Dammit Diesel, now that can't be unseen!

H&N restraints have to be rated to 70 gs in order to meet SFI 38.1. If I recall correctly, most of the safety gear, seats, etc. are designed around a 70 g impact.

The engines in that truck are actually Navistar engines that are branded CAT.

Thank you for this! All the stars to you. I have been familiar with some of this over the last few years and you are spot on. The V10 isn't a bad engine but I don't doubt the fuel economy numbers you quoted. That was only recently that they startd offering it too right?

They basically filed the market gap when Caterpillar left the on highway market in 2010.

You need to talk generations of engines and trucks when comparing the two. The ISB6.7 is the same engine as what's in the Dodge trucks and a plethora of other medium duty vehicles, including F-6/750s that are EPA2013 compliant i.e. current models, not future models. There are different horsepower ratings available but…

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I see articles on JLTV pop up from time to time and it looks pretty awesome. Both from the "good for our troops" perspective and the "11/10 would hoon the shit out of" perspective.

Funny that you bring this up since it was essentially what the MRAP program was developed for. The HMMWV was never designed to be a front line vehicle but it eventually turned into that role (with several flaws as you've noted) Then, a ton of funding gets thrown at MRAPs since they are actually designed to be used on…

A huge annoyance of mine is the assumption that everyone in the Midwest grew up on or lives on a farm. I may have lived in Wichita but I was designing fucking airplanes.

I usually try to stay mostly sober while plying GT. I know my reaction time falls off as my BAC increases. I also play with a controller instead of a wheel which makes it a bit more challenging.

The few times that I have done it have been playing Borderlands (1 and 2) and I have used the excuse "I'm too drunk to drive" referencing the in-game driving.

I know, girls are so ticklish.

Part of the problem with that plan is that we are using ISS for studying the long term microgravity effects on humans necessary for a manned mission to Mars. But, I like where your head is at.

Speaking from experience (I was alone on a Friday night, got carried away playing video games, just opened a bottle) drinking 1 bottle of wine is enough to make you considerably drunk. Definitely do not drive like that.

It's always a Camry...

Holy shit! I used to work for Beech too!

It depends on who you talk to but a case can be made either way.

M-Sport has been running Ford's WRC program since the mid 90s. This is no different from ProDrive running BMW's and later Subaru's then Mini's involvement in WRC.