It surprises you that people don’t understand Octane? We’re talking about the same population that filled trashbags with gasoline in their trunks because a pipeline shut down for a few days. Think about the most average person you know, then remember that roughly half the people buying gas are dumber than that person. 

If your engine is naturally aspirated and not high compression, running anything other than the recommended 87 is throwing money away. It’s that simple.

Neutral: Given the fact that I have mainly WFH for the last year, I figure I should be getting a good raise because I’ve exceeded so many expectations.

Lumber is ridiculous right now.

“Turner will take up the position this summer to lead Ferrari’s push to become “a world-class producer of high-quality multimedia content across all platforms”, the Italian company said.

no the beefy tow mirrors make me feel like a real man

There is some handshake that happens between the drive unit and whatever is sending it the canbus signals so its a little more difficult, but the people over at Open Inverter are about there with the M3/Y.

I think Tesla is being honest here.  They promise to not use the data in any way that harms Telsa, no matter how many Telsa owners they have to drag through the mud.

China is currently holding two Canadian businessmen (known as the two Michaels) on fake charges in retaliation for Canada carrying out a US extradition request on Meng Wanzhou.

“We pay literally hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. We don’t even want government subsidies. We just want to be left alone and the government can’t help itself but to, like: ‘Here’s an oil company driving their oil tanker into some rocks, making a living, you know, living their dream, let’s try to ruin that as…

This is why the video evidence of my assorted crimes won’t hit YouTube until after I’m dead.

That sure is a nice Fusion coupe.

While I am sure you can wreck a Torsen, I sure haven’t heard of one failing (other than the actuator sticking from lack of use).

Ahhh, the JD Power awards. Here is a guy who gets them.

2nd Gear: I will disagree with you on this.

The Juke R

I know this is wrong on many levels but for a few years now I have been thinking about removing the power ramp and fitting bigger wheels. Canyonero’ anyone? 

Similar to the mail truck (which I love), the Daihatsu Mira Walkthrough van.

Possibly my favorite engine, that I’ve owned many iterations of (even Koenigsegg tried to get the engine for early models), in a chassis it deserves, but with a face that only a mother could love