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That's funny because some of the best and most reliable hondas were built from 1990 to 2000.  I guess I'll have to read the book.

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Smart Girls guide to the G-Spot.

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+1 on Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets. That book helped me a whole lot with racing in the rain. Oddly enough, "The Art of Racing in the Rain" had little to do with racing and didn't help me at all, although I did start tearing up and had to blow my nose a lot at the parts where the dog was ill, as I can't stand it when bad things happen to a dog, and I think that it slightly alarmed the lady next to me on the flight that we were on.

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Read this gem over the weekend:

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Reads like a novel.  It is really crazy how these guys built these land speed record (LSR) cars in backyard garages and barns and how a lot of the design and engineering was seat-of-the-pants.  The author, Samuel Hawley, has a website with a lot of terrific photos, video and audio he used in researching the book:  http://samuelhawley.com/lsr.html

Here is the link to Amazon ($4.49 for the kindle version):  http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Duel-Inside … 1554076331

Also re-read the Ford vs. Ferrari book recommended by Judge Phil at the top of this post (http://www.amazon.com/Go-Like-Hell-Ferr … vs+ferrari.  Ron Howard should have made this a movie rather than the Hunt/Lada story.

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Smokey Yunick's Power Secrets.  The technical stuff is OK, but it's his rules interpretation method that formed my way of thinking.  I've used it for 30 yrs both on vehicles raced and in writing technical specs to keep racers from going beyond the class intent.

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I finally picked up Doug DeMuro's book Plays With Cars. It was everything I hoped it would be. Now to become really depressed with my decisions in life... (DeMuro is only about two years older than I am)

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along with like, a heap of other similar books. I do a nice line in trashy sci-fi paperbacks too.

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jimbo_se-r wrote:

I've got a copy of Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets on the nightstand.  Definitely a good read.

I picked up a copy of "Ultimate Speed Secrets" before Joliet - it was very enlightening and practicing the skills in my Gen 1 Honda Insight is always a good time.

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I listened to this podcast on NUMMI on the way to Joliet as well - fantastic story.

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Book I never read, because I'm always on the internet.

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Just finished "The Martian," which is basically Lemons in space. Great book, definitely would suggest it.

Apocalyptic Racing / Frankenstein Motorworks / Burnt Rubber Soul / Voleex / Crushed Red Pepper

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The Last River Rat... If you like the outdoors and have any interest in the Mississippi River I would highly recommend it.

LemonAid - Changing kids lives one lap at a time.

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Just finished a number of good reads:

"The Man in the White Suit" by Ben Collins (Story of the Stig from Top Gear)
"Plays With Cars" by Doug DeMuro  (Interesting series of essays from a car guy)
"The Mechanic's Tale" by Steve Matchett (F1 mechanic and TV presenter's story)
"Life at the Limit" by Dr. Sid Watkins (great history of innovations in motorsport safety)
"The Man who Saved the V-8" by Chase Morsey Jr.  (Insider story of Ford and the V8)
"One Year with a Ferrari" by David Boxberger (self explanatory)
"On a Clear Day you Can See General Motors" by J. Patrick Wright (John DeLorean's view from inside GM)

But so far my favorite is:

"Making it Faster" by Norm DeWitt and Dan Binks (Unbelievable history of the development of motor racing engineering)

All but "On a Clear Day you Can See General Motors" are available on Kindle

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Lemonheads will enjoy the memoir "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck.
Teenage brothers decide it would be a good idea to revive dad's derelict Piper Cub,fly from NJ to CA, then turn around and fly it back home. What could possibly go wrong?

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If God meant for us to race, we'd all have baggy Nomex skin.
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I enjoyed this; it was an interesting look at the industry and how an innovative thinker with a great idea and 9-figures of OPM can turn it all into feces. It reminded me of "Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing", which was kind of the same story, but with computers instead of cars.

Everybody grab your brooms, it's shenanigans!

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Some of the books listed above (Donahue, racing in the rain) and some others, and of course this. wink

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Not automotive but technical in nature.  A little history.  A little politics.  A little engineering.  A little warfare.  Great mix.

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The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

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gump wrote:

Not automotive but technical in nature.  A little history.  A little politics.  A little engineering.  A little warfare.  Great mix.

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The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

Know their story, but never saw that book before.  Behind the A10, perhaps my favorite forgotten/ignored post-WWII warplane (specifically the F105 F/G variants)..

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A good friend of my dad's was one of the original Vietnam Wild Weasel pilots. That was some crazy stuff.

Everybody grab your brooms, it's shenanigans!

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Not about cars or anything cool, but I'm reading Prime Obsession about the Riemann Hypothesis.  I know, I know, NEEEEEEEERRRRRD, but actually it's a good read with lots of background about the people involved in the history of the hypothesis, with the minimum amount of math required which is good because I don't remember squat from college.

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Last week when I was at Powell's Books, I picked up these beauties:

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Training myself in skills that have no value. Google Army 45E and find out how I filled my formative years.

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Need to pass this along to Idle Clatter....

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Not on my bookshelf now, but the description above for "Flight of Passage" reminded me of it:

"Desperate Voyage," by John Caldwell. The true(!) story of a man who finds himself stranded in Panama at the end of World War II. Ships going back to Australia are scarce and he doesn't want to wait over a year to get back to his wife, so he does what any reasonable person would do: buys a sailboat and takes off across the Pacific. Did I mention he didn't know how to sail?

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Vic Elford wrote a book called "Porsche High Performance Driving Handbook." In addition to teaching racing technique it's full of exciting and funny tales from his career and life.