Mike Austin

@reymiguel

Executive Editor of Road & Track. My Morning Jacket enthusiast. Trying to leave the house more often. (he/him)

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Mike Austin@reymiguel· 26d

It’s here! We’ve redone the @roadandtrack.bsky.social logo with a new ampersand inspired by the early-Sixties version of the magazine. And by we I mean Matt Wiley of Pentagram and our amazing creative director Nathan Schroeder.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jul 1

Which automaker will be brave enough to bring back the Crotch Vent?

A close up photo of a GM truck steering column. Below the steering column is a vent perfectly positioned to blow cold air on your downstairs, especially if you’re wearing shorts or a skirt.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 25

I’m not sure this is how Gooses work but I am intrigued.

Yes I know the plural of goose is geese. Anyway, this is a picture from a SoftBank presentation where the inside of the goose is a golden egg factory and the eggs roll out on a conveyor belt. That’s how eggs work!

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 12

End of the day went pretty well, but hard to drive with such a distracting mountain to look at.

Looking up the road to Mount Rainier, which is pretty neat

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 11

Day 2 of the @roadandtrack.bsky.social Northwest Shift is going well with the exception that Farah didn’t include the Goonies house on the drive route.

A BMW M5 wagon in the worst brown you’ve ever seen (Farah is driving it, it’s a press car), next to the best lavender paint that’s ever been put on a 911 GT3, next to a very nice red Corvette Z06.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 11

If you left a piece of driftwood in a Miata press car, I found it for you.

A smooth wooden stick, about 18 inches long, resting on the trunk of a Miata.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 10

I haz Miata this week for an @roadandtrack.bsky.social Experience, staring off the day at Portland International Raceway

A red Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Grand Touring in the paddock at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 9

Can you imagine any American CEO ever doing this?

Quote from the article: “Mibe, who became CEO in 2021x will accept a 30% pay cut for three months to take responsibility for the annual loss.”

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 7

Aston Martin got a point!

The podium celebration meme where the guy spraying champagne is at the lowest position.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 7

Ferrari, every time.

The “two buttons meme” with button 1 labeled “destroy at least one driver’s race for an incredibly long shot at the win” and button 2 labeled “guaranteed points in 2nd and 3rd” with the lower image captioned “Ferrari pit wall”

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 6

Might I suggest a third choice?

Mike’s Honda Beat parked between two normal cars at a strip mall taco joint in his town

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Jun 1

Cat update: after a year hiatus my house has cats again. Say hello to Petal (left) and Perry (right), who are now pretty settled in after a month.

Two cats laying in an open windowsill. Perry (the Catapus) on the right is black with grey stripes and a hint of orange plus a white chin. Petal, on the left, is laying on Perry’s butt with one foreleg over his tail. She is calico orange, black, and white.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 30

I wish Honda realized the market they have in bringing back the EZ90 Super Cub (in any form but preferably electric) just in pit bike sales alone.

One of those sweet ‘80s Honda Super Cub mini bikes, in chromed Penske livery. When even Penske, a hard-core Chevy Indy team, is using them, you know it’s a thing.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 30

Might be too late from what I’m hearing from the paddock.

Three quarters of a glazed blueberry doughnut and half of an apple fritter are all that remains about an hour later.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 30

Delivering Ypsilanti’s finest apple fritter to @bozitatarevic.bsky.social and the Vasser Sullivan team.

A box of four enormous apple fritters plus two doughnut from Dom Bakeries in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The grill of the Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus is in the background.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 27

People who are nostalgic for the Nineties don’t understand how much Tim Allen was forced upon us at the time.

The July 1994 cover of Road & Track magazine. The cover subject is a Saleen Mustang. In the foreground, Tim Allen in a plaid flannel shirt and white sneaker is posed like he’s leaning on the edge of the frame, hands in pockets. There’s an accompanying story to the cover piece on Allen’s custom Saleen.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 24

What a finish! #Indy500

Felix Rosenqvist wins the 2026 Indy 50@ by the closest margin ever. Second place, a heartbroken David Malukas, is only half a car length behind.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 24

They told me I can take it home for a couple of weeks.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 24

Another!

A pig stuffy on a Shell support cart at the 2026 Indy 500.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 24

Really wish I had also brought my Takuma Sato kimono.

A woman at the 2026 Indy 500 dressed in traditional Japanese clothing and hold two Takuma Sato-themed fans.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 24

It’s such a festive atmosphere I love it here.

Looking at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway pagoda from Gasoline Alley.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 22

Shout-out to the guy with the Palestine flag at the Wienie 500.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 22

Who else is here Indying their 500s?

The pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 22

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 20

Smol cars, high revs.

A photo of two cars in a parking lot shot from a second-floor height. On the left is Mike’s Honda Beat in silver with the top up, on the right is a coworker’s white Acura Integra with a black carbon fiber hood. The Integra is much larger than the Kei car.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 14

Very sad to learn that I will now have to wait for the 2027 ID Buzz to come down in price instead of the 2025 because as a Eurovan Weekender owner I am contractually obligated to buy all my VW vans with a bed and curtains and thus need the Tourer.

The inside of a VW ID Buzz minivan with the folding bed deployed. It also has an adorable stuffed animal and two VW coffee cups on a small tray sitting atop a blue comforter.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 6

Just paid $5.85 a gallon to fill up the Saab and have I mentioned how much I like my small EV that was shunned for being weird and not having enough range that we use for 90 percent of our household miles?

Mike’s orange and black BMW i3 parked on the street with a full rainbow arcing over it in the background. This is the early 60 Ah battery, non range extender version that, actually, has plenty of range for most of my transportation needs.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· May 6

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Apr 30

Does it come with a Gordy Howe jersey?

Cameron’s Alfa Romeo Alfetta from the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Mike Austin@reymiguel· Apr 27

I love this car so much. Back on the road after some necessary fine tuning of the new control arms and ball joints over the winter.