That would be the butt, Bob.

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My wife mentioned to me that its a lot more of a challenge to get our Civic Hybrid (those tire are terrible) to 70 on the B roads near our house than the 530xi. She's right, but the Civic doesn't reward me (feel-wise) for driving it hard as the BMW does at even 5/10ths.

I know we don't COTD here, but dang. A certain site is certainly missing out on the prose of engineerd.

He's passing Se7ens! Blasphemy.

(IIRC, Stuart Taylor also makes a Se7en of some sort.)

I want to hear this story! Don't worry, your wife isn't reading this (is she?!?). That is some crazy flatspotting.

Best car-related? Many to choose from, but one I still remember 24 years later is dialing in serious opposite lock to save an off-throttle slide mid S-bend at speed on a teenaged test drive of a Supra Turbo. The salesperson in the passenger seat was not amused. God is indeed watching out for me.

Best non-car related? It involves a trampoline, pre safety regs (exposed springs and no catch fences), myself, a Jet Li flying side kick imitation, and ends with me landing cat-like with the balls of my feet on the trampoline frame and my hands on the tramp platform. Had I not landed exactly as I did, I would have broken something for sure — bones, skin, gonads, all of the above.

Most people are coming our way this year. Sort of an alternate year deal. We generally head to Western PA or Rockland County if we do drive.

Don't underestimate those Hoondai's in the hands of a good driver. Lieberman made me work my old Caterham pretty hard to stay close down at Tail of the Dragon (Rt. 28 from the store to the dam, actually).