Wow, it's over and I can't believe how quickly things come and go after waiting for it all year.
Yes, it's taken me that long to write about it. The highlights were certainly the electric Tesla car. 
I had no idea it was so pretty and correctly proportioned in the sea of over-sized, super-size me cars. It was refreshing to see people going straight to the source, electricity which we already have plenty on the grid instead of a round-about way as in various hybrid systems. Hybrids are just another way for oil companies to cash in on producing electricity when we should develop geo-thermal turbines and other natural viable system whose technology exists today. Using gas to create hydrogen to create electricity is just self defeating for cars, will not solve dependency on oil and will still ake oil corporations a lot of money and not change the price of anything. It's a must for space programs, not for cars.
The other highlight was meeting Bernard Darniche, many times champion of the intensive Tour de Corse. 
A wonderful great guy with a frank smile. I also met Nelson Philippe the Champ Car young driver. Very nice guy also.
The absolutely breathtaking Mazda working prototype shown here.
Pure beauty!
I spoke to the Motul representatives who are bringing that great engine oil brand to the US market for cars again. Over here, Motul is mostly known for its motorcycle oils but in Europe it is known for its fantastic oil quality. My next Spider oil change will be Motul with a Wixx (spelled right?) oild filter. They have a special coating system that leaves the engine lubricated event at rest. That saves a lot of start up stress on cams and moving parts.
And finally an acknowledgment for the people who turned me on to the electric car, the folks over at Plug In America. They are the folks behind the very insightful movie Who Killed The Electric Car. I hope to interview them soon as well as some folks from the Tesla world. In the meantime, please go and visit their site, pluginamerica.org. And a special thank to Lindsey (hope I am not butchering your name) for turning me on to the Tesla. No one has ever had such a spark in their eyes as she did talking about electric cars. She has successfully communicated it to me... Darn!
Lastly my thought on this 2008 GP is that the hype of Green Is In will be heard over and over again. I wasn't sold because we live in a society that automatically over-hypes anything for marketing purpose but smart green will take over. I am a performance car lover and being ecologically aware, I have a hard time driving my old cars and feel environmentally good. The trick was substituting a clean engine that offers performances to my noisy but fun gas cars. I found the answer in the electric car. Complete, unadulterated torque from 1 rpm to the limit. Take the Tesla 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds and you will understand this is a no brainer for tomorrow. Take these things into consideration and you realize how futile the hybrid, especially ethanol (drives the prices of raw food up) and hydrogen (still uses oil to make electricity) makes zero sense in the long run for cars. The technology is here, buy an electric vehicle! I know my next "new" car will be electric considering the performances.



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