Ah-ha! I've just made the connection that Snake Eyes (from GI Joe) is really The Stig! Note that neither of them speaks. And remember how Snake Eyes has a wolf? Well, it's been said the Stig was raised by wolves... Kinda interesting how you never see both of them at the same time, hmm...?


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Well I made it back from my biggest ZONC road trip ever! It was 8 days, and 2300 miles of pure driving heaven! There were 10 cars in our caravan: my 280ZX (once again, I was the youngest driver, but with the oldest car), four 350Z’s, three 300ZX’s, a Corvette ZHZ (he had to rent it because his Z was out of commission), and a new GTR (Skyline). Hehe ( Read more... )

This last weekend I went down to the annual Monterey Historics races at Laguna Seca for the first time. Aside from all the beautiful exotics and  vintage race cars there, part of my motivation for going was the fact that the legendary Mario Andretti was supposed to be there. I was so lucky to have gotten his autograph since they cut the line about ( Read more... )

I know I don't post much, and probably few people bother reading what I have to say, but I have a rant to get out. It's regarding people who ruin your day before it's even really started, and I know we've all had that happen.

Today, I drove into the parking lot at work fairly...quickly, as I was a bit late. It's in a commercial business park, and ( Read more... )

I have to say, this is my "adventure year". First, I went blasting around wine country in supercars, and now I've flown in the most iconic (and my favorite) US WWII bomber of all time: the B17 Flying Fortress! Some of you may remember this type of plane from the movie, Memphis Belle. The image of, literally, hundreds of these things flying en masse ( Read more... )