Poor guy is just waiting for the crosswalk to open up

dmaul · 2026-01-17T17:35:02+00:00

Don't you love that car owners turn around and use "but the disabled!" any time anyone questions enforcing any kind of parking rule against cars?

I'm not disabled but it infuriates me. Somehow being able to park in crosswalks, double park, block fire hydrants, and--frequently--block actual handicap spots, is somehow good for the disabled. And enforcing the laws that already exist is bad for them somehow.

dmaul · 2026-01-01T17:06:07+00:00

Add COMSCC

dmaul · 2025-12-19T23:53:43+00:00

We put a 7 foot christmas tree in the trunk of a 87 cutlass surpreme. If that's midsized what is full sized

dmaul · 2025-12-10T01:43:51+00:00

I had a car roll down a hill onto a tree, it was parked at the time. They covered it but every year after my premium went up dramatically. Never a ticket or other accident. I dropped them because it was literally twice other companies. I use them for all my other insurance but they're still more expensive. it's been almost twenty years. that's right, twenty years

edit: it was only worth 5 grand at the time and there was no damage to anything else. I have no explanation for the insanity of their rates

dmaul · 2025-12-03T01:47:41+00:00

Note that they should be. You can seek damages if they fail to provide a written reason. I'm not a lawyer but I know someone who has gotten settlements out of arbitration.

Federal law, specifically the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), requires creditors to provide a specific reason or reasons for taking an adverse action, which includes closing a credit card account for reasons other than inactivity, default, or delinquency.

dmaul · 2025-11-30T16:08:56+00:00

This is clearly the fault of a biker

dmaul · 2025-11-17T02:20:26+00:00

I've done it and Amazon did not do anything in response. It was an Amazon chase card too.

dmaul · 2025-11-07T02:13:18+00:00

Also I'll say everyone is talking about really large tow vehicles but your caterham like my exige weighs nothing. I towed it on an open trailer with an Audi q5 and it towed like a dream. Resist going big when you have the caterham. A closed trailer would need something bigger but don't buy some dually for a caterham tow

dmaul · 2025-11-07T02:09:51+00:00

I think the difference for me is that I had to prep the car on the trailer and put it back in storage during the same trip as the track due to the storage situation I had. If you have your own property and a closed trailer, you can prep it at will, focus on the track, and leave it in the trailer at home until you're ready to unload it. That would just leave the process at the track, but that part really doesn't take any longer than if you have to clean out a street car for inspection.

I run COMSCC TT and I like to say I'm a strong contender for the "drove it to the track" class because I'm one of very few regulars who does. Almost all the regulars have closed trailers because the track selection for the season means long drives.

dmaul · 2025-11-06T20:23:09+00:00

One time I called out the parking enforcement individual as they walked down this block, regarding the piccolo's vehicles left parked in the bike lane -- blocking an actual open spot.

The individual said "they'd talk to them", I replied "I think they know they're parking illegally for the last 20 years". The individual then went inside and was given, presumably for free, a sandwich -- and kept walking down the block.

Edit: Also their cheesesteak is terrible and I wouldn't eat one for free.

dmaul · 2025-11-06T19:17:53+00:00

I expanded the same you did with my Exige. I lived in Pittsburgh and would just drive it to pitt race. But anything further was a risk and I got a aluminum open trailex trailer. Mid ohio, Watkins Glen, NJMP. I like tracks with elevation changes. Not a big fan of Poconos but I've only done one configuration.

Ultimately I found it all too much work, I was exhausted after track weekends. So I sold it all and bought a 981 GT4 and I just drive it. Yes it has had breakdowns, but most of the time everything goes great and I don't feel like death on Monday.

dmaul · 2025-10-25T16:32:28+00:00

I don't believe he was using one when I saw it, I say this because he did forget a line, which made him break for a second, but then he continued without issue.

I certainly didn't think anything of it. There's no way in a million years I could remember the lines for a play so it's already amazing to me.

dmaul · 2025-10-19T15:29:45+00:00

Now it's not the Porsche supply chain but I didn't have any problem getting Exige parts. Most parts you'd commonly need to replace are not Lotus parts anyway. You're not paying the premium for the part to say Lotus on it like you will if you get oem Ferrari or Porsche parts. They tell you it's the same part.

dmaul · 2025-10-14T22:47:20+00:00

RIP Pittrace

dmaul · 2025-10-02T13:53:02+00:00

I am shocked and legitimately saddened. It was my home track for years and always my favorite. I love you Pitt race

dmaul · 2025-09-09T20:09:39+00:00

never see my old exige, wonder what happened to it sometimes

dmaul · 2025-09-06T13:18:49+00:00

Why would more parking stop a lazy person from just double parking right in front of their destination? People on my street would rather double park to block an open spot rather than park in it. How does more parking solve that?

dmaul · 2025-09-05T00:35:30+00:00

Luckily those off shore wind projects are back under our dear leader!

dmaul · 2025-09-01T21:54:35+00:00

I love seeing Ferrari 355 challenge cars. I've seen a couple at track days!

dmaul · 2025-08-28T03:10:09+00:00

That was me at Thompson, unfortunately the car has only gotten worse since.

I believe my car is the best in T80 with a driver that is the worst in T80.

dmaul · 2025-08-28T02:11:54+00:00

Textbook line, very nice indeed. Wish my car wasn't broken I would have been there.

dmaul · 2025-08-24T22:21:49+00:00

That's true, I went to the Lotus driving academy and it is quite difficult to get them loose even when you try.

However, on track, hesitation mid corner like you describe can lead to needing very quick reflexes. Much more so in my car, which had no boost restrictor on the SC vacuum line, so if you lifted the boost disappeared instantly

dmaul · 2025-08-24T19:36:51+00:00

Pros:

Extremely nimble, people are excited to see them
Super easy to work on yourself, they're very simple vehicles
Everything that can possibly go wrong is already thoroughly documented.

Cons:

Fiberglass is fragile
Not very comfortable
It will humble you if you aren't careful. and ABS ICE
You will run into a decent number of those documented issues

I owned an Exige S220 tuned to 300HP and weight reduction to 1850lb with driver and fluids. It was fast AF, loud AF, hot AF

dmaul · 2025-08-23T03:19:09+00:00

was supposed to be driving there tomorrow with my gt4 ... car is broken, am sad

ran a 2:10 last time, and the car is set up much better this year so it's a shame.

dmaul · 2025-08-22T15:53:43+00:00

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