I would have much rather had nothing at all.
I would have much rather had nothing at all.
Same here. Made BSG and Firefly hard to watch. Well, other stuff did that too, but the fake cussing is pretty annoying.
Now that I think about it, I usually just compression brake on the straights to scrub a bit more speed than braking alone does.
After the first Iron Man movie, I swore to never see another geek movie on opening night. I had some clue about the after credit Avengers teaser, but any hope of hearing or enjoying it was immediately ruined when a cluster of fan-bois jumped up and started girlishly shrieking…
My '97 XJ RWD 5 speed did much better in the snow than my '03 Mazda 6s (FWD.) For me, that really deflated the "FWD-is-better-for-snow" idea that gets repeated so often. The Mazda weighed about 3300 lbs, (Normal for that class of sedan in '03) and the XJ was more than 400 lbs lighter. Not sure if it was the weight,…
What about compression braking?
Well played.
That thing is gorgeous.
I would love to know what the approximate weight penalty is for these safety devices, (As opposed to the parts they are replacing.) Typically, when lightness advocates, (Like me,) lament the increasing weight of vehicles, safety features are listed as the primary cause for all the added weight. I'm definitely not…
I hear you on the love interest part, but henchmen are supposed to dehumanized stereotypes. Would you have been okay with Mafia types or Nazis?
I love most of this list, but good luck finding any running examples of most of these cars for under 4k.
I know it is popular for German car fans to talk about form following function. I actually like Porsches. But how a glorified Beetle can said to let function following form is utterly beyond me. Unless the function is to see how good a horrible design idea, (Engine aft of rear axle,) can be, in which case, Porsche…
Am I the only person here who watches these "Dark-critique-of-society's-ills" movies and thinks "Wow, that scriptwriter has a dim view of culture/society/humanity," instead of thinking "Wow, I totally buy that version of reality."
The less than ideal framing of the picture and the window glass disrupting the car's lines indicates that the driver was paying attention to the road. If you can accept that it isn't unsafe to drive a manual transmission then it shouldn't be to hard to wrap your head around the idea that one can capture an image while…
Millennials aren't anything. They are as diverse as any other generation. Yes, tons of them are entitled, self-obsessed, judgmental douchbags, (Not unlike my own Gen X was 15-20 years ago,) but plenty of them are quietly going about their lives like everybody else. I've notice the enthusiast-to-non-enthusiast ratio is…
Wow, I forgot how much better that gen Legacy looked.
All of that and I've lost track of how many times I see cops on the phone.
The Mustang is also several hundred lbs lighter than the beautiful, but porky Challenger.
I'm with you. You can see that he gets on the brakes. I think the driver recognized he had overcooked it and rather than lock 'em up and brace for impact like most folks do, he tried to get around it. This might have actually been the least shitty course of action once he realized he needed to slow down.
I had the pleasure and privilege to live in the PNW for a year, ('06-'07 near Everett/Mill Creek,) and while it was difficult to adapt to the CA vs WA flow-of-traffic difference, I found a lot of things about driving up there that I liked better. I liked that people move to the shoulder on overcrowded exit ramps to…