May 03
Cars & Driving, Mozilla 1 Comment
If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers on your hair^Wantennae?!?
(With respectful apologies to the late Scott McKenzie’s song from 1967: “If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair…”)
protip: I like how the flowers aerodynamically sweep back, and how zipties keep the flowers safely attached when driving fast.
May 13
Cars & Driving, Mozilla 4 Comments
On Thursday, 10-may-2012, Caroll Shelby died, aged 89.
Originally a chicken farmer, he became a race car driver until 1959, when heart problems brought his successful racing career to an end, so he switched again to focus on designing and building powerfully fast, brash, muscle cars that he loved to drive, including some great icons:
Ford Mustang GT390 (made famous by Steve McQueen in the movie “Bullitt“.) 
…and several other Mustang-variants.
Even at 84 years of age, while a consultant on developing the new high-powered Ford GT, he still loved driving fast, and test drove the new Ford Mustang GT500 on a race track at 150mph.
I didnt realize until today that he was also one of the world longest living heart transplant recipients, having received a heart transplant in 1990.
A more detailed bio is available on his Shelby-America company website, on Wikipedia, The New York Times and The Washington Post .
Apr 16
Cars & Driving, Mozilla 2 Comments
This in-car camera footage was taken during the rally in Tasmania a few days ago, and catches some mis-communication between the driver and the navigator. The car was doing 118mph (190km/hr) at the final corner.
How people behave, and treat others, when things go wrong is quite telling. In this case, you can hear the first “sorry” while the car is still airborne. Also, they keep working together, and checking on each other, all the way to the end. Nice to see.
Best quote: “You cleared (flew over) the first fence, second fence you went through sideways, and the third fence you went through sideways.”
PS: In case you wonder just how hard can it be to give pre-written directions in a car, here’s a snippet from last years Circuit of Ireland Rally where the driver/navigator team worked really really well together. Note:
Mar 01
Cars & Driving, Mozilla 2 Comments
Walked past this Nissan GT-R parked on the side of the street in the Mission district of San Francisco. Spent several minutes walking around it, admiring. The license plate was a nice touch – wonder if the owner is involved with Mozilla? All the jokes about “a monster from Japan” are appropriate for this beast when you realize this 3.8L V6 Twin-turbo produces 485HP!
Nov 23
Cars & Driving, Mozilla, Travel No Comments
Walking the back streets near Shibuya, in Tokyo, I found this immaculate Morgan +4 parked on the side of the narrow street, outside a crowded barber shop.
Really spectacular, especially in this setting of narrow streets where even the delivery vans are super-compact. For anyone curious for more details about this Morgan +4 car click here
May 03
Cars & Driving, Mozilla 7 Comments
Almost drove past this parked vehicle before I got the joke. The drive back around the block to take this photo was well worth it!
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