I don't know what you linked (work and so on), but the insinuation being that racing vehicles that are actually stock at a high level improves the actual vehicles see: actual NASCAR stock car racing in the 70s, Superbike racing... all time.

Call me when they're running a Camry that's FWD. Then they can call it "stock" car racing.

The question posed is whether paddles will replace a standard gearshift in the *hearts of gearheads.* The answer to that is a resounding no, in much the same way that true gear heads still love to fiddle with carbs, love the sound of a poorly-idling lumpy cam, and unsafe cars that are over 40 years old.

Wait wait wait. Civic owners never make idiotic, unsafe modifications to their cars with hardware store materials.

LOL. You can't prosecute them if there's no private right of action for the regulations governing them. The difference b/t them and the banks is that the banks are heavily regulated as to what interest rates they can charge, the terms of their loans, and how they collect them. Where fees aren't regulated by…

As you may imagine, I deal with these people a LOT. There are no rate caps in Alabama, and it's not uncommon for these guys to be charging over 300% interest. Then they'll charge a $70-$100 "renewal fee" every 30 days on top of that interest (keep in mind this is usually on a ~$500 "loan"). So the "loan" becomes…

I'm guessing you don't work with these places on a daily basis, do you? For their "service," they charge upwards of 300% interest, violate consumer protection laws, and if people don't pay, they threaten to have them arrested on felonies (which is entirely false). They prey upon the poor and use fear and coercion to…

While $55,000 seems high (and is...) keep in mind that it will require a small fortune to keep gasoline in the Camaro in Europe even for the V6 version, and the V8 version will require some seriously deep pockets - gas is going to run you nearly $150 per tank and it will disappear VERY quickly out of that big V8! …

Klic was on fire today. Excellent!

Clearly we need to develop a Roomba satellite with a tractor beam and incinerator. That would be far more effective. Maybe CERNA can develop a small black hole which we can then install in a satellite and launch into space. Sounds plausible.

It appears that they understand business, though. It sounds like they want to sell this thing to other space programs. While you may be technically correct, if NASA has 10 or 20 objects whose size and orbit are a major issue, this thing could solve those problems.

Panel three. Everyone wants to drag race you and everyone else thinks all you do is drag race.

Images are currently dead in front page replies. I'm surprised you got a few paragraphs to work.

UNDERSTEER ALL THE TRACTORS!

Real legends do constant maintenance on their cars. Because they're smart enough to know that if you don't, the car will break. If the car breaks, you can't become a legend.

Someone shopped the trunk of that STi, bro.

I don't think so. Simply being in your car and driving it down the road doesn't take a lot. Certainly there are incidents along the way (idiot drivers, deer, obstacles, etc), but most of the time you're just sitting there making sure it doesn't wander off the road. F1 drivers, on the other hand, have years of…

Not pissed. Still an expensive Beetle.

And a modern 911 is not a 911, it's a 996 or whatever they're on now. I'm not interested in technical Porsche numbers.

Some of the earliest Porsche 911s had a flat four producing less than 100hp. Pretty pedestrian even for the time, much less for a car which would eventually go to to be included along the ranks of supercars. Expensive Beetle indeed.