My granddad fought in WWII. He stormed the beaches of Normandy. He had to navigate an actual Nazi minefield. Did that stop him from buying a Beetle a decade later? Not a chance. Let it go people.

And don’t forget the Scottish bastard before them!!!

I did the math and an Integra Type-R cost just under $37,000 in today’s money ($24,000 in 1997). So price is in-line with previous Type-Rs. Well provided the performance stacks up.

Part of me agrees with giving more points to the longer races. You survived 600 miles instead of the usual 300-400? You deserve more of a prize.

El Mundo, one of Spain’s biggest newspapers, has kept a running commentary and a position tracker during Alonso’s F1 races for the last decade or so. The Spanish absolutely love Alonso. For the first time ever, El Mundo did the same for the 500. Because Alonso.

My entrance exam for potential new engineers:

Nope. Spare tire is for emergencies. Not very useful if it is dry rotted to a crisp in the engine bay. But to answer the question of “what if my trunk is full of stuff?” I answer this:

I’d love if Forza included some ghost tracks in their roster. Looks like Pixar already has a model they can use...

The abuse items (clutch/trans, bad turbo seals, worn out struts) were definitely not Mazda. But the booster, broken stud, CPS, and door handle were all Mazda failings. At least when one of the fundamental engine sensors goes bad, it should throw a CEL. That’s what made that particular issue so annoying, if there…

It was. Before they turned it into the new library.

This SOB. I remember when the Mazdaspeed3 came out. It was fast, practical, and engineered in America, despite it being a Japanese car. Plus, I was an avid reader of Sport Compact Car at the time and loved Dave Coleman, AND HE FREAKING WORKED ON IT! Come 2016, I was looking for a new daily driver, but didn’t have…

Ford wasn’t trying to compete with tech companies, but shareholders demand the type of growth tech companies see. Fields was forced out because while the company was making money, it wasn’t growing at the rate shareholders demanded. It’s a dumb, short sighted way of running a company though and again, I hope it…

1st gear: NPR had a great segment on this yesterday. Tech companies always start out with a ton of promise and potential because with technology, the sky is the limit. Anything is possible! Look at Juicero, or more familiar to Jalops, Elio and Farady Future. Tons of promise! Tons of potential! Tons of missed…

Obvious answer is obvious

Definitely clutch failure. Probably severed a fuel line.

The sideways hit reminded me a lot more of Scott Brayton. While Brayton spun first, his car hit almost square on its side. Bourdais’ car sustained much more side damage than nose damage.

Anyone with a reasonable knowledge of F1 knew this. F1 was on an unsustainable path with ever growing sanction fees, costs, and the number of races. Bernie isn’t dumb, he knows that his time on Earth is limited, and was packing his bank account as full as possible before he retired or died. What the hell does he…

That is what the owner should have done in the first place.

The hub centric spacers you’re talking about are very different than what was used on this Civic. Since the thick, hub centric spacers have their own studs, you are given enough thread length for proper tightening. The cheapo Dorman spacer used on this Civic does NOT have its own studs and takes away enough of the…

Actually, this is why you need extended lug studs whenever you space out the wheels on any car, especially if you’re going to use the cheap parts store spacers. I had this exact same thing happen to my 240SX. It caused studs to break when the nuts backed off. Extended studs and open ended lug nuts are $250 for all…