Around the web today; October 24th, 2013

This 911 driver probably needed some fresh underwear after this close call. I had a couple of interesting moments yesterday on the roads, with a van and AMG C63 pulling out in front of me, but nowhere near as scary as this: http://www.carthrottle.com/witness-this-porsche-911-driver-avoid-a-huge-smash-on-a-french-autoroute/



An inspirational post from Jon Acuff, offering some food for thought about pursuing your dreams: http://acuff.me/2013/10/youll-never-make-money-doing-that/

I struggle a lot with the issue of work and income, having been sick for so many years and not physically capable, but having hopes, aspirations and dreams are important for your mental health, whether or not they're going to make you piles of money.



If you like seeing new Camaros in one piece, you probably shouldn't watch this video: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1087300_hey-russian-camaro-guy-youre-doing-it-wrong-video



A tasty new Ferrari F12 shreds some rubber around Anglesey Race Circuit, piloted by Chris Harris, whose job is envied by roughly 99.5% of males who have a pulse. Skip the first 5 minutes if you're not interested in hearing about the car and just want to see a Ferrari being thrashed, the sideways shenanigans start at 7:50:  http://jalopnik.com/how-to-kill-five-sets-of-tires-step-one-get-a-ferrari-1450894562



This is a pretty cool wagon/boat trailer/caravan combo: http://bringatrailer.com/2013/10/20/two-tone-trailer-1952-ford-ranch-wagon-with-kom-pak-camper/

Random Car Spotting: Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG

2010.

Photographer: Rohan Phillips

Camera: Canon Powershot A470
Exposure: 1/500 @ f/3.0, ISO 125

Pulled up next to this in the carpark outside my GP doctor's office in Stirling one cold afternoon, these photos were taken on September 13th, 2010. My mum was rather shocked when I told her the sticker price for a new one here in Australia; A$440,551.70. ($473,111.19 USD) I was a little taken aback as well when I checked on the Mercedes Benz Australia website, I was thinking they were low 300s pricewise. The luxury car tax here is pretty significant, in the case of the SL63, the tax alone is A$84,000, plus another A$16,728 for stamp duty.

This was only a couple of weeks before my horrendous 7 week hospital stay. I wasn't doing too well when I took these photos, I was still able to eat marginal amounts of food, but my weight had dropped several kilos in the month between this and the previous visit.

I thought it may have just been a bit of a setback, and maybe had just been trying to do too much, but I had no idea just how bad things were going to get very soon, and before another month had passed I would be getting force fed by a tube stuck down my throat.