Mystery Solved - Super Cars Exposed

Status: Thinking again
Song: One Thousand Angels - Manic Bloom


Several weeks ago I was tagged to play a strange blogger game in which I had to tell six of my quirks. [see post here] One of my quirks is my obsession with Hummers, Jeeps and super cars. Another one of my peculiarities is not being able to sleep in the silence, I have to have the TV on all the time. I can't sleep if the thing is off.

Soooo, soon after my head cold abated I woke up in the middle of the night to a show on SpeedTV, called SuperCars Exposed. I was instantly wide awake. "That's it!" That was the show I had seen when my thoughts were so blurry I couldn't remember anything except the cars.



And, sure enough, there was that cute guy I couldn't remember, speed driving a Porsche around a snow course in Vail, Colorado. I couldn't believe I hadn't recognized him.

Tanner Foust

Race car driver, drifter extraordinaire and host of SuperCars Exposed.

(For those who don't know - drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motor sport where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while preserving vehicle control and a high exit speed.)

Anyway, in this installment of SuperCars Exposed Foust was trying to find a Porsche Carrera to test drive. He wasn't having much luck. He ended up in an exotic car dealership in Denver, but it had snowed so he didn't take the car out. The Carrera is an exclusive (only 1200 of them) and expensive car. It sells easily at a half a million.

Porsche Carrera GT

So Foust decided to try his hand at selling one.

The hapless guy he cornered was wearing a Ferrari hat. Foust tried to get him interested in the Porsche Carrera in a round about way by introducing him to a Ferrari Enzo.

A cool one million dollars.

Are you kidding me????

ONE MILLION DOLLARS????

When the gentleman Foust had sitting inside the Enzo protested that it was a million dollar car, Foust pointed out that the Porche Carrera was half as much. The look on the guy's face said it all.... and this is better... how?

We weren't told if Foust made the sale or not.

Tanner Foust was allowed to drive a Carrera he finally found in Malibu. The road was closed so he could give the car everything it would take. Being a car that can reach 205 mph without trouble, it went around every curve flat out, even when Foust took it drifting. YIKES.

Ummm, mountain road! Drop offs!

Well, this was a long round about way to say I found the show that had me so entertained while I was feeling crummy. I'm glad because it isn't a one time show. I can add it to my other car shows.


You know...


One million dollars aside...


I wouldn't mind having one of those Ferraris.

I've been tagged

Song: The Howling - Within Temptation (Another good idea from Jaime)
Attitude for today - Totally didn't know anything about this strange game.

So...do I even have six quirks? I don't know. I can't think of a single thing that I do anyone would call strange.

I suppose playing the soundtrack of Batman Begins all day long, every day for nine months could be considered a quirk. But I've done that kind of thing for as long as I can remember. Within Temptation was a three month stretch. The song Marooned by Balligomingo was a four week stretch while I revamped my novel Prithiel, which isn't yet finished, so I will be going back to it soon for another month or so.

Of course anything by Hanz Zimmer gets a long play--most of the time.

How about my obsession for certain vehicles? I am always on the look out for my favorite vehicles, all of which I can't possible afford. One can hope, right?

Top of the list.
Hummer H2. The biggest one they make. All of the others are just way too small.

The H3T is kind of interesting. Too small, though.Second favorite the Jeep Rubicon. With the big tires. Has to have the big tires.


Then there are the super cars. Whoa boy.


Number one sports car.... Um... Yeah.... Mercedes Benz SLR...droooool. The hottest car on the market.

Top view.....

Side view....
Really sexy back view....
And the super sexiest front view you can find anywhere... but I wax poetic.
You can't over look the Corvette ZR1...more drooling.
Or the Mazda RX8... more drooling

Um... the table top is getting wet... wait a minute

Okay, cleaned up.

The Mazda RX8

Ain't it cute?

I have to add the Porsche Carrera just on looks alone. (In driving tests it doesn't match the 2008 Mercedes.) I still wouldn't mind having one.


Number three.... Can you believe I've only covered two quirks? I can spend days on the computer looked for pics to use for references in my writing.


Number four... I can't sleep in the dark. Nor in the quiet. I have to have the TV on. If something happens, like the power going off, or a well meaning child turns the TV off, I wake up. Since I don't sleep very well anyway, probably because of all the light and all of the sound-ya think?--when I do finally get to sleep, its hazardous to wake me up. Ask my kids who have had me come up out of a dead sleep in fight mode.

Number five --- Have to think here.


I love love love B movies. The B-er the better. I've lost count of how many times I've watched The Mummy...though technically it isn't a B movie, but The Mummy Returns is.


Have you seen Oded Fehr???? DROOL..... Oops, there goes the table again.


I've seen The Professional countless times, with Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman... in my opinion her best role so far. The movie started out as a 1 and a half star flick. Over the years it has gained status and is now a 3 star movie. But watch it on TBS because the language has been cleaned up. Jean Reno has another one that is a jewel (after the first half hour...skip that part... too much language). The movie is Wasabi. A real delight.


I'll stop anything I'm doing to see a move with Karl Urban: Doom, Chronicles of Riddick (it doesn't hurt that Vin Diesel is also in it) The Bourne Supremacy, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King, Xena: Warrior Princess.

Isn't he just yummy?

Can't forget the really built Predator.


Or Lara Croft, who can do anything.


Then there's Hellboy. Ron Perlman was also great in Star Trek Nemesis... He kind of looked like Hellboy there, only white instead of red.

These are only a few of the B movies I like, believe me...

So now we're to number six. Hmmmm. Have to Think... It's so hard. There's so many to choose from.

I don't like to call people on the phone because they're never there. I love barbecued beef ribs. I get discouraged easily. I like to play my music LOUD in the car. I love cats.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE dragons...

I can't make up my mind most of the time. I'm obsessed with Mah Jong. I rarely pass up ice cream.

Oh... I know........



Can't believe I forgot.



Drum roll. BRRRRRRR.




I'VE SEEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS 118 TIMES.

Whew. I almost forgot.

Okay. Confession time. I don't know who to tag. Everyone I know Jaime already did, or Lori-ann will.

Nov. 14, 2008 - Update -- Since Lori-ann hasn't gotten around to it, I tag Donna C. (Run away laughing in glee.)