There was a tiny little hill near my house that would give you a good 15mph if you hit it right. The long, steep left lead into a great little right-left chicane, just big enough to require thought, but not big enough to slow you down much. What followed was a massive sweeping left, dead level but with dry sticks of…

Here's proof that pornography is a form of art.

I seem to recall this on Jalopnik a while back.

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Twenty percent? Oh, duh. Two out of ten fingers. I was wondering where you got that figure from.

I didn't realize how long this was until I scrolled back up to comment on it. Yowzah!

I can agree with that. I didn't consider off-road racing in my argument, and it's an aspect that should be acknowledged. I've never seen professional drivers use this technique, although I can see now why it should be used in many cases.

Haha. Oh, Danica. You know you've done open-wheel racing when. . . .

That makes perfect sense.

Why shouldn't a driver wrap his or her thumbs around? I've heard advice going both ways on this one, and always felt that having my thumbs on the spokes of the wheel gave me better control and made my steering more relaxed, which improved smoothness.

No love for my "Don't mess with the driver" rule? I guess I'll pretend the .gif was a hat tip.

Still stuck in the Grey Zone. Yippee.

I don't know how these guys stayed on their mopeds; I would've fallen over laughing.

Don't you dare touch my steering wheel. I will deliberately crash into something on your side of the car, I get that frustrated. Either that, or I'll backhand your face. In fact, just don't mess with me while I'm driving. It's the one thing I put all my focus into, and if you throw off my state of mind, there will be…

That would be incredible. I'm not sure how many of the thousand buyers would be able to take the controls, but the ability to claim (partial) ownership of a DC9 would be worth a couple thousand on its own. A Facebook group might be worth the effort.

Make it 997.

If you really want to learn the magic of a differential, I suggest buying a cheap R/C car and pulling out the drive wheels. My uncle didn't know it when he gave me a $20 Supra for Christmas, but it's the best gift I've ever received.
I lost a tire within twelve hours and immediately started pulling the thing apart.…

Haven't gotten there yet. I want to do the rear struts on my Sienna, but don't have the money for parts and tools.

And now I've got spaghetti out my nose. Way to go, Jason.

What goes into determining the Conversation of the Day? I always see commenters write "COTD!" when they think another's post should make it, but no matter how many of us like someone's comment, it's never made Conversation of the Day. What do you guys look for in a COTD?