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Elizabeth Blackstock
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Senior editor at Jalopnik. Co-author of "Racing With Rich Energy." Producer of the Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys podcast and Grand Prix Gastronomy.

I’ve been enjoying it wrong! I’ll test your approach. Read more

Yes ma’am! I’m in Houston, but went to school for two years at UTSA before transferring to Tech. There’s all sorts of good roads down here as well, minus all the elevation changes. My biggest complaint is just how crowded everything has become. It seems even the two-lane farm roads will have a constant level of Read more

Fortunately the home happened 2 years before the baby, however much of the house is still as we bought it, original to when it was built in 1987. Still a long ways to go but in progress. And yes, the baby will definitely assist will all doable auto repairs, looking forward to it.  Read more

Nice!  I was going to say Texas hill country, and there’s San Marcos right in the center of it. Read more

I thought the world’s slowest drag race was that time my friend in a Yukon raced my Wrangler but this may take the cake  Read more

Prolly going to head over to a local Cars & Coffee with a neighbor and hopefully not get hit by an idiot doing burnouts in a mustang. I’m a teacher and this kicks off spring break, so I am hoping to get some wrenching in and maybe get a little Forza or Gran Tourismo time in if the weather doesn’t cooperate.  Read more

I prefer Charlie Martin as the face of transwomen being in motorsport compared to Caitlyn Jenner.

TIL the honor society for students of English is ΣΤΔ or STD. Read more

On the TV side, all races are on Peacock simulcast live no matter what. I know NBC is free OTA but if you’re in an apartment in can be tough at times to get a decent signal. I’m signing up Friday for Peacock (Rolex 24 coverage), its $5 a month for all races, practices and quals live at all times. About $40 for the Read more

I would like to know how many times can you make the driving instructor swear under their breath during the course.  Grabbing the handle by the passenger door or the dash counts too.
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Let us know how skiing and or snowboarding goes after the driving school gets over

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Your clutch doesn’t need an adjustment, you need a new throwout bearing (and you might as well put a clutch in it while you are in there). But it might go a long, long time like that, just don’t hold the pedal to the floor at lights - put it in neutral and let the clutch out to save as much wear and tear as possible. Read more

Oh wait, I see the issue right there in your photos...it’s a ‘96 Pontiac Firebird. Read more

I read this whole comment as discussion of various members of your family having manicure skills and was confused.  Read more

Congrats on doing some of this yourself and learning about the basics, I grew up in a family of car people and broke car people most of the time, so I learned this stuff the hard way, but I suspect my gal would be just as confounded in this situation as were you. Read more