I’ve got an honest question about a “short term” solution for Flint. I keep hearing that there’s a corrosion inhibitor that the city could have been using that would lead from deteriorating into the water. Why not bring in some extra operators, start using the inhibitor, and run the plant 24/hrs a day (or as close as…

Disregard that three. I English real good, I swear.

I’ve got snow tires for my car that ran $250 each, and I’ll be buying summer tires in a couple of weeks. last year I ran my snow tires from late November until early April, and eyeballing tread depth I’d say I’ll get three a good four seasons out of them that way. I know that’s not the cheapest proposition ever, but…

Oh I agree, when I got my Camaro, it made generic V-8 noises under hard throttle, but didn’t Sound like much other than that. I swapped on the active exhaust with the baffles always open, and while the car isn’t immensely loud, (I don’t want it to be) it does spit and rumble and growl like it should. I like my exhaust…

“It’s so close to flawless it’s almost boring.” I think that’s my main issue with the 2 and 3 series, really. I’ve driven and autocrossed my friend’s 2012 328i sedan (rwd, auto) and test driven a M235i (xdrive, auto) and they were both too, well, nice. The steering was really light, the brake pedal and accelerator…

I see what you’re saying, that it’s more about making a car that actively corrects what you’re doing rather than being a reactive safety net. It could be cool to have the car aware enough of its surroundings to predict when you’re going to punt it off track, rather than keeping you straight when you do. I think it…

That’s pretty much how I use my car now, actually. When I autocross, I turn traction control off, and turn stability control partway off, so the assistance systems don’t come on at all until I’ve crossed the point of no return. The system on my car is too ham-handed to make me faster, it just keeps me from completely…

I’d buy quite a few cars, but they wouldn’t all be for me.

I’d probably use my car for best and worst, in a way. Back in January, I autocrossed it for the first time. I was on snow tires in the stock staggered sizes, with a totally stock suspension. The course was also pretty damp at points. Obviously snow tires =/= grip, but it was still just terrible. The grip balance was…

I’ve got a couple of nits to pick with your argument. The first is conditions. You would have to take one of the vehicles today that gets 21 mpg, and run it at the same speed, same grade/elevation, etc. Etc. as the conditions where the Model T got 21 mpg to male an actual comparison. Second, context is actually…

Here’s the thing about the truly bad years for the industry: there were no real bright spots. Sure, there are cars you don’t like being made, but you can say that about pretty much every year cars have been made. BMW is falling off the wagon with the 3/5series? Cadillac is making the ATS and CTS. The NSX didn’t retain…

My strut tower brace. GM puts them on all the high-performance Camaros (and the convertibles) but it’s been pretty well proven that it doesn’t do much of anything. I got mine for a steal, I think it looks cool, and I’m in the process of sticker-bombing it.

I don't think it's actually Minecraft inspired. I believe the back-story is that there was a group of artists from Europe that wanted to make pieces that maybe wouldn't go over as well in their home countries. There are several other sculptures nearby, but that one is by far the most prominent. Coincidentally, the…

I don’t have the picture I took on my phone, but this is about 15’ tall, and located in a ghost town in Death Valley.

It’s alright, it's just that he's still preoccupied with 1985.

I can imagine. If it’s any consolation, no device recognizes my last name as an actual word.

Hey, in ‘Murica, it’s spelled meter. While the metric system is wildly better than what we use, you can keep your metre and colour and all those shenanigans. 'Murica

I definitely get what both of you are saying. Rather than running a set of 295 section Pilot Super Sports again next year, I’ll have a 275 section, less aggressive tire for the street, and a dedicated autox setup. Not a big difference, but it should let me use more of the car and have more fun on the street.

This sounds like a really nice package. I’ve got a 2012 SS with a manual and a bunch of suspension mods, and while it’s a hammer on a back road and has plenty of power, this would be a better daily. I’d probably pick up 5-6 mpg average, have better forward visibility (you can see both fenders!) and the ride would be…

While I can’t star your comment enough (when does WV ever get an actual compliment?) I think part of the reason we don’t have all that many left lane hogs is because we kind of self-police. By that, I mean that basically no one has any qualms about passing on the right. Maybe the fear is trained out of us by a…