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Jake Thiewes

Fan of all things wheeled. Queso enthusiast. Will badger you to come to the track and get rides and/or HPDE seat time, because everyone deserves to be a slightly better driver.

My Porsche Cayenne Diesel Impressed Towing an Enclosed Trailer Through the Allegheny Mountains

July 8, 2024August 1, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
Porsche Cayenne Diesel with Enclosed Trailer

Pittsburgh International Race Complex, better known as Pitt Race, is a heckin’ fun racetrack located about 45 minutes west of Pittsburgh proper, in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I’d been a … Read more

Categories Trucks and Towing Tags Pitt Race, Porsche, Porsche Cayenne, towing Leave a comment

May’s ‘Rainbow Road’ Trackcross Brought 65 LGBTQ and Allied Drivers Together to Compete on Track

July 8, 2024July 29, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
Rainbow Road Trackcross Lexus GS-F

This article’s been a long time coming, and I finally have a few minutes to pull it together. Following the success of last year’s Rainbow Road Trackcross, we booked Summit … Read more

Categories HPDE, Humans of Out Motorsports Tags Motorsports, Rainbow Road, Summit Point Motorsports Park, trackcross Leave a comment

Bringing a Jaguar F-Pace Home Was My ‘Hey Look Ma, I Made It’ Moment

July 8, 2024July 19, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Jaguar F-Pace R-Dynamic Bluefire Blue

In the time I’ve been reviewing new cars, there have been ostensibly cooler, faster, more expensive, and more interesting cars pass through my hands than yet another midsize sport-utility. And … Read more

Categories Humans of Out Motorsports, Street Cars Tags Jaguar, Jaguar F-Pace, New Car & Truck Reviews Leave a comment

2022 Honda Civic Si Review: There’s More to Fun than Horsepower

July 8, 2024July 7, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Honda Civic Si orange

I’ll start this off with a spicy take – I didn’t particularly like the outgoing Honda Civic. I took a 2020 Civic Si to Summit Point and hooned a Civic Type-R … Read more

Categories Street Cars Tags Honda, Honda Civic, Honda Civic Si, New Car & Truck Reviews 1 Comment

2022 Audi S5 Sportback Review: The Not-Sedan Hot Sedan

July 8, 2024June 22, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Audi S5 Sportback Turbo Blue

In 2004, Mercedes-Benz introduced the CLS-Class. It was, in effect, a swoopier and ‘sportier’ variant of their midsize E-Class sedan, with more rakish looks and a bit less practicality as … Read more

Categories Street Cars Tags Audi, Audi RS7, Audi S5, Audi S5 Sportback, New Car & Truck Reviews 1 Comment

2022 Subaru WRX Review: All Grown Up, to Mixed Effect

July 8, 2024June 14, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Subaru WRX gray

It’s time to discuss Subaru’s latest sport sedan, and I can hear the screeching about plastic body cladding already. Let’s put that aside for the next thousand words because there … Read more

Categories Street Cars Tags New Car & Truck Reviews, Subaru, Subaru WRX Leave a comment

2022 Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition Towing Test and Review: Finally!

July 8, 2024June 7, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Toyota Tundra enclosed trailer

The first week-long loan extended to me by an automaker was a 2019 Toyota Tundra. This little website was taking off, and Toyota believed in what we were doing enough … Read more

Categories Trucks and Towing Tags Hyperfest, New Car & Truck Reviews, towing, Toyota, Toyota Tundra 2 Comments

2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Review: Making Our Spring Trackcross Weekend Even More Special

July 8, 2024May 31, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing blue

Being able to sample handfuls of new cars is fun on its own, but the real joy in this now-weekly exercise is, for me, being able to share them with … Read more

Categories HPDE, Street Cars Tags Blackwing, Cadillac, Cadillac CT5, New Car & Truck Reviews Leave a comment

2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Review: Following the GT Formula and Testing BlueCruise

July 8, 2024May 26, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT white

I had a few friends in high school with 2001-or-so Ford Mustangs. Some had the V6, others were Mustang GTs with Ford’s 4.6 liter V8. The Mustang GTs were faster … Read more

Categories Street Cars Tags electric vehicles, Ford, Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Mach-E, New Car & Truck Reviews Leave a comment

2022 Ford Bronco Wildtrak Review: Smart, Capable, and Very Endearing

July 8, 2024May 24, 2022 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Ford Bronco Wildtrak red

I am not an experienced off-roader, nor are there very difficult trails within a day’s distance of my home in Washington, DC. I generally prefer my convertibles to be sporty … Read more

Categories Off Road, Trucks and Towing Tags Ford, Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, New Car & Truck Reviews, off road Leave a comment
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