What you did there, I see it...

Uh, no. Why don't you educate me on why I'm wrong?

The seats in school buses are designed to be passive restraints on their own. School systems could never enforce seatbelt use in school buses.

A hundred thirty seven dollars!?! A HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS!?!

I'm in for a shuttle run!

We walked down from work to the Iwo Jima memorial to watch. They flew right over our heads at about 1500 feet. After a few passes, we sang the Star Spangled Banner. I don't get all worked up over things like flags, and wars and stuff, but I do get all "America F*ck Yeah" over this. It was bittersweet.

The late Randy Renfrow was an AMA Superbike racer in the 80's and 90's. He had a bad crash and lost the thumb off his throttle hand. He had his big toe removed and grafted to his hand to be able to keep racing. [nationalprivateer.com]

Whenever I take the family on longer trips, I spring for the Seneca. I crab down final until just before the flare, and then I use a dab of differential power while I'm kicking the nose straight. It also helps on the taxi out.

Love my '12 Mazda5 Sport 6MT!

When I was working on my PP-SEL, my instructor would do wheelie-only touch-n-goes. Nosewheel would never touch the runway.

Cirrus SR22 general aviation aircraft. [cirrusaircraft.com]

Belt CVTs are limited by the ratio spread they can achieve. State of the art for Belt CVTs is around 6.0:1 ratio spread. The ZF has a ratio spread of almost 10.0:1.

I agree. I'm interested in the technology aspects of high-efficiency transportation; don't care too much for the Prius, but I like the efficiency push in cars like the Focus and Elantra. I visited ABG two or three times a week, and just skipped over the "new battery technology of the week that may revolutionize…

@dmoneyfa5: Here in the DC area, police treat P71s with extreme prejudice, since they are the #1 choice of hustlers and 'bangers.

If you're a fan of underground exploration, this site will waste hours of your time:

@ɹǝʌoɹ ǝƃuɐɹʇs: I'll raise you one (or two, actually): how about the IO-720! 400 HP @ 2650 RPM, that's almost 800 torques!

@bills79jeep: Love that Basler DC-3 conversion. Style and performance. Like having an old Suburban with an LS crate motor under the hood.

Everyone mentioning Born to Run missed the best Springsteen car song, possibly the best overall car song, of all time: