Random cars parked in Beijing

A friend is on vacation there and I asked her to take some pictures of cars. She sent these.

1993 Mercedes 500E One Take

Kruseman sprint dirt car school

It's in Ventura, just north of LA. My buddy P lives there. Maybe we'll go!

For 40 laps, it costs $625.

Tarlan's US F1 race photos

Lucky guy.

1996 champion Damon Hill.

2018 Williams driver? Paul DiResta. How does he fit in an F1 car?

A day trip up to Sonoma/Napa

A couple of Fridays ago, after the huge fires died down, we went up to Sonoma and Napa for the day. The area depends on tourism so we thought we'd do our part. Here is what we saw.

We first drove up to Sonoma. We passed by Sonoma Raceway. 60% of the hill overlooking the racetrack was charred black.

We went to Ceja Winery near Fremont Diner. It was the first day the tasting room opened since the fire. We were the only ones there for a long time, until a couple from Charleston, South Carolina, showed up. Here are a few unused livery cars parked outside.

We then went to St. Helena for lunch. The restaurant is usually pretty busy, but we had no problem getting a table. The staff frankly looked shellshocked. The menu was very limited, but we had a good time.

Then, it was a stroll through town. I saw this BMW Z8 in a bank parking lot. I wonder if it belongs to a good customer who needed a safe place to protect his prized possession from the fire.

And I believe that's a Honda Clarity, the fuel cell-powered sedan. It looked fugly.

We then drove up to Calistoga. The town was evacuated but the firefighters were able to save it. It's my favorite place up there. I couldn't get a mud bath at Indian Springs that day because the male section of the spa was closed for planned renovations.

And here's the drive down Silverado Trail. The fire reached the edge of the road and many buildings and vineyards were saved. The firefighters did an incredible job.

Saudi father teaches daughter how to drive in Coke ad

Debbie Downer says: Saudi Arabia has a 17.6% diabetes prevalence rate.

Absurd Hyundai ad

Flexible logging truck

H/t to @slirt.

Clay modeling article

Informative BBC article. H/t to Ch.

Isuzu Impulse art almost done!

One more detail left.

So good.

Finalizing Jim's #isuzu Impulse. These are so rare that when I search for reference material I get my own designs as results. | #monkeycrisisonmars #automotiveart #carart #jdm #isuzuimpulse #isuzupiazza #retroride #japanesecars #japanesecars #coupe #hatchback

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New Toyota Century promo video

1. This is very reminiscent of the old Infiniti zen ads here in the U.S.

2. Do you think anyone has ever eaten a taco in the bad seat of a Century?

1/43 F1 collection

Puts mine to shame.

1955 narrow gauge electric police train in Holland Tunnel

New Toyota Century press photos

H/t to rchen.

Remote control/real life Nissan GT-R

Porsche Panamera wagon

This car totally flew under the radar for me.

I have yet to see one in real life. Our local dealer is supposed to have two stocked soon. They start at under $100,000, but the ones that will be at the dealer will both be Turbos, selling for $167,670 and $176,300!

1991 Pontiac Trans Am GTA test

A guy in my high school had a new white one. What a stud!

Ben bought a Czech radio truck!

Totally normal. It's a 1963 Praga V3S communications truck. It has a top speed of 34 miles per hour and took forever to drive the 200 miles to Ben's home.

Thanks for sharing, man!

New car show starring Orlove and Ballaban

Raphael is one of my favorite car people out there. I am so happy for him and his weirdo fondness for cars. The show premiers on Fusion TV tomorrow night.

Two Virginia Museum of Transportation cars

On the way back from the Duncan Collection, I stopped at the Museum of Transportation. It contained mostly train and bus stuff and some pre-war cars. These two caught my eye.

The GM EV1, subject of a documentary. The funny thing is, the only electric charger I saw in Virginia last week was in the museum parking lot.

And this, an old Chevy Caprice cruiser. It was used a few weeks ago in a TV show.