Vuelta de Tuercas

I admit I may never be able to buy a modern supercar. I've got a couple of Ferraris' worth of money yet to spend on education. A couple more exotics will go into paying for my house. And being close to 40, I still haven't invented the next revolutionary super profitable product for the world to rejoice with so at this point we have to consider the possibility of it never happening. What's the next best thing? Why, renting one, of course. But if you value variety then why not rent a bunch? Too expensive? Not if you only drive about half an hour each. And if it's on curvy, twisty, fun stretches of road, then all the more attractive. This is exactly what Club Sportiva offers. For close to $900 you can spend your day driving on some amazing roads taking turns to drive 6 fast automobiles. While their selection tends to vary each week, this was our lineup for the day (in the order I drove them): Nissan GT-R Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible Maserati Gran Turismo...

This is an idea I have had for some time, and I think every car enthusiast should do: producing a list of the cars I've owned and write a little description about each one. I think I saw one issue of Winding Road magazine where they encouraged people to tell their car stories or something like that, including dates of purchase/sale. So this may be inspired on that. Or not. So here's my ex-list in chronological order of purchase (some of them overlap obviously... dad's car plus the family car and all...). Here we go. This will probably not be even remotely appealing for anyone else to read. But at least you can take it as an inspiration to do this yourself, and then re-read it after 20 years or so. I know I will give a sigh or two. #1: 2002/?? - 2003/?? '97 Volkswagen Golf GLX (mk III), in Windsor Blue. This 4-door Golf had the same 2.0L engine as the GTI of the time (what a lame GTI with only 115hp). Still it was fun to drive slow... the low-end torque that thing ...

Oil is good. Like, in salads and stuff. It's also good for moving parts, metal parts. Such as an engine. Oil pressure is good. It makes sure lubrication gets to all the places where it's needed, and keeps rotating pieces from touching stationary pieces. Good. Consequently, knowing your oil pressure is good. Some cars have oil pressure gauges, others just have a warning light, some others don't have any specialized instrument because nowadays most cars have screens and computers for everything. But they all monitor this vital metric: oil pressure. Not necessarily the level, but always the pressure. And rightly so. You might have the perfect amount of oil but a bad oil pump, or a clogged oilway, or a bearing with too much wear. All of these things and many more affect the pressure and if the pressure is not right, damage will be inflicted to the engine, one way or another. And why am I rambling about oil and how hard the damn thing is pushed to circulate the engine? W...