Weekly Roundup: Green Machine Edition

When I was seven years old my parents got me a Green Machine. Let the record show that at the same age my son was doing 40+ mph in a TopKart --- but that's the difference between having hip urban parents like I had and a hick-ass of a dad like my son has. Despite its lack of an engine or anything approaching high-speed stability, the Green Machine was actually a lot of fun and I rode it until the plastic front wheel showed genuine signs of deterioration.

The Green Machine you see above is even better --- it's the current-gen Camaro SS 1LE. I had a chance to run it around Mid-Ohio for a session. Unfortunately, the track was damp in most places and had standing water in some, but I still learned quite a bit about the car and its massive dynamic envelope. Look for a writeup in the near future.

In the meantime, here are a few things we did earlier.

At TTAC, I covered Dodge's loyalty oath moment, considered our moral duty to corporations, and asked the readers about the possibilities for a future sporting product from FCA.

At R&T, I visited a new driving school founded by former Skip Barber instructors and took a trip back in time to the troubled past of the C5 Corvette.

Things have been slow around here at Riverside Green, but it's mostly because I'm still healing from my injuries while trying to work a new day job and wrap up a bunch of existing obligations. God willing that will change soon. In the meantime, as always, thank you for reading!