Not helping :)

Well... more like I had manual vs. automatic on the brain from another thread,

If you're talking about teaching "people", i.e. the general public, that manuals are "better",

Is it seriously called Bambino Holdings? [...] I guess we should have all seen this coming then.

Except that they're not, anymore, by any objective standard

But that takes all the fun out of gross over generalizations! :)

Based on how far he slid, I'd guess that he himself did not impact the car with his chest. A broken leg perhaps, but it bodes well that the energy was dissipated via grinding across the asphalt. Of course, I'm assuming he was wearing protective clothing, and that he isn't missing an inch of flesh on his underside.

Would it be more correct to replace front/mid/rear engine terms with front/balanced/rear heavy? It doesn't seem the physics being discussed as anything to do with the location of the mechanics, so much as the weight distributions. Last I checked*, the Volkswagen Vanagon did not have a problem with snap over steer ;-)

You are correct, the physics of it aren't that hard. I was only confused by one of the original posters saying it was opposite the instinct of a mid or front engine car. It also appears to have nothing to do with being rear engine per say, so much as being tail heavy.

I think the point of the article is that the root of the problem is the driver, not the inanimate object. These aren't good people choosing good things that fall victim to a bad object (cell phones). These are good-ish people choosing bad things and it just happens to be a neutral (neither good nor bad) cell phone.…

Because of the 911's rear mounted engine, the physics are a bit complicated

That might be opposite "natual instinct" but doesn't seem opposite "front engine instinct". Plenty of cars (especially rear wheel drive it seems) become very unhappy in the rear if you don't keep your foot planted on the gas when a spin like that begins. Even just letting you foot of the gas will unload the rear…

I am as baffled as the next jalop reader at how people don't know how to change a tire...until I read your instructions. I do a lot of work on my own car, and I do it by myself without being taught or showed, just lots of reading. While I wish I had an experienced friend to hand me wrenches, what I really wish I had…

Are you accounting for inflation? According to the CPI Inflation Calculator 50K here in the year 2013 is equivalent to about 31K in 1993. No doubt the definition of "Luxery" has changed over the years, and for a company to meet the definition may or may not cost more.

I'm not sure I understand the irony, or even what your point is. Are you trying to say that they all have similar price tag on them?

Oh, I know. I drive a 4 door E30. All the tires fit in the back seat, and tools go in the rear. I was just pointing out that it's doubtful they rolled off the public roads, nailed that time, and then drove off into the sunset. Of course, after some looking at Wikipedia for Nurburgring times for production cars that…

Driven home aye? I bet they didn't use the same tires :)

Neat video, but hardly says anything about the car. To climb a slope you need grip not power. The amount of power you can apply per wheel to a snow covered slow is minimal, and what you need to apply in order to accelerate is smaller still. Put some spikes on a metro geo and it'll climb that slope as well, it just…

If you need the pieces, this is good. However if you've been gathering "common" sockets for a while, this doesn't seem to expand on it at all. The largest size socket is 19mm, and it's a 3/8. The 1/2 sockets are borderline useless, as they come in 9mm through 13mm. wtf? Because my 9mm bolts really need a 1/2 drive to…

If you need the pieces, this is good. However if you've been gathering "common" sockets for a while, this doesn't…

Eh. You said: