God, I miss the Mile. Especially the old concrete grandstand - our tickets were second from the top row, Turn 1 side. Between my grandparents, my parents, and me, my family were in those seats for 50 years. Could probably see your dad’s house!

Which is a funny thing to mention, considering TG’s insane parental history. (You probably already know about that, but for those who don’t... look it up.)

...and I love AJ to death, but he did not help matters. The 500 may have made AJ Foyt, but AJ Foyt certainly helped TG to unmake the 500.

TG’s idea for a cheap car: no rear crumple zone, just let the gearbox dive straight into the driver’s lower back.

I never tire of watching de Ferran setting the closed course record at Fontana qualifying. Those cars were so wicked fast that the whole run looked... slow, paradoxically.

Related, but also not: there was a study a few years ago which showed that if all manufacturers just started designing their engines to run premium, we would save a whole lot of gas in the long run - and it would end up being just as cheap as regular. The reasoning was twofold:

I assume it’s the same folks who buy the second-cheapest wine on a wine list just out of habit. It’s a powerful human cognitive bias - the “false compromise” or “middle ground” fallacy.

On Carb Day, Herta could put his car anywhere. That seems like as good a reason as any to pick him.

We’re all too dependent on GPS now. The best way to get to know a new city is to get in your car and just ramble around until you find your way back.

Not related to your car request, but hope everything works out for the best for you, health-wise.

Same reaction here. Saw one in the parking lot of a little general aviation airport, and realized that the owner’s car could go faster than his/her airplane.

It’s at times like these when I miss Christopher Hitchens.

This is why we need to demand V2G/V2E as part of the charging standard!

80 amps??? 80A * 240V = 19.2 kW

80 amps??? 80A * 240V = 19.2 kW

OK, I think actually we’re in total agreement. We’re not going to change the entire development pattern of the U.S. to adapt to trains. Because we grew up in the 20th century, not the godawful olden days.

So... what you're saying is that trains are terrible and people will only use them if forced?

I love HSR. But I also think that advocates ask too much of it, given that we are a very large, 20th century-built country.

Exactly. But that needs to be part of the conversation up-front. And way more Americans live in suburbs rather than cities (by choice, mostly), so you're never going to have widespread support to blow up our regions and build them like it's 1880.

Yeah, not cool with using price as a way of influencing mode share. Your income shouldn't determine your travel method - I don't want rich assholes being the only ones with a real choice. I also want rich assholes on trains because they're the right option for a given trip.