One really simple example of the whole shear stabilizing panels concept are the chintzy looking cardboard.fiberboard panels they include in furniture kits (typically for covering the majority of the back panel on a dresser). Without this panel installed the entire structure is weak and unstable, with the panel…

Nope, I agree. It was just mostly more of the same mediocre later-years Top Gear. The only part I really enjoyed was the Namibia special. I think they should just scrap the test track and studio parts altogether and focus the show entirely on road trips. They definitely have the budget for it now, and that’s when they…

You need a Honda Fit

This is what the $6,800 worth of damage looked like:

Yeah same here. It was either leave the city and spend an hour or more each way commuting or buying my property in a HOA community in the city, and it takes me 20 minutes to get to work. I prefer the extra time at home in the evening or morning.

For me to avoid the HOA, I would have had to buy a house outside of the city, or live in the ghetto. Austin basically has no respectable place to live that doesn’t have an HOA, it’s a necessary evil to live in/near this city. I still make it work, I’ve got 3 project cars (2x E30's, 1x Subaru), and keep them within the…

Sometimes there isn’t much of a choice, though. They’re easy enough to avoid in more rural towns, but bigger urban areas with lots of sprawl? You’re gonna have a beast of a time finding the house you want that you can afford and otherwise plausibly live with outside of an HOA.

Meanwhile I’m testing homemade pulse jets in the back yard.......

I hear ya. The struggle is real.

Long John Silver’s has expressed interest in sponsoring the car since the driver has a lot in common with their customers.

The third pass was faster because the driver emptied his bowels while getting sideways at damn near 190 mph on the second pass. The reduced weight was to his advantage, obviously.

That HAS to be a fun show. Pirate metal! I mean...pirate metal! There is nothing about either of those things that isn’t fun.

Saw them this year in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

Nah, by 2006 most of the big issues with the 6.0 were ironed out. The EGR is super easy to get to and easy to clean, you can also use the open EGR port to clean out the intake.

The Ford 6.0 was such a joke of an engine I can’t believe ANYONE drives it.

The dodge part was crap. The Cummins and associated bits (as long as it was the stick) were the only good parts.

Counterpoint - you can do MUCH better donuts in the snow with 4WD. The front pulls it around and it’s like a fidget spinner with a pole through the center of the cab. It just sits in one spot and spins. Source - my 99 ext cab Z71

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