We already tell everyone what they’re allowed to drive. Cars can only be sold if they meet minimum safety and emission standards, the government mandates maximum size and weight limits on vehicles, and our licenses restrict the size and weight of vehicle that we’re allowed to operate even if larger vehicles are…

I believe the only prototype racing in America is DPi spec cars in IMSA, and those cars use a combination of a homologated LMP2 chassis, a homologated engine, and branded bodywork. They’re much cheaper than LMP1 cars, but I don’t know whether they would fit the second point regarding freedom of design. IMO making the…

I put 12 hours into CK2 before I decided it wasn’t worth my time. It felt like the only way to play that game was to fast-forward to see what event the game was willing to offer you. At points it felt like I was fast-forwarding for hours just waiting for a spy to generate a spurious claim on an adjacent province just…

A new trailer for Code Vein just dropped yesterday showing a September 27th (or 28th for Steam?) release date.

The EU published a list of retaliatory products back in March when Trump first started rattling sabres.

Probably just Trump attempting to dissuade the EU from retaliating against the steel and aluminum tariffs. I’m sure that the EU already knows how they’re going to retaliate in a way that targets swing districts as the next salvo in the trade war. If this announcement makes the EU slow down and reconsider their…

Yep, you don’t need taxed fuel for lawnmowers, weed whackers, chainsaws, tractors, off-road only vehicles, mining/quarry vehicles, construction vehicles that operate off-road, or for maritime uses. However, good luck getting a 5 gallon delivery of red gas!

You don’t need to use taxed fuel in your lawnmower, it’s just the easiest fuel to obtain. The government won’t charge you if they find red fuel in your lawnmower, chainsaw, or weed whacker.

1st: Either the government will tax miles driven or they’ll tax the electricity.

More that F1 (and most open-wheeled cars) shouldn’t run at Monaco at all. Go-kart tracks may be suitably sized for go-karts, but you’d never host a GT race on one. Similarly, F1 has outgrown Monaco and should stop driving there simply because of tradition.

If it were up to me, open-wheeled cars wouldn’t be allowed at Monaco. As you’ve said they’re just too large for the size of the track and open-wheeled cars just can’t handle contact. I’m sure it’d be a spectacle to run a spec-Miata race on that track though as the competitors could actually get side-by-side without…

I love how nonchalantly the fueler puts down the hose when he realizes it’s on fire. The only thing I could think of was this scene from the IT Crowd.

I really wish the police would release a couple frames of the video instead of a single still. A moving image or even a still from a second or two later could really help us with identification. As it stands, I’m even on the fence as to whether it’s a modern car that’s been stretched by motion and a low quality CCD,…

Any word on whether they’re going to be doing time-trials or actual wheel-to-wheel racing?

I caught a Micra race at Mosport last year and there was a lot of downtime. On a green flag lap they were running about 3:00, but when they were running they were giving it all they had. These are mostly young guys running a sub-$10k race car so everybody was going 10/10 for the whole race. That, in turn, made for a…

From the linked article:

In the linked article, it’s laid bare that the NTSB was investigating another new technology that may require further scrutiny, namely lithium ion battery packs. The NTSB wants to know how they react to a collision and how a battery affects the behaviour of emergency responders and rescue crews so that they can…

My C-Max uses blended braking as well. Coasting without the throttle produces less braking force than engine braking in a manual car, and if you slow gradually the friction brakes only engage to hold you still once you’re under 5 km/h. I drive it pretty conservatively and barely ever use the friction brakes but that…

I think your analysis is correct and that the ‘What’s This For’ is a handle for a pump operated by the co-driver to move the coolant.

1st: Just do it. Ignore the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Enable automakers to build more efficient engines to extract as much energy from a limited natural resource as possible without worrying about the damage that will occur when Peter Penny-pincher ignores all the minimum octane warnings to save $2 at the pump.