I used to drift these in the winter whenever there was snow on the ground. The combination of sitting over the front wheels, and the vast majority of the weight (and length) being behind you made for a VERY weird feeling when the rear started coming around, lol.

Holy shit, what a gorgeous automobile.

I’m not lowered enough for the vast majority of them to be an issue. Every so often I encounter one that will scrape the front lip a bit if I don’t do the ricer angle thing, but even so, no big deal.

Haha, yeah that’s the bridge on which that above photo was taken. I had heard the same. Given some of the other road construction they’ve been doing recently, I’ve no idea if that is still part of the plan, but yes that is the story behind it (I got to take the tour as part of driving that shuttle bus for them, and…

If you’re getting that kind of damage on a regular old sedan, you should probably just hand in your driver’s license. I daily-drive a lowered BRZ with a front lip, low profile tires, and aftermarket suspension on Chicago roadways year-round, and don’t have the kinds of problems you’re talking about. Pretty sure if the…

Yup! I drove for them for a number of years, and functioned in other higher roles as well! You are correct. I stole that original photo from Google. Their first two articulated buses, which are what they had while I was there, were DE60LFRs (6021 and 6022). They had three round lights on each side. I have photos of…

Meh. The rideshare ones aren’t collapsible. I want mine to fold so I can easily toss it into the back of my car, or carry it into work.

Meh. The rideshare ones aren’t collapsible. I want mine to fold so I can easily toss it into the back of my car, or…

I like to sit up high in the vehicle I’m in, but I like a low vehicle. I drive a BRZ, but I have the seat cranked up all the way. I like the better visibility it gives me nearer the car (not over other cars, but over my own car’s bits.)

...yes? It’s a proper wagon, which means probably roomier inside, and it can ride at car-like height which means much better handling. It sounds like you’re going out of your way to lump this into the crossover category just so you can hate on it. This is just an Audi A6 Avant with some plastic cladding, and fancy air…

Haha, back when I drove it was just New Flyers. I've driven a Nova too, though!

1. Modern keyless entry/push start vehicles have an array of sensors that detect the location of the key in the car. Generally speaking (and in my own personal experience) they are pretty good at preventing you from being an idiot and locking your keys in your car. Sure, you can probably fool them in specific…

This truck’s cockpit is good enough...

Spoken like a truly intelligent, and educated person ;)

Your comment doesn’t make much sense in the context of what is attempting to be accomplished here. The goal isn’t to ban cars trying to go from 14th Street, to... your grandparent’s house 45 minutes outside the city. The goal is to ban cars trying to go from 14th street to... further down on 14th street.

It’s…

Ahhh, well then it sounds like in her case it would definitely count. I missed that when reading this post. That bodes well for her record!

Now, what if she (or anyone else) crashed on their second run after attaining max speed? Would you still think it counted, or would that be “cheating” so to speak?

I respect the hell out of Jessi Combs, I think she was an amazing woman, I hold nothing against her whatsoever, and I think she totally deserves that record. I just want to say that up front so that I can ask this question without people, hopefully, immediately jumping down my throat. I’m only asking because I’m not pe…

60-foot articulated buses. They are a lot of fun to drive, and also very weird. Oddly silent because the engine is ALLL the way at the back. There is also a strange rubber-band effect when you accelerate due to it being REAR wheel drive, with an articulated joint in the middle.

Fun fact: 60-foot articulated buses can…

Not sure what you mean by power adders not resolving the torque dip. You can eliminate the torque dip with JUST a header and tune. Hell, just a tune alone can more or less eliminate it as well. It’s not an engine characteristic so much as a shitty tuning decision meant to give the car good mileage (which is dumb.) My…

It took me a moment to out my finger on it, but I think I know WHY it’s so appealing. It’s for the same reason I like my off-center license plate. When these things are centered, they add symmetry, which is nice, but they also tend to look more like a part of the car. This is truer for license plates than for badges,…

So you’re saying Bugatti thinks the Chiron could actually have gone 620 MPH?