The spring that hit Massa at Hungary in 2009 may have hit him despite the halo.

Well, it was somehow his 3rd shot. Next shot was from ~90 yards and the shot after that was his par putt.

I think it landed on the roof and he took a drop on that deck/balcony. It was his 3rd shot.

It exits the back of the engine as a cone but yeah, you could block the bottom off and it would work, but a blast shield is a fixed object.

Wouldn’t work for a lot of the heavy aircraft departing from SXM - the exhaust exiting the engines is higher than 8 feet.

Just posted the exact same thoughts.

So which is worse?

Very difficult to support that load at those speeds and not have issues. Will have to be a special one-off tire like the Veyron has.

No, an F1 car’s (or LMP1/2) braking will be massively superior to this car. Carbon/carbon vs silicon carbide isn’t even close in performance. The friction coefficient is approximately doubled on C/C brakes (0.8-0.9 vs. 0.4).

At what speed though? I doubt it makes that much in a roadgoing configuration - there are no road tires that can withstand those forces.

Tires moreso than brakes, but both are critical. F1 cars brake at 6G+. That’s because of both the carbon/carbon brakes AND the extreme grip of the tires.

Zero chance. Brakes will be silicon carbide, not carbon/carbon and the tires will be road legal, so will generate significantly less grip.

Yep, it was one of several proposed changes to vehicle taxes during this legislative session (thankfully, the only one that passed, as the others were pretty bad for used car dealers). It’s about time - the law has been totally wacky for 4.5 years now. The original intent was for leasing companies/captive finance arms…

Right, but if you own the car, you aren’t subject to mileage restrictions, and you should keep the car for longer than 2 years.

Because (as I stated in the post you replied to) Georgia charges a 7% “title” tax based on the MSRP or sales price of the car. Then, if you buy at the end of the lease, you get hit with the 7% again. Currently, I don’t know of a state with a tax scheme that is worse for lease customers.

I actually own a used car dealership, but I definitely didn’t make a lot of friends with sales people or F&I guys when I was a “normal” customer.

It does indeed have that effect. Leases are almost never worth it here. A 2 year lease on a $35k car incurs an additional $100/month cost from that tax alone.

My post was referring to Georgia, which charges a 7% title tax based on the MSRP of the car, regardless of whether the car is leased or purchased.

Your purchase of a Mustang has nothing to do with this being a bad lease deal, which it is.

I remember a few years ago, Mercedes was advertising the base GLK for $349/month with $8699 due at signing. For a 30 month lease! Just ridiculous.