Great video! By the way if you think 'I don't have to look at it while I'm in it', I have bad news: the dash shows you a (color correct) M3 every time you start it. ... View more

It is rare for me to read an article and go "holy... damn..." all the way through, but this one did it. I think there was a sum total of 5 of those Bristols made, and only 2 are known, this being one. Most people would need two lifetimes to experience half what this guy's been through. Great article! ... View more

That Micra Cup crash reminds me of the Paris tunnel scene in "Ronin" where the 406 driven by de Niro snakes by a Citroën ZX police car spinning on it's roof. Remy Julienne, the owner of the stunt company behind the film, says it in the DVD extras that that wasn't supposed to happen and the 406 driver just 'sent it' - creating one of the best scenes in that chase. ... View more

So if Les Dunham would've cut another 4-5" out of the Corvorado, it would've looked like this? ... View more

I once managed to turn on that 1-pedal feature in a Sensotronic-equipped W211 E-Class. To say it was disconcerting to drive at first would be an understatement. But one takes to it very quickly. I was saddened when the feature was removed from the system, and even more sad when the whole SBC system was abandoned in favor of an enhanced ABS. ... View more

Was this *thud* I've heard Bark's forehead hitting something solid? ... View more

So, at the end we all order some spaghetti with marinara sauce and get egg noodles and ketchup? ... View more

If one could graph my enthusiasm for a quarter-million car in relation to my financial situation, they would find that I am less and less enthusiastic of _actually_ dropping said 250Ks for a car whose manufacturer was in a serious money crush just months before, their charismatic (well...) manager left the company, and they are plagued with well-publicized reliability issues, only to be distracted from by the awfulness of their dealer network. So the question really is, are you willing to put up with all of that just to be able to drive a McLaren, or just do what everybody else does when they get a load of cash to spend on an outrageous vehicle: buy a Lamborghini. Or a GT-anything Porsche if you're a bore like me. A bore that cares about his money. ... View more

Fiberglass companies are tooling up already ... View more

I bet there were more than a handful of people saddened when Bristol closed the curtains. I've seen their most outlandish, Viper-powered "Fighter" torn down to chassis in a workshop. The quality of the frame was akin to a first-generation Miura. Hand welded, out of random pieces of tubing and plates, die-stamped speed holes and all. I'm not sure if it still had interchangeable parts with prewar BMWs. I bet it did. Like all Bristols before. I'd also buy any of their cars in any shape, because I am sure I can fix them on the side of the road if need to be. Luckily for me, LHD examples are few and far between. The same fact keeps me out of TVR S2 ownership, by the way. ... View more