Burnouts For The Kids

By Rob

Editor-in-Chief

Jay Leno is a cool dude and he’s definitely a real car guy. Just check out this video where he talks about his Hemi Challenger (and then takes it for a drive). My favorite quotes? "Horsepower can cure a lot of ills." And, "they don’t stop, they don’t go around corners. If you read the road tests of the period, Car & Driver, Road & Track hated these cars. Maybe that why people like ‘em, cause all the fancy magazines didn’t care much for them." One correction, I believe the console is held in place by three screws, not two. Oh, and why does Jay do those burnouts? "For the kids!"

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Posted at 11:01 am in Car & Driver, Challenger, Dodge, Hemi, R/T, Road & Track, Videos

Comments

Ted
Jan 27, 2008 at 2:20 am

I remember Jay Leno way back before, when he was just a Comedian. I’m sure he was a car dude all along, but his opportunities and good fortune allowed him to do what almost all CarDomainers could only dream of.
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I’m sure my collection would differ somewhat from his if I were as fortunate, but then again there are quite a few cars I would choose from his collection against all others.

Stewart
Jan 26, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Jay Leno is my hero!
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He is probably EVERY car enthusiasts hero.
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I do like the fact that he has a diverse collection, and that he actually drives his cars, AND that he documents everything that he owns/does to his collection, so the average guy, like me, can enjoy them.
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How many collections go unnoticed by the masses?
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Thanks Jay!
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p.s. Please adopt me

Highspeedhijinks
Jan 26, 2008 at 2:08 pm

The one thing that I like about Jay Leno is that he likes every car in his collection. He doesn’t own a car because it was the most popular or most expencive, but because there that type of car that just puts a smile on your face. I mean who else do you know will drive a Stanley Steamer to work. haha.

bgd73
Jan 26, 2008 at 1:57 pm

I like his vids. He reveals the northeast attitude once and awhile about how bad ALL cars really are and enjoys them anyway for being thier reality. I only find it odd he goes for all those inline engines as immortalized big car collector classics. More boxers (of the 3 main kind) and the v8s are the better ones in my own opinion…I like what he does show and keep, there probably aren’t many as wealthy and dynamical as he is being. History will remember what he has got going.Great stuff.