As a 32rd Scottish Rite and York Rite Mason, I think I can shed a little light for the uninitiated.

Besides the benefit of like-minded brothers who want comradely, people they could trust implicitly, most especially in bad times, Masonry was, and is, a rock solid standard by which men lived up to.
Today it functions much like a networking system.

"Masonry makes good men better"

Before the days of life & health insurance, pensions and such, if the man of the house passed away way too soon, the widow and orphans often suffered greatly.

In a tradition that stills live today, widows and orphans are taken care of like the members of family that they are.

As in all of life in this world, there will always be deceitful, greedy, unbrotherly and downright nasty people within the Brotherhood. Ask me how I know.

An issue has sullied the image of Freemasonry over the centuries is the very real existence of the Illuminate founded in Bavaria, 1776 by Adam Weishaupt and more than a few Masonic Brethren.

This was, by all honest examination, one of the first real attempt at establishing a one world government/new world order control.

Once it's true nature and purpose started becoming clear, the Bavarian government outlawed it, followed by most of the western nations.
In a little known fact, the Grand Master of Freemasonry in the newly formed united states, George Washington, quite the Fraternity in protest, never to return.

The Illuminate did not go away. It went underground.

When JFK spoke of his abhorrence of "Secret Societies" he was not talking about your local Masonic lodge doing Red Cross Blood blood drives and Saturday breakfasts, he was referring to such groups as Scull and Bones, Club of Rome, CFR, Trilateral Commission, the City of London, and yes, the present incarnation of the Illuminate (or what ever they refer to themselves today)

There is true evil that is ever-present in our world today. Forces that work tirelessly to destroy the American Middle Class, Christianity, our national Sovereignty and enslave us both physically and financially through inflation, debt and endless wars.
Not just here in America, but the world over.

These same forces lie, officiate, indoctrinate, and propagandize the masses through false narratives of racial, social and economic division.

Your fellow man (and women) has much more in common with you than the main stream media, hollywierd, tv, liberal academics, or our so-called "leaders" in Washington.

Take a deep breath. Trust your gut.
If it doesn't sound right, it most likely isn't.

As Mark Twain said: "Don't trust anything you read, and only half of what you see"

It's just a vibration and when we build in tune, it might be a good thing, however, they were not tuning to the schuman resonance which, that resonance is a good thing but it has changed due to the weakening magnetic field; we don't even recognize our own planet anymore.
Masons were mistics and superstitious but were on to something that maybe no longer exists.

Putting all the info in front of me and I could definitely say the it was a smart move if only to piss them off and make them doubt themselves.

Cars real, track fake. Don't want anyone to know where we were and my bucket list was for the Nürburgring. (I'll never get there in a million years at this stage). Helmets required with roll cages.

Don't know about your area but we now have "Flock" cams with lic plate readers all over the place. Want to keep this area secret.

Different animal altogether.
Corvettes are supercars: large, bulky purpose built race cars that require a closed track to truly explore it's limits.
Mini Coppers (especially the early models) are are affordable pocket rockets. Toss-able little cars that are just a hoot to push hard.
I owned a 2004 Copper S (all the options).
This was the car with the Supercharger.
Only available for '04 & '05
Fitted with 40 series Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+, this handled like a go cart that would do 142.mph. 75 mph on a 25 mph off-ramp without drama (except for the poor passengers)
The later models got bloated, heavy and cramped inside. The turbo model drove nothing like the Supercharger.
Almost bought a new one after 15 years, but one test drive and the wife and I were totally put-off.

It's floor pan is a BMW X1.
We bought the X1 instead because of it's interior was more suited to how the car actually drove: confident, but sedated. Comfortable without the pretense of performance. Hint: very little.
Don't get me wrong, it can get out of it's own way. 230 hp and a top speed of 132mph it is not slug.
Unlike the early Coopers, it doesn't beg you to run it through the gears and trash it hard.

AI put us both on the track from my shots but don't think he was interested in keeping up, I enjoyed the pass just the same.

PS, that's 145 out of a possible 160 by the way. Car is not built for racing, even with the front drive, the corners can get scary. Both of us Need work to do that for a living.

Not turning but violently spinning and all the while screaming, "Oogah boogah! Oogah boogah!"
In other words, I don't think much of things oogah boogah.
This coming from someone steeped into the occult when I was much younger and way before I ever heard of Ayn Rand.
Now I do what The Bible says to do about things occult. Stay the hell away from it.
This from an ex-Catholic nondenominational Protestant who save for funerals hasn't set foot in a church for at least a decade.
I'm hardly perfect but I do pray a lot. Anyone don't like that? See if I care.
Hey, see if I care if you don't like this personal theory. Exiled Cain went to that "Land Of Nod" place an took a Neanderthal for a wife.
Such is why scientists now say it is found that we all have a smidgeon of Neanderthal DNA.
Neanderthals evolved. What is the rest of us didn't. Well, at least that works for me the dino.

Standard or automatic?

Speed and Handling reminds me of my first early Datsun 240Zs from 72 on.
It drives quiet (until you step on it) and comfortable, quests are quite impressed with it. Everybody loves the double sun roof, the 4 bucket seats and the Stereo (Harman Kardon)