They definitely let it ride as long as possible; it was doomed he moment it failed to separate. I’m guessing that since it was over water at the time, there was no real downside to being a bit slow on the button. More entertaining, and more data.

It’s a good question, but realistically, the Range Safety Officer doesn’t have to detonate it until it’s clearly going to deviate from the safe zone designated for the launch. Waiting may well have been intentional, since it gave them time to collect more data on its ability to withstand aerodynamic forces.

The actual quote is: “the risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is low, approximately “1 in 2,467" (emphasis mine). 

I’m not sure how to do the correct math but if the odds of ANYONE on earth being hit are 1 in 2,467 that does not mean that MY chances are 1 in 2,467 as I’m one of 8 billion people.

1970 Hemi Challenger - 3649lbs

Occam’s Razor: Avis made a ridiculously stupid mistake, as rental agencies have again and again, and reported the car as stolen when it was not. Nothing to do with driving for Uber.

A rental contract is terminated by contacting the customer and asking they return the vehicle, not by reporting it as stolen.

I’d never heard of Kei truck gardens, and holy shit I fucking love it. Seriously, when it comes to modding cars, no one quite does it in the surreal, fun way Japan does. I love Bōsōzoku and Dekotora for the batshit crazy, but this is equally surreal in its own way. And unlike the others, I’d 100% daily a Kei garden.

150 more miles than a Hummer and 100 more than the Silverado/Sierra EV on a similarly sized battery?

Anyone who uses the term “woke” to downplay something has typically been unable to actually give me a definition of what the word even means. They just don’t like it, so therefore it’s “woke”.

This world is becoming dumber, I swear..

Pulling up to work with a cartoon, teenaged school girl on my truck at my high school teaching job. That’ll be fine 

As I’ve gotten older, I’m finding myself gravitating to the admittedly “boring” OEM+ style. Basically a stock body with as many original optional parts as makes sense. I went wild with body kits on imports in the early 2000s. So now a clean S14a with all the OEM aero, R33 GTR wheels, a simple Nismo suspension and a…

Any performance mod that doesn’t modify the car’s physical appearance. Sleepers > *.

Having graduated to driving age in the 80’s I’m still all about the Pro Street style. Giant hood scoops or better yet, a 6-71 Weiand blower through the hood. Drag tires with wheelie bars, maybe a four or six point cage. Basically the more impractical for day to day use, the better.

Yeah, Seth says “I dont do voices, you’ll get a DK that sounds like me”
Producers: You’re hired!

Lets be clear about it, this is one of those “feature, not a bug” situations.

This sounds like the directors and casting’s fault, if any blame is to be laid anywhere. They knew what they were getting. Shrug.

I don’t think he was ‘making demands’. He said ‘This is how I do my voice. If this is good for you, then cool.’ Blame the producers, if anyone. Seth was just upfront about how is performance would be and they still hired him despite that warning.

I usually get shouted down for this, but it’s too much power when you need active driver aids to drive the car normally. It should be safety tech, not a hack for inflating paper HP numbers. Why pay for 500 hp if the car will only let you put it down under perfect conditions?

Not that I’m siding with the Russians, but it does seem kind of dumb that it’s literally illegal for the plane to take off, but it’s still getting charged parking fees. Seems like a situation to have a waiver for one empty flight of only crew to bring it out of the country