What have done towards your prep?

[Mortblanc]

My cars were different but the experience is a shared one. I could have fit most of your cars in the boot of one of my hot rods.

Back in the day you fellows had a motorcycle sport called cafe racing. My friends did the same only with autos and the distances were probably different.

Racing 90 miles between small towns to get a receipt for coffee, with big 6.5L heavily carborated engines cranking 500-600HP and geared for top speeds that forced you to drive with the windows rolled up or the back glass would be pushed out. I had some scary fast vehicles back then, built in the shed or out in the driveway on warm summer nights.

No, we don't just drive in straight lines or circles over here! That is racing for the media where safety is stressed, advertising pays the fees and the cameras can keep the entire race in focus. We raced on the roads, whatever the conditions, at 3am when the cops were safely at home asleep.

At least they were asleep most of the time. There was that one incident my senior year just as I turned 18 when I came home with a citation for doing 150mph in a 55mph zone. The ticket cost me $600 in 1968 money and my insurance rates went through the roof!

I am still addicted. I have a vehicle sitting in the driveway right now that I can not afford insurance to drive. 6 months coverage is more than the value of the car!