Badasses punch lemons into lemonade

Following on the last post, I wanted to talk about something that isn't go as well as I had anticipated, namely race car driving. So there have been a few pivots in the extreme transportation portion of badassery. First of all, 3 months ago, I was a hair's breadth away from purchasing a highly modified Lotus Elise (S2). What does that mean exactly? It means I offered a $22k check to the owner, and he refused because he thought he could do better. He texted me later that day offering $23k (after seeing 3 other potential buyers), but I stuck to my original offer. He ended up selling it 4 weeks later, probably for not much more than the $22k I offered him.