That’s 30 minutes away; I’ll be there in 10.

Nine minutes thirty-seven seconds later…

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The Wolf arrived to pick me up.

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Mud Slingers

That face you make when you know you’ve made a huge mistake.

Coastal Range Rally 2017 (Friday)

Given that it had been raining and would certainly start raining again, I don’t know why any of those guys drove into this pasture, but it was definitely a huge mistake for Drew. He maneuvered his LS1-swapped 1997 Volvo V90 directly into something a bit too squishy for summer tires, and then stopped.

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Rained Out

Well, that was a bit of an anticlimax.

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Early on Sunday morning, I drove this 570GT from Palo Alto to El Dorado Hills for the “Niello Concours at Serrano”. The drive was about 160 miles, which took about two and a half hours. It was a great journey on the way up there! Clear weather, very light traffic, and mostly beautiful sights.

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Labor of Love

Have you ever wanted to drive across the United States? I know I’m not the only one harboring that fantasy.

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Robin, the owner of this 12C Spider, always had a dream of driving across the country, preferably in a convertible. So after acquiring this McLaren and realizing that his job could easily accept a long-term spell of him “working from home”, he packed his bags and headed west.

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