92 awd. Eagle/Ross in the motor. Forced performance 71hta turbo, cams, manifolds blah blah blah, e85, m&h dot legal bias ply slicks. Fairly simple build. The car would have no problem running the same set-up on 100% stock block as they are known to take 550whp + all day, i just do things “right”

Thanks! everything I learned about drag strips comes from the Raceway Park radio ad and skipping over Street Outlaws on the way to watch Cake Wars!

The clock starts when you leave the 2nd staging beam, not when the green light turns on. In order to get a perfect reaction time, you actually have to start moving before the green light turns on.

The 1995 credits were not legal, but he got away with it. Basically, his tax accountant made up an interpretation that said he should get to carry the loss forward. There was no tax policy that he was following, they were just winging it. They went back and forth fighting the IRS for it. It took years for the IRS to…

Alton Brown’s guide is stir while counting 10 seconds. Once you reach ten, “Walk away. You’re done. Just walk away.”

I ride the bicycle to work frequently and drivers are often worse.
Such things as turning right when they are next to you almost squashing you into the sidewalk. Or just yesterday I was crossing an intersection this time even using the pedestrian crossing as it is a 6 lane road and someone almost hit me as they wanted…

<I loved this game since it was the first game I ever recall where the cars had working turn signal indicators!>

wow get over yourself. You do realize that everyone, including you, is a part of traffic. You’re not IN traffic. You ARE traffic. Don’t be so entitled. We’re all just in eachother’s way after all

We were on insurance and our premiums were upwards of $1200/mo before Obamacare and rose to $1500. At least we were on a CA HMO which pre-negotiates rates and leaves us with a co-pay. $18K/yr for a healthy family that never did anything beyond well checks.

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First off, NP. Pretty decent car for not allot of cash.

I came here to post the same thing. Watch this DSM launch video. No fancy electronics here, just a standard viscous limited slip center differential.

WARNING: All Ford Ecoboost cars VASTLY overrate their fuel economy. I know this because I own a 2014 Focus St that gets between 19 and 24 mpgs (Yes, even on long highway trips - 26 AT BEST!) and my work vehicle is a 2013 Escape with the 1.6 and gets between 22-25 AT BEST. Ford, you fail me and every other schmuck that…

Tell that to Leon Reitman, if you can catch him.

Uhhhh.... we said “worst car,” not “CLEARLY THE GREATEST VEHICLE OF ALL TIME”

As I push into my 30s — as my knees give out and I have to pee three times a night and I can't even tell you what's on fleek these days — the bright orange hot hatch with the insane seats holds a little less appeal to me than others in its class.

This is one of my favorite cars I've ever driven and I've driven a lot of different cars. And I mostly love shitbox slow car fast things. But, the ST is just perfect and so much fun. I'm a child of the 1970's and I hope I'm never too old for it.

I got to play this at PAX East a few weeks ago. It was fun the VR was really cool. But I didn't find it as amazing as some people found it. I found the flight model and actual ship mechanics and gameplay a little boring.

I loved the VR aspect though especially the head tracking. Being able to turn your head unrelated…

Yeah, they're absolutely fine for autoX. If you want to track though, definitely swap out pads and fluids. I haven't been able to cook them (I've tried) using Ferodo pads, Motul 600, and some stainless lines.

I autocross the ST, and the torque vectoring is quite useful in anything but a long sweeper. Tighter turns, crank the wheel, mash the gas, awful noises expunge themselves and you then proceed to shoot out of the corner.