Yes. For a while now I’ve been torn on the whole minimum wage argument. While I firmly believe that the lower working force deserves higher wages (at least realative to what upper management makes) I have understood that higher wages will only lower the opportunity cost for automation. If an automation (i.e. robot) cos…

I have been predicting this for some time. While we are currently seeing low unemployment, we are seeing a lot of underemployment, and a lot of people who’ve just given up on looking for a job.

As automation, AI, and robotics technology develops it will replace more and more jobs. This will be slow at first, but if…

Except that in a recession I would argue cheap cars will see an uptick in sales while expensive gas guzzling SUV’s will go down.  So while downsizing might be the (corporately) correct move.  Removing the cheaper offerings might not be.

So if enjoyment is part of the equation like it is for me then a hot hatch is the answer. A VW GTI like formerly suggested is good, or a Focus/Fiesta ST.
I have the latter and it can fit a bike (front wheel removed) with the seat folded down, so I assume it can fit a suit of armor. My friends GTI is slightly larger.…

“A well regulated militia”
So somehow regulation infringes on peoples right to have regulated use of arms?  Go figure.

I know how to shift without the clutch. But no I pretty much never wait for the revs to drop when shifting in any car, and if you’d read you’d see Ford basically made it impossible anyway with the rev hold (I did find a cheat around this, but it requires a lot of concentration to do right), yet my clutch still lasted…

I’d say your poor clutches if you are revving the engine higher while accelerating.
When you are accelerating you generally just release the clutch quickly which doesn’t really wear the clutch much.
My Fiesta ST has rev-hold which makes it even worse, yet I changed the clutch at 75k because the trans was out, and it…

Yeah Id suspect he’s American, learning to drive in Japan.
Although in the beginning I think he was just feeling out the handling.

Not sure why you’d rev match while accelerating :p
I think in the video he’s new to driving the car, and keeps hitting the gas before he’s off the clutch all the way.

From what I’ve seen clutches in Kei cars are a bit spongy...that might be doubly so for one in the 70's.

From the video this seems slow, even for 30hp.
I have a Honda Beat with 63hp (1670lbs) and it’s slow, but it still keeps up with traffic without an issue.
Fortunately the ITB 3-cyl in the Beat sounds great, esp compared to this lawnmower on steroids Honda Life.

It only talks about fuel.  The Tesla technically doesn’t use any fuel.  Good luck banning electricity though, as a car can’t run without an alternator at least, plus a battery to get it started.

The problem here is that the race rules not only do permit it, but don’t really have any regulation on it at all.
In the future they might set some standards for how many KwH the battery can be or how big the motor is.

So then I suppose the challenger should disconnect his battery and alternator and run an electricity free lap.

The lap times for VIR are actually driven by intermediate drivers. MT had similar results on Laguna Seca with Pro driver Randy Pobst (NSX was 2 seconds slower than the Camaro ZL1 1LE...which...is manual only :p )

Well that’s good, but I think I’d seen some reviews done on an updated version, because I remember being impressed by the 0-60 time. While that is impressive, track performance (and general handling) is more what I am concerned with.

I’m not sure why they couldn’t just put some screens in...

You are correct in a general sense, although with such a minor (7%) stiffening delta between the two it’s hard to predict the exact reaction.
Hopefully Honda will throw this to the magazines again for some instrumented testing and reviews.

What is false is that the Republicans backs up their legislation with proper analysis and data (as much as Democrats).  This is doubly true for the Trump administration.
Both parties serve their corporate masters in some ways, but the Republicans are far more obvious about it especially when it comes to environmental…

To me the problem is that the original NSX was a great drivers car, and it still would “punch-above-its-weight”.
The new one isn’t a great drivers car (comparitively), and can’t even punch a few notches below it’s weight on the track.
Hopefully these improvements for 2019 fix some of that.