24 Hours of LeMons American Irony 2012

When I'm not driving to pay the bills, I spend my money driving.

Hooked up with my Pi-Nuts team mates and rolled out to the Autobahn Country Club just south of Chicago.

Cheatonium detectors.

• 1994 Infinity J30: Fitted with a Nissan 300ZX manual transmission, and with no interior the car is light and responsive, although it's a touch tail happy. 

Enjoy the sun while it lasts, the weather only goes down hill from here.

Who Needs a Steering wheel when you have purple pedals and a cheaty shifter?

I invented a new sandwich while I was at the track: 

Start with a hamburger patty covered in cheese and bacon, place between two Brown Sugar Pop-Tarts. 

I call it the Heart-Popper.

LeMons, like all good things men do, involves lots of saturated fat.

The car ran well the whole weekend and in spite of the high winds, torrential rain, and Cold, A good time was had by all.

See it does actually roll

In the end we ended up in 44th place in a field of 102 cars. We did 289 laps over the weekend and used more 93 unleaded than you want to think about.

Also Mud, did I mention Mud?

You can watch as our ringer lays down some of the fastest laps of the weekend in the slop. 

Week of September 24th

9/24/12

• 2006 Pontiac G6: Interior is more enjoyable and driver oriented than the Chevy. Why did they kill Pontiac?
• 2008 BMW 328i: Aged very well.

9/25/12

• 2008 Ford F-350 Turbo Diesel: Big MotherF&*^ng truck! Like the truck version of the Dash-8. Fun to make it burp black smoke!
• 2011 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon 2.5S: Love me some Wagon. Light steering though.
• 2005 Mercedes-Benz ML350: More minivan than "SUV". Long unpleasant brake throw. Not Impressive.

9/26/12

• 2008 Pontiac G6 V6: I could recommend this over a bone stock 328i, but bad MPG!
• 2007 Toyota Camry: Can you say bland?
• 2007 Infinity G35X: Excellent fit and finish, comfortable, powerfull, great balance, Just loose the silly clock.

9/27/12

• 2001 Chevy Impala LS V6: It has a wing on it from the factory. "Sporty" HAH!
• 2001 BMW 740iL: Still a great engine, but does not take well to owner abuse.
• 2004 Nissan Xtera: GREAT! Japanese light trucks ROCK!

9/28/12

• 2003 Chevy S-10: Beautifully utilitarian, but low on power.
• 2009 Land Rover Range Rover Sport: So big and cushy , But is it an off-road vehicle or what?
• 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX SE: F-ing WOW!! It may be boy racer crude, but it has stunning sharp turn in. More race car than street car!

With Double Clutch Gearbox too!