The Silver Lining

The economy is in the crapper and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. The Bamster is in the White House trying to pass every cockamamy bill that comes across his desk; in between making 'wtf' exective orders and visiting Jay Leno for a little Special Olymics belittling. Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!!!

Where is the silver lining?

Oh there it is.

The brand new Chevrolet Camaro is just about to be released and it looks fantastic. The performance of the Camaro is that bad either. It has 126 more horsepower than, what will be, its main competitor the Ford Mustang. Now, Edmunds has just recently tested one of these brand new modern musclecars on their internet channel and failed...epically. With that horsepower gap, and looks gap, the car should be faster than the five seconds that Edmunds mustered for their 0-60 mph time. Edmunds, please leave the testing of cars to people who are entertaining and can drive them.

The Dodge Challenger is already out and it also looks freakin' awesome. I don't think that it will be long for this world because Chrysler is the dumbest car company out there right now. Yes, even dumber than General Motors. Chrysler has a bad habit of thinking that their cars are extremely special and worth more than they really are. So if you've got more money than you need, blow it now on a car that will presumeably break.

Top Gear is still on TV. Many of you who are fans already knew that and were well aware that, unless you're a pedestrian, watching Top Gear on the internet is a more fulfilling endeavor than watching it on BBC America. Clarkson, May and Hammond will also be coming back for a new season (series) soon. So all the Top Gear fiends like myself will have our fix of our favorite British export since chlamydia.

In addition to cars being in real life and on TV, they are also in magazines. I must mention Top Gear the magazine because it is probably the 'top' car magazine out there. The writing and photography put Motortrend and Car and Driver to shame. Superstreet is a magazine that seems to be in love with Supras, Evos and other overplayed cars. Apart from that, the little import magazine that could is still up there when it comes to little news stand treats.

The police are still out in droves at the end of every month looking to fill their speeding ticket quotas and there is suicide enducing traffic at all the roads you want to drive fast on, but there are still roads that are open. Just wait a little while on weekend nights in the wee hours of the morning and look around there's nothing on the roads. There's just you and your car. Take advantage of Uncle Sam's road works and burn them back to the ground from whence they came.

The aftermarket is still going mad making stuff to speed up your's and my car. People are still having meetings and dragstrips are still open.

All of these things may be temporary, but there you go, it's your silver lining.