The Battle of Rome continues. Last week we released Part 1. Here’s Part 2.
You may read the full story in the most infamous chapter of “The Driver“…
…for neither video tells the full story.
I retired from such events years ago, with good reason.
See you at Lemons. Or Grand Am. Or Targa. Or Dakar.
Or…somewhere up North.
Far up north.
Or east…
Just read Matt Hardigree’s uniquely insightful coverage for yourself.
I’ve been saying this since February 25th.
Hardigree should get an award for this.
CNN demonstrates its suckage yet again in this video…where CNN’s headline “Controversy rages over ‘Runaway Toyota’ story” totally contradicts their own video content, which clearly shows exactly what JF and I were saying in last week’s Road Testament. Shame on you, CNN. Your coverage of the Toyota Recall story sucks. And continues to.
Jalopnik wins for covering this sham better than anyone. Autoblog gets a close second. Everyone else should pay damages to Toyota.
Matt Hardigree of Jalopnik, U ROCK.
(Video after the jump…)
Continue reading ‘CNN Prius Video Title Contradicts Video = Proof of Media Suckage. But Matt Hardigree of Jalopnik Rocks.’
The runaway Prius Driver – some guy by the name of Sykes, as in Jim Sykes – is full of…something.
And the media knows NOTHING about cars.
Everyone should read this. So brilliant…it speaks for itself….
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An address by Charles S. Sanford, Jr.
Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the University of Georgia
Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia
Thank you, President Knapp, members of the faculty, administration, the class of 1989, its family and friends.
President Knapp has drawn attention to the fact that much of my life and career have been involved with taking risks. It’s the sort of introduction which usually arches a few eyebrows. A person who takes risks for a living calls up the image of a riverboat gambler, someone who lives on the edge — in the chips today, down on his luck tomorrow.
From an early age, we are all conditioned by our families, our schools, and virtually every other shaping force in our society to avoid risk. To take risks is inadvisable; to play it safe is the counsel we are accustomed both to receiving and to passing on. In the conventional wisdom, risk is asymmetrical: it has only one side, the bad side. In my experience — and all I presume to offer you today is observations drawn on my own experience, which is hardly the wisdom of the ages — in my experience, this conventional view of risk is shortsighted and often simply mistaken.
The media knows nothing about cars, car technology, car people, driving or…let’s just say they also forgot the lessons of the Audi 5000/CBS debacle. But Autoblog gets it right. And so does Slate. Live and learn.
Alex Roy, J.F. Musial, and Josh Vietze depart from Mission Control in NYC, piloting the legendary Polizei Interceptor 144A to Homestead Raceway in Miami. After 22 leisurely hours, 14 coffees, 67 law enforcement sightings, countless Black & Mild Wood Tips, 2 Waffle House Aprons, and 4,435 photos, we bring you this video.
This is the definition of a tragic racing accident. Son of the legendary John Surtees, Henry raced as well. He was but 18. I own a pair of the gloves his father John made famous. They’ll never quite feel the same again.
I’ll let Team friend Gil Bouffard’s words speak where I cannot.
It was Morley vs. Roy in Forza. It was many things. It was amazing. It was MotoGP @ Laguna Seca. And Team Polizei WILL return. Because I...WE...loved every minute among our 2-wheeled friends. And they enjoyed watching Morley crush Roy. Once. Just once.
Have you ever felt the like the best part of an epic wasn’t the actual driving, but the stories and friends made on the way? That’s the feeling among all at Team Polizei after our first Moto GP weekend.
Danny Pedrosa gave The Doctor some bad medicine, but that was only 48 minutes of our far more grueling 76 hour deployment at Laguna Seca. We made some great friends, including soldiers, police officers and myriad emergency personnel – native and foreign, active and retired – every one of them a fascinating and delightful new face we hope to see again…on the road preferably, for it’s those chance second meetings that only occur on the road – far from home – that make life worth living.
As for Roy…the Forza 2 king wwas dethroned and new champions were crowned. We ate too much pizza and didn’t get nearly enough sleep. Wearing a helmet and leathers on two wheels may be crazier than driving on four, but is anything crazier than us wearing some…er…newly de-classified helmets whilst droving 144B? Probably not. Except for El Jefe Liz Moses getting on TV again. Again. Or maybe Team Polizei’s Mystery Racing Theater 3000 commentary on the actual race.
About which Alex Roy knew nothing. And still knows nothing. He was too busy buying motocycle helmets to match his outfits, solely to use them as man purses. Yes. It’s true. He doesn’t even know how to ride. A bicycle…maybe.
Would we do a Moto GP weekend again?
Is the E39 M5 the best BMW made?
Thanks for all your support…we will be posting more news and picsin the next few days!
The unbelievably titled Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty reports that Brad Pitt inspires sufficient fear among speeders that…well…you better read this for yourself.
