I am a board of director member of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association. We have many Tesla members and coordinate with the local Tesla owners association on electrification of transportation. At a recent board meeting, a board member who trained his Tesla and qualified for advanced autonomous features recently admitted that out of the blue, on the local freeway, his self driving car made a no directed lane change that he was not safely able to counter physically until the CAR was satisfied. This is unacceptable under any circumstances. He also divulged earlier this year that his self parking Tesla encountered another vehicle. Who is at fault? Can you sue your car? Is Elon culpable? Many questions need to be answered ... View more

You should make that 11. The Silver Stayed Classic closes 90 miles of Nevada two lane blacktop twice each year to let you drive your own car about as fast S's you want. The record is about 206 MPH for the 90 miles, but the first class is 90 MPH. There are hundreds of beautiful and completely dedicated race cars. It is mostly sponsored by the Corvette Club. ... View more

I have driven across the desert on two lane blacktop, on bias tires at well over 120 in the Seventy. I drove Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 150 MPH average. I drove Daytona the same week after the 24 his when it was paved after 50 years and flew a T-6 Texan at over 200 MPH, all in the same week. Recently I flew a P-40 Warhawk at over 300 MPH. That was mind boggling doing loops and rolls and a Cuban 8. It is incredible that the human mind can encompass and conquer and control such data compacted experiences. Automated machines in any form have not yet arisen to compare with Human resilience. I am a board member of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association and we have many Tesla owners as members. One in particular has admitted that not only has his vehicle encroached on another vehicle when self parking, but he had an unwanted lane change that his car made that he could not countermand and luckily when it was done he didn't hit anything and was able to take control soon after. We will be ready someday to be able to trust autonomous vehicles, probably soon, but for now, beware and ready to assume control yourself! ... View more

I followed NASCAR as long as it was NASCAR, stock car racing. I was lucky enough to have met King Richard many times at the LVCC, as well as so many of the real stock car racers. Back in the day Racers such as Harry Gant, who raced in Wing Tips and they raced cars bought and conned from real dealerships. I saw such notables race, as well as Ayerton Senna, Michael Schumacher. There was a time when a racers skill and engineering feedback spawned the wins that such as Mario Andreotti enjoyed. They stepped into any motor vehicle and the race driver flowed. Be it on dirt, bricks or wooden planks or even ICE, Henry Ford. Now, non race driver RULEMAKERS decide what is best. Don't get me wrong, SAFTEY I #1. But racing is for RACERS!! Or used to be. A race of 5 100 mile segments is no 500 mile race. Open wheeled is OPEN WHEELED. F1 is a dedication to the engineering and enginuity of the racers. Or it used to be. Sports car racing is the only racing for fans now. Go to a race and you can meet the drivers. You can go on the grid before the race and see the cars and owners. You can camp on the grounds for days, view from anyplace by the track. You will see the cars YOU can and are urged to buy. You can also see dedicated racecars that extend the visions of speed, within safety guidelines, that are the future of transportation in so many ways and the tracks are so diverse and the times, up to 24 hours of CONTINUOUS racing, 12 choirs,10 hours and 4 or 5 classes of vehicles AT THE same time. Excitement still exists in racing besides waiting for THE BIG ONE!! Please join me for Long Beach, the next Sports Car ( actual race). ... View more

A little more than two years ago I purchased a site unseen 1966 Thunderbird from about 200 miles away from my home in Fabulous Las Vegas in Wickenburg, Arizona. I found it online and called a phone # after a short email exchange with the owner. All seemed legit, so I had a friend drive me to buy the car. It was beautiful and about 99.9% original so I bought it and had an elating drive home and exciting speeding curvy drive through the mountains near Black Canyon and Hoover Dam, home. When I went a few days later to register it and transfer the title I found that the bank attested notarized title was not quite enough for Nevada DMV. Of course when I called Hagerty while still in the driveway of the seller in Arizona the agent quickly processed some numbers and assured me that I was covered for the addition of the new to me auto on my existing policy. I found out at the NVDMV that I needed a release from the man's estate, EVEN THOUGH He LIVED AND BREATHED. All was healed by a phone call and subsequent emailing of forms and a letter with an original signed release from the estate. It only goes to show however, that after purchasing perhaps a hundred vehicles lifetime that there is always one more question unanswered that a D M V will ask. ... View more

The Thunderbird was very underated. I have four. The1966 has modern styling an d features. An 18" thermometer speedometer, full gauges, flow through air, a door ajar indicator and much more. Itis fast, low, agile and styled. ... View more

I don't know where the writer gets his 411 or instincts, but this list stinks. Rolls Royce and vw in the same list among most of the others. Where is the C3 Corvette, or the 1o66 Thunderbird, the first Modern car, with full guages, remote everything, sliding sterring wheel, an 18" thermometer for a speedometer that turns angry red the faster you go and 20 THUNDERBIRD scripts and a dozen THUNDERBIRDS the frint grill and below trunk ones are 1i" wide withe turquois tailfeathers!!!!! ... View more

I have a '66 T Bird and they have a 300hp, 390cid. This could easily be the first luxury modern performance automobile. It's heavy, well sprung, but also well equiped by modern standards. It has full power, fully guaged and has numerous remote controlled functions. It has a foot long thermometer style spedo that turns red as you attack the highway. It also has effectively, 4 bucket seats. Detroit was proud to build these cars and badged them profusely with THUNDERBIRD script as well as T Bird emblems all over. It takes the highway smootly, handles reasonably and has enough power for civilian roads. I challenge you to find all these qualities in most other automobiles. ... View more