how about they staple some barbed wire right down the middle - problem solved.

in reality, the bastard you are next to will put his elbow on the lower rest and his hand on the upper, because he is a bastard.

From previous truck-train crash discussions, it seems trucks high center the landing gear on their trailers when RR xings have relatively severe crests.

Here in Milwaukee, we have the "Bronze Fonz" - a statue of Henry Winkler. There was a lot of debate about it and it had its controversy when it was proposed. A number of people were opposed to the idea, thinking it wasn't really the image they wanted to project for Milwaukee. Private funds were raised and it was…

If it is more-or-less solid, that is a nice price all day long.

good luck driving it here - see Darién Gap.

get it muddy. better, get it stuck.

If VW builds its new vehicles in Mexico, they can export them freely, not only to the U.S. and Canada, but also to most of Central and South America. Mexico has free trade agreements with much of Latin America, while U.S. built vehicles would face tariffs in some of those areas. It may not be the most lucrative…

The C4 Corvettes had huge half shafts like that. They look a lot like mini-driveshafts, complete with u-joints. I think they switched to the more typical CV joints with the C5.

not related to this, but FYI- https://www.facebook.com/teamderooy

I'll give Mike Levine a pat on the back for that. Ford and Mike certainly have their marketing shit together.

Mack builds there own engines, but yes, they are no longer an "American" truck. They do build them in the U.S. though.

I suspect he signed off on a memo that read something like this:

They have updated their testing methods. Your image is the old test. They have been using new schedules since 2007. The new high speed test maxs @ 80mph, has 4 complete stops, and has much higher acceleration rates.

Ford should require that the user of the technology put a Blue Oval on whatever piece of tech they are using.

If your brake lights are constantly illuminated by a tailgater when you are moving, that more-or-less makes your brake lights no longer a signal to traffic when you are actually stopping. It is the same problem you get with people that drive with their foot on the brake all the time.

I was just going to recommend that people search Youtube for Nelson Racing Engines. The NRE guy is hilarious and he loves doing blocks long burnouts with 1000+hp street cars.

Rumors have been swirling about the potential cancellation of the 2015 Dakar stages in Chile for political reasons related to the earthquakes and other natural disasters. Beside the recent earthquakes, there was also a monster wildfire in the Valparaiso area earlier this year that did a lot of damage. People wanted…

kinda related, there is a 747 water bomber for fire fighting. I believe it was a one off as well and has been decommissioned.

If this was called a Lightning, I'd have a problem with it. It's not.