What is happening with Need More Cars
Need More Cars’s recent sabbatical should end soon. It’s been a summer of selling a house, buying a house, packing, moving, obtaining dogs, unpacking and arranging for various contractors to… Read more »
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Need Fulfilled – Porsche 944
Craigslist search: rear-wheel-drive, manual transmission, newer than 1980, less than $10,000. My quest for a new (used) car was set in motion. Such a search results in much nonsense, such… Read more »
LeMans – Working Out the Details
When I bought the LeMans, my intent was to have a car that required little attention. This would be the car that was ready to go at a moment’s notice…. Read more »
I Bought a Truck
The newest addition to the ever expanding Need More Cars garage is a 1992 Mitsubishi Mighty Max. Why a Mighty Max, you ask? Let me take you back a couple… Read more »
What Is Wrong With My LeMans?
No car is perfect. Compromises must be made by the manufacturer or builder of a car in order to cope with the real world. A stiff, race car-like suspension, for… Read more »
LeMons – Sonoma Arse-Freeze-Apalooza
We filled our aptly named Expedition to the brim and began our journey to Sonoma Raceway. Team NachoFriend had foolishly decided to enter our 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S in another… Read more »
24 Hours of LeMons – On The Track
It was Friday. Our 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S was at a race track. This, alone, seemed like an accomplishment. We slaved hard for that last week to make this happen,… Read more »
24 Hours of LeMons Part Three – The Thrash
I secured a 1985 Celica GTS for our LeMons team. Our next task was to prepare the car for the race. The day after bringing the car home, the 17… Read more »
LeMons Experience Part Two – The Acquisition and Driver Selection
In the first part of this series, here, I detailed how this whole LeMons thing came about. In part two, we’ll look at the selection of our NachoFriend racing car and how… Read more »
NMC LeMons Experience – Part One – The Maui Reveal
My wife is basically crazy. A typical not-crazy wife will give her husband a nice polo shirt for Father’s Day. She will help the kids make bacon and eggs for… Read more »