I think emergency situations are exactly the problem. I remember reading a story a while back about one experienced pilot and his co-pilots for a flight. There was an engine failure that punched a hole in the fuel tank in one wing. The plane was unbalanced because one wing had fuel and the other didn’t. The standard…

2fer here.

Ok, this is not a car, but my job. My crew and I had to rebuild a 600+ MW Steam Turbine Generator during winter storm Jonas. I was on night shift and the temperatures got into the low single digits most nights on the job. We had just gotten the end bells off the unit when the storm began to hit. This was the only job…

Yeah, maintenance is obviously a no brainer, but you can’t really plan for things breaking. Working on a car in the cold does suck, that’s for sure.

I already shared the story about getting heat stroke and having to go to the emergency room from working on an acquaintance’s car in a miserable Florida summer.

I’m also in Michigan. David and other Michiganders may recall a particularly cold winter a few years ago. On one of those -5 degree days the battery in my car decided to die. It was at the bottom of the driveway blocking my wife’s car, so I couldn’t buy a new battery without moving it.

The only thing I might disagree with is the front brake. If you learn to use it properly and don’t just grab a handful of brake lever the front brake does a great job at any speed.

The jumpiness in first gear, I’d probably look into a failed motor or transmission mount first.

You need to locate all the grounding points for the dash and check them for corrosion or broken connections.

That level of fun and abuse would require a manual.

Naming your kid is the one time the Otto cycle is better than Wankel.

With a name like Otto, he has no choice.

when has drifting not been a thing? 500hp to the rear wheels around a corner has yielded the same results then as it does now.

Always a favorite, although the sound has clearly been dubbed in afterward. Sounds glorious regardless.

As has been said above, the guy in the Aston clearly won.

Drifting has been a thing since Fangio.

RUF, apparently

I’ll never be as classy as these guys, no matter what classic car I drive. Maybe if I got a 60's Jaguar.

Strange silent screaming noises came out of my mouth, when I saw that Testarossa powersliding into the Countach. How much cocaine does it need to not shit yourself while doing that? Mother of disco

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