1. Contact patch is just a function of inflation pressure and vehicle weight. Wheel and tire size doesn't matter. Physics. It explains things.

Skoda says what's unique about a 911 again?

He clearly wasn't resisting arrest, although the arresting officer said he was while administering a beating. Why believe he was driving dangerously when the officer is obviously a lying thug?

You forgot to mention the youthful retirement ages and six figure pensions that said state employees bought with their campaign contributions and block voting.

Reunited may be an overstatement. It is on a stand, not in the car. There is a good chance that the TRC had to be heavily modified to accommodate the SBC and then the Colombo V12 that replaced it. The mounts for the 625 are probably long gone and the space for the engine has most likely been cut and bent back to make…

Too bad someone butchered this car for a stupid engine swap. The 625 had a four cylinder engine for a reason, that reason being winning races and championships. This is no different than any other engine swapped hybrid that was previously an important classic.

I don't see this system making a bit of difference in preventing 'accidents.' Brakes are far more powerful than engines. Don't think so? Try getting your Porsche 997TT to hit 70 mph in the 155 feet it takes to stop from 70 mph. In any car sold today, standing on both pedals results in the car coming to a stop. The…

Semis roaring by probably wasn't such an issue in the '20s and '30s, but the passenger side definitely would off the dog views it would enjoy than oncoming traffic.

I've known quite a few dogs that might think this was a great idea too. I suppose any dog that isn't accustomed to sticking its head out of the window while having the freedom to run around in the car and bound on the driver and or passengers would think this was the treat of their life. They'd probably be safer too,…

The kid in the Road Runner's trunk looks like she is earning her keep with a detailing rag and the dreaded Armor All, not climbing on some stranger's show car.

White seats in a truck? A glaring reminder that Chrysler is a drunk fumbling in the dark. Too bad, because the exterior and the idea are fantastic. Hopefully this one won't burn to the ground.

The Benetton B186 power to weight ratio is given at about a half to one. Does that mean the figures are in kilograms? IIRC, the car weighed about 1,210 lbs without fuel.

The idea that the NHTSA would investigate a UAW automaker?

You might want to look up the definition of durable.

An ex-gf bought an XC70. It made funny noises. I feared the dreaded angle gear failure. She took it to the Volvo dealer, who put it up on a lift and declared it dead. Although the car looked fine on the outside and had about 80,000 miles, everything underneath was rusted beyond salvage and it wouldn't be economical to…

I recall reading that the last Bertone X1/9's wound up rotting in a New Jersey warehouse with a leaking roof for about 25 years before they were finally sold off in pretty awful condition. It happens in other parts of the world too, as demonstrated by the warehouse of NOS Neons that Jack Baruth wrote an article about.

The TSX wagon making the list seems a bit odd. I haven't even seen one, and I've been hoping to. You'd think a car that sells in Lamborghini numbers wouldn't show up as a popular choice. C30s and Leafs aren't big sellers either. Has Obama culled the number of self-identifying Democrats down to a number that can be…

South Dakota has jobs. We have good weather, which I suppose is a great comfort to the ever larger percentage of our population that sleeps outdoors.

Is that you, Ray LaHood? When the cops aren't hiding behind a tree trying to bust people for phone use or all taking a break at the same time to have lunch, I've seen one of them run a red light while talking on her cell phone. I suppose it doesn't matter if all the cops in the zipcode are hanging out in one Mexican…

So the US isn't the only country where cops exist simply to raise revenue to pay for cops. Do they have unions with pet politicians that have granted them retirement ages in their 40s and six figure pensions like in California? Considering that most of the violent crimes that make the news here in San Diego tend to…