Not Ferrari Related

Today I put the final touches on my plan to help stabilize the economy and put America back on the path of unsustainable consumption. What had been troubling me was how to dispose of all the toxic assets on the balance sheets of banks and companies. How can we dispose of these assets without causing a burden to the taxpayers? Here is my though. Position a set of the toxic assets in the collision chamber of the Large Hadron Collider, crash two particles together, I suggest a Madoff and a Lehman, at approximately the 99.99999% the speed of light and use the resulting tiny black hole to suck the toxic assets into another dimension or squash them into non-existence. This method of disposing of the toxic assets provides the additional benefit of giving any tiny black holes created by the collider something other to chew on than, say, the world and as we seem to have a nearly inexhaustible supply of toxic assets we can continue this process and advance scientific understanding for some time.

I have found my purpose

Last week I realized my calling in life. Finally, I understood why I am here. To drive Ferraris. That’s it, nothing else, just drive. Bike racing, nice but is it a lot of work and you have to wear funny clothes. Fly fishing, very relaxing and entertaining for the fish but what’s in it for me? Driving Ferraris on the other hand, noisy, fast bliss and you don’t have to dress funny or entertain fish.

After over a month of sitting in the garage, tucked away under its cover a combination of weather and free time presented itself that was not to be missed. I drove the car to work once or twice during the week. It started instantly and ran flawlessly. The only issue was the amount of time it took to get the car to operating temperature. On Saturday I took the car to a local coffee and cars event and had a very pleasant time talking cars, values, and opportunities with other owners. Compared to the larger C&C events I attended in the summer this small winter gathering was more my speed.

The transition from my truck to the Ferrari was not the most graceful. It is much easier for me to get into and out of the truck. I was also unprepared for the Ferrari speed of turn it and it took me several corners before I had my timing right and was not dipping into the other lane or in danger of driving into a ditch. I had also forgotten how engaging the Ferrari was to drive, it is not a car you can ignore. It demands your attention to get down the road.

First Ferrari Picture of 2009

Ok, not quite a Ferrari. If you have been following this blog you know I am interested in a 355 Challenge or other track car. Until I gain some free space in the garage (not to mention extra disposalbe income) this Challenge car will have to do.

I removed the extra magnet I put in the car. While it made it much easier to get around the track quickly it was not as much fun. Now the 355 is back to being the slowest of all the cars for our track but the most entertaining to use.

As a testiment to my nerdiness the extra magnet I used was from a computer hard drive. It fit perfectly at the rear of the car, just in front of the motor and when paired with the stock magnet near the front really held the car to the track.