Of course people can do whatever they want... but they’re still lazy. Nobody refuses to use all of the creature comforts of a modern vehicle just because. They are just too lazy to bother learning how to use them.

I had a friend who refused to use Bluetooth in her car, and when I asked her why, it was because she,…

I said “line” not track. “Line” refers to the entire operation; not specifically the track, or the rolling stock. Tracks don’t travel at 125 MPH, lol.

What do you mean?

I work in mass public transit. I’m currently sitting in a rail maintenance shop, lol. I’m fully aware. Exactly why I said it the way I did. It will be interesting to see the results of the investigation.

Why are you upgrading every year?! Your S8 is fine...

True. I’m just saying high speed routes are generally big “PR” routes for rail agencies. As such they usually get higher-than-average care to ensure they run as reliably, and as incident-free as possible.

High speed lines are supposed to be the bread and butter of the operation. I know AMTRAK has basically no money, but I would have expected this kind of issue to be LEAST likely to happen on the Acela line.

I did the same thing with my BRZ once on this awkward curb surrounding a tight 180-degree entrance to an underground parking garage. Rode up on the right side rocker, then drove over it with the rear wheel.

Sounded awful, but luckily I have the OEM STi side skirts that completely wrap around the side and underneath the…

Am I the only one who has no problem with the “brand stigma” side of things? People always look at the downsides (i.e. “You drive a KIA?”) but what about all of the upsides?

1. It’s a Kia... so you don’t come across as a pretentious asshole.
2. You don’t have to explain how you can afford it.
3. It’s a LOT of fun to give…

I have Electronic Brake Force Distribution in my BRZ, and now I’m curious to know more about how much of a change that system is able to make to the “default” brake distribution, and under what circumstances it operates.

Don’t worry about explaining things like wheel speed sensors and why you need diffs and stuff. I…

Ahh, I was focused on front/rear axle lockup, but not whether the front and rear DIFFS were also locked. So basically, does ABS not function in a 4LO configuration unless all four wheels lock up? Because it sounds like what you’re saying is that there is no way anything other than all four wheels can lock up. That…

Good point! Someone do a try test PRONTO!

All of this only makes sense to me because of some brake bias issues I recently had when I moved to a BBK on my BRZ, but didn’t upgrade my rear pads right away.

I’ve been sitting here, reading replies, and trying to understand this. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

On slick surfaces, standard brake bias is actually BAD brake bias. By default, most vehicles are heavily biased towards the front. On slick surfaces, the fronts can’t do anywhere close to as much braking as…

She sounds Lovely...

Not sure if sarcasm, but that isn’t even a remotely appropriate comparison.

No. It wasn’t. Granted this article says it was, we all know better than to trust Jalopnik to copy-and-paste information from another article accurately. There is no way the fire truck was just in the emergency lane based on the first of the two photos for three reasons:

1. When a car rear-ends a heavy truck like that,…

I want to know how long this idiot spent not looking at the road, to not see all the cars merging to the right, and all the flashing lights and whatnot.

I am, if anything, even more bewildered now, lmao.

Lol... uhhhmmm... I... still dunno! I hate this game!!!

Probably on summer tires, or crappy all-seasons.