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RIP Carroll Shelby

sarah — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:19:38 +0000

89 great years of contributing to the performance car world…

Jalopnik has a buttload of Shelby stories, including their hypothesis of how he really died.

I only have one Shelby story from SEMA 2008. He teamed up with Guy Fieri of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives fame for an event at the Roush booth. I was late so I missed one of the coveted front row spots for media, and ended up in a corner. Luckily, that corner was the beginning of the autograph line (Fieri’s, not Shelby’s) but Shelby did walk about 2′ from me. Enjoy the racetrack in the clouds.

Stripped Bare

sarah — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:18:29 +0000

That got your attention! The rust bucket is now just a pile of rust in the driveway waiting for a tow to the graveyard. And if inhaling that rust wasn’t a
sufficient enough supply of my cancer carcinogens for the year, I also got the turbo paperweight started for the first time in years and managed to inhale 34 months of carbon monoxide chunks as the exhaust smoked more than the Marlboro Man.

Once the POS is out of the way, I’ll get the turbo more than 3 feet from it’s crypt and try to get the thing inspected so I can boost all over the road.

BTW, check out the pics- now you know why I paint my nails! And yes, that’s about a foot of dust on my turbo Sentra.

T.G. for tetanus boosters

sarah — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:24:58 +0000

You have to think there’s something unusual about your hobbies when you walk an entire exhaust system through your front door and down the stairs into the basement to set down between the bar and projector screen. While there, I did a quick inventory of the tires down there and realize there are 26 wheels and tires stacked in a corner; yes, enough to rewrap almost all 7 cars in new rubber. I also

carried down two fenders, the rear tail lights, and a set of side skirts. I could build a car down there if there was a way to get it out!

Pimp yo’ Ride!

sarah — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:28:24 +0000

A few weeks late, but feel free to LYAO at my latest car’ticle. We don’t all have to be ballers to drive fast cars- check out my bargain basement mods for your ride.

Rain + Speed * Slick Tires = Car Acrobatics

sarah — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:00:12 +0000

I’m not one of those drivers that freaks out in the rain and thinks you have to drive half the speed limit because the ground is wet. Then again, I have pulled myself straight when my car has gotten a little tail happy and trust that I have tires with tread. Some douchebag decided to ruin the morning commute for thousands of others by DWI (Driving While Invincible). This moron managed to complete half a somersault before coming to a rest on the roof of his car in the left lane, rendering both sides of traffic to a stop. So glad I saw this before I left for work and became one of those frustrated people stuck on the freeway!

Don’t be a tool…

sarah — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:40:15 +0000

OWN THEM!

In case you ever wondered what all those tools are called, check out my latest addition to my Project Garage articles on MotoIQ.

Sarah Forst: part 2

sarah — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:41:13 +0000

The website, not the person you fools! I’m sure you’re all eagerly awaiting a new blog post but the main work has been going on behind the scenes. Stay tuned for a new layout.

Welcome 2012- you know how I feel about resolutions. They suck. I just want to live more, travel more, indulge my inner foodie, and make the most of everything this year. And if I can get my turbo paperweight street legal again, all the better!

Ultimate Fruitbooting

sarah — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:07:14 +0000

My SEMA “wtf” conversation (filled with awkward first date silences) occurred with a Performance Marketing Manager for GM. I tell a guy that bleeds Chevy blue that all of my cars are Japanese sport compacts and he pretty much told me to talk to his hand. I threw him enough girly charm until he at least appreciated our conversation more than the one he had earlier that morning with this guy, a dare devil that is looking for a 200mph ride behind the new Camaro on some rollerblades, probably not the kind I used to sell at Sports Authority.

So I had to look this dude up to see what nut tree incarnated such a whacko. His website identifies his accomplishments, which I think are measured by simply not tattooing his skull into a ribbon of asphalt.

Basically, if you were to compare this guy to a car, he’d be a Nissan GTR:

0 – 100kph (0-60mph for you metric conversion challenged folk): 3.5 seconds (with VDC turned off on the GTR)

1/4 mile: 11.8 seconds

Top speed: 189mph (193mph with the GTR)

Now, I’d love to take a GTR for a ride that would shame any porn star but there is something about Mincemeat on Wheels that just doesn’t offer that same attraction.

SEMA 2011

sarah — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:49:30 +0000

Where these two things slam headfirst into each other:

1) Mecca for auto enthusiasts

2) Crazy Vegas nightlife

Read and enjoy the pics, nightlife only last page (9)

Gaming in real life

sarah — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:55:02 +0000

I emptied countless quarters into the Pole Position video games when I was a kid, convinced I had a future career as a race car driver but nothing quite takes my car racing gaming skills to the level like Rémi Gaillard, a French dude with an outrageous sense of humor bordering the likes of Jackass. He has stolen cat food while dressed as a pussy, offered flowers to a rotisserie oven while dressed as a chicken, and my favorite: Real World Mario Kart.

This one is also pretty funny- Real World Pacman: http://www.nimportequi.com/en/video_remi_pacman.html
Check out his website for hours of peeing your pants!