Spec Miatas. You can get all the nitty gritty details at the 24 Hours of LeMons website, but I'll lay out the basic premises of the series.  It's a 24-hour (mostly) endurance race that takes place over

So, one of my favorite automotive mind-stretchers is hypotheticals. "What if...?"  What would you buy if you had $500,000 to spend on automobiles, right now?  What's your favorite great car from an awful brand? (It's a toss-up between the Genesis Coupe and the Buick GNX)  What would you drive if you were Conan O'Brian?  You know, hypotheticals.  It's that tired conversation you have at Denny's at 1 in the morning over a cup of coffee with a car buddy.  It keeps your mind going. But they're usually far-fetched.  So let's be a little more realistic about it.  What's gonna be in your driveway in 5 years?  10 years?  What would you like, that you could feasibly attain?  That one's more challenging.  When the invisible hand of fate