Except that in Japan, that parachute ride ends by landing on a sword... in the US, it lands at a nice resort in Florida.

I get why they have the 17-18 chicane so that drivers that blow their braking point don’t crash into cars exiting the infield section, but the bus stop at 12-13 is a waste: why slow them down into 3 when they are already slower than they would be in an oval race?

The difference is, in Japan executives will lose their careers over this. In the US, the bankers responsible all got bonuses...

Good possibility... I’ve seen these trucks with under-cab-exit exhausts, so that would explain not seeing an exhaust stack.

Or it’s empty.

No, you just fixed it. That’s how it should be.

Probably... lawyers always go for the deepest pockets.

Probably... lawyers always go for the deepest pockets.

I have heard that from some current employees... they grind their people into the ground.

Yes, especially CAL-OSHA here in California... They love big companies because that means lots of money to be made from fines.

These days this is known as doing a “Harrison Ford”

Because that’s a service part number and not the original installed part. There are at least two revisions that I recall off the top of my head... there may have been more.

US frames were made by Dana.

50 hours is what you might spend if you’re doing this as a hobby and include all your time to drive to and from the parts store, beer breaks, etc. Reality is, from a shop this service work is about 15 hours max for everything.

They are still ignoring Auto Industry Rule #5: small car = small profits. There just isn’t a way for them to survive on this business model.

Never lift.

Nothing runs like a deer...

If you’ve owned a Buell, a Ducati is as reliable as an anvil by comparison. (Speaking as a multi-time owner of both brands.)

These cars are designed to be built once. The only serviceability that matters is anything that needs to be done during the warranty period... and it still took us 15 years to convince Toyota to move the oil filters on Pickups/4Runners/Tacomas so it wouldn’t drain into a hole in the frame when you removed it.

Actually, yes it does.