Greetings From The Blue Ridge Mountains, Over Near Tennessee

My brother where do you intend to go tonight I heard that you missed your connecting flight

Most of my valued readers are not Fleet Foxes fans and will not recognize the opening lines of "Blue Ridge Mountains". I spent this weekend in Tennessee and North Carolina, working on a comparison test for an upcoming issue of Road&Track. Any guesses as to the car in the picture?

Well, there's your answer. Two very fast cars, one considerably faster than the other.

Speaking of fast cars, if you have yet to see my Viper ACR review for WIRED you can catch it here. This week I'll be reviewing a much more prosaic mode of transportation for you over on TTAC: the lash-up bitsa-mobile known as the Jetta TSI. It's better than it should be, just like the Viper ACR. The two cars in the photo above? For what they cost, they should be perfect.