This is the famous “Yellobird” RUF CTR filmed in 1987 for a record breaking run on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. No traction control or FWD to assist the driver. This is pure driving control.

From jalopnik.

Unfortunatly it comes at a cost. A weak economy and less demand for goods and services all make life really uncertain these days. I’ve noticed these changes to drivers behaviors as well.

One example is this H1 Hummer I’ve seen sitting on a used car lot for months. Nobody seems dumb enough to pick up one of these gas guzzlers right now. I’ve also noticed people are paying more attention to fuel efficiency and a concern for the environment.

I’m glad to see these changes on the street and I hope it’s a behavior that continues. I only hope that once things turn around in this economy, people won’t be dumb enough to believe that gasoline will always be cheap.

It’s been a little while since our last organized car cruise event, so John and Sam pulled together another fun route through Southern California. This time our route would take us farther east out towards Lake Elsinore. There we got off the 91 freeway and headed towards Ortega Highway (California State Highway 7). Following a few twisties, the route lead us to Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).

Ortega Highway was pretty busy and there wasn’t much space to allow more aggressive canyon driving. After a while things cleared up. PCH was pretty busy as well, but there was plenty of eye candy when it came to looking for rare and exotic cars. We ended the trip at a local seafood restaurant in Newport Beach.

She’s been looking for a white one for quite sometime. Fortunately Chaparral had one. What tops this one off is that it comes with white wheels which has a nice sporty look to it plus it seems pretty rare to find.