Seems like the next development step for trucks would be a small diesel feeding an electric subsystem - High motive forces available for getting large loads moving and a smaller ICE powerplant to offset costs. The requirement for 900+lb-ft of heavy fuel torque can be shifted intelligently.

Well, the *justification* language is error ridden, but then so were the 2026 goals. No issues with slowing the roll on those overly optimistic standards. Let manufacturers build the cars people want to drive. 

Speedo is probably driven by a flexible sleeved shaft. Typical failure is the factory lube gets old and sticky, leading to a bouncing needle. If you catch it early enough, you can pour a little solvent down the cable to clean out grease-boogers and then re-apply a little light lube as you see fit. 

Bull. Fucking. Shit.

Prop 13 has zero to do with the states’ issues with supply and demand. 

I am desperately hoping the turbo 4 Will be chippable to the tune of 400ish marvelously balanced, sublimely taut horepowers and torques... And that they depreciate like Fiats in a flood. 

By the time you cross the $50k mark, you're now cross shopping with GT350s. BM-Yoda will have an uphill fight at that level as the Voodoo stang is already punching above its weight in track. 

I attended the Monterey Historic races in 2005. Someone had an Ariel Atom parked in their pit and I nerded out in a big way. I waffled back and forth, not my property and such and there was no owner in sight for me to ask but I simply couldn’t help it.. I climbed in, made motor noises and got back out with a stupid…

I think one could make a very strong argument that you’ve misspelled Cayman GT4.

The only reason the records haven’t been broken is because they’re still classified. Satellites can’t bring the boom the way a flyover can. Once the pulse-detonation engine tech is declassified and the pilots and engineers are allowed to talk, we’ll see what the start of the art tech has been working on since 1991.

And was done in 18 months too (!). Suck on that F-35.

Bump that. The state will fuck it up, guaranteed - it will cost triple what it should AND it won’t be worth two squirts of duck poop by the time it’s rolled out. If anything let insurance companies use their local offices to verify their members are in compliance with some standard (minimum tread depth, not rolling…

You’re the one politicizing science. You’re obviously a true believer(tm) in some neo-malthusian eco-catastrophist lunacy that I’m sure you think is just revolutionary. You keep doing you though, I’ll be over here putting herbed butter on my ribeyes, enjoying whatever method of energy fits my needs and actually making…

Sorry, my profession is environmental site restoration and remediation. I’m elbow deep in the practical side of remedy and regulation every day. Errday!

Bullshit junk science. Lipids are an important and vital source of energy and nutrition. Go write a social justice cookbook, I look forward to the reviews. 

Witness the horrendous USDA recommendations that have led to the obesity epidemic. Blaming meat and butter is straight out of the 1950s playbook and is pure crap. That was part of the ‘science’ that recommended plant-based oils as healthy.. fast forward to present day and we now see that hydrogenated oils are far FAR…

I’ll eat steak and do burnouts as long as I please, thank you very much.

Bullshit! They respond to consumers - period. There’s no villain/hero dynamic here, just manufacturers, a lot of engineers, consumers and then a bunch of weasely politicians accepting contributions to curry favor with whoever has the deepest pockets.

I cannot argue with you, but let’s define our terms...

He had a unique product with a cult following, it deserved to be developed but he was encumbered at every turn by a company that didn’t understand or support him. HD only indulged him at first because they considered Buell a starter bike that would eventually be traded in for a ‘real motorcycle’. Anyone who rides…