Anything less than a 2L foam or several-gallon-size coldfire extinguisher is usually like pissing on a forest fire. You may think you've put it out, and then a few seconds later, it's burning again.

My first thought was that the metalwork was for carrying stuff on top of the car.

And yet millions of americans cook burgers and hotdogs over coal every nice evening/weekend.

No, safer is not faster. Human reaction times haven't changed, and arguably, they've gotten far worse. People feel so safe in their cars that they'll do damn near everything from texting to reading papers and reports while driving. Why not? The logic goes: "I am better than those yutzes who hold their cell phone down…

Ask your local fire chief for their thoughts on speed bumps.

In the left-side booster clip, what is the big cloud of debris a few seconds before the booster hits the ocean?

I'm laughing my ass off thinking about the puzzled looks from data analysts at various airline and booking services. I bet this 'contest' generated some really weird patterns/stats.

Cops in my city are increasingly required to spend some patrol time on bikes. Some of them really hate it, but the ones who love it, love it.

You've got a pretty funny definition of "useful."

That's nitrous oxide, idiot. It's an oxidizer because of the OXYGEN present. Pure nitrogen is highly stable.

Hasn't this car been up for sale from her before?

No worries. That'll buff right out.

Some day, you'll experience the joy of nailing the throttle slightly before the apex and letting boost boost build, generating just enough understeer to draw you to the track-out cone.

These things are more than just a little dangerous. They work on a timer so that you don't have to be standing next to it when it moves the radioactive source out of the shielded area.

Peekamboolance?

It doesn't matter if they host F1 or not. If a barrier doesn't protect someone standing behind it, it wasn't strong enough.

I wasn't bashing US tracks. Here's a nickel, kid. Go learn how to read.

The answer is simple.

Some chin straps are, in fact, designed to fail or break past a certain load, yes. I don't know if this is true for motorcycle helmets, but many helmet designs/specs recognize that beyond a certain point it's better for the helmet to come off than your head. OSHA mandates chin straps break on PPE helmets to avoid…

How long will it take before haters stop hating, and understand that the range is just fine for many people, particularly for in cities, where you find many high-net-worth individuals, the kind of people who buy these cars?