Well, the Corvette team has thrown down the gauntlet by lapping the Nurburgring in 7:26. This is three seconds faster than the Nissan GT-R’s best time. Too bad most of these supercars will be purchased by gold chain-wearing douchebags.
Audi wins again. What a fantastic race.
I’ve been staring at cars roll through France for the last 12 hours and need some sleep. Any commentary from the rest of the Howdy Crew?
I am a firm believer in a free market. But this is just making me sick. In the past few years, we have seen the price of gasoline (and even worse, diesel), double. I’m not expecting oil prices to return to the levels that they were in the late 1990s…I am perfectly willing to pay in the $2.00 a gallon range for regular unleaded. But don’t kid me that the oil companies can’t do anything about the current spike in prices.
All I can say is that the first Presidential candidate that promises me that they will open an investigation into the oil companies violation of anti-trust and anti-price fixing laws will have my vote.
Associated Press, courtesy of Yahoo.com
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
On a day oil prices leaped to unheard-of highs, senators lined up Big Oil’s biggest executives and pummeled them with complaints that they’re pretending to be “hapless victims” while raking in record profits.
“Where is the corporate conscience?” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked the top executives of the five largest U.S. oil companies.
It’s all about economics, came the reply. Supply and demand. The company leaders tried to shift attention from motorists’ anger over $4-a-gallon gasoline to a debate over new areas for drilling. Read the rest…
I know this isn’t automotive related, but it’s hilarious. Mmm, Juxtaposition.
Link to article
Aryton Senna drove the final lap of his life, in the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Senna was World Champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991, and was one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One. More importantly, Senna was a true hero off the track, donating the vast majority of his fortune to start the “Ayrton Senna Foundation“, with the aim of helping poor and needy young people in Brazil and around the world.
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Senna dueling with Alain Prost, Mexico GP 1990
His last lap, May 1st, 1994.
…you are a douche. First off, dingus, if you think your Chevy Tahoe is such a fucking collector’s item that it must be protected, park farther away. Your fat ass probably could use the workout. Second, if you had half a brain you would realize that there’s no faster way to get your car keyed than to take up two spots in a busy parking lot. I need to start carrying these at all times.