When will we demand that vehicles come equipped with a separate, failsafe mechanism to keep them in place should the transmission parking pawl fail or the gear selector get inadvertently left in neutral? Some sort of “parking brake” that the driver could engage that would secure the vehicle, no matter what position…

The phrase “brave journalism” was not always limited to personal essays about romantic relationships.

I imagine for another normal person this would throw them out on the streets.

The NR was a solution to a very specific, man-made problem, and it had a lot of issues. It’s hard to make rings that work, and even harder to hone the “cylinders.”

Next time, they won’t use aircraft as weapons. It will be suicide bombers with big rolling carryons stuffed with explosives and shrapnel, standing in the middle of crowded security lines, probably during a holiday rush.

I’m saying that at first glance, it seems to have similar engineering problems. And I’m saying that if I was one of the guys who designed it, overcoming those problems would be the first thing I crowed about, because it would also be the first thing internet naysayers would bring up.

Hmm. Same sealing issues as a Wankel though, and the same lubrication problem. Despite what they’re saying, I think it will be just as “dirty” as a Wankel, and have the same fuel efficiency constraints due to the high surface to volume ratio of the “combustion chamber/cylinder.” You can’t really beat a round piston in…

Maybe your eventual new, non-dirtbag owners will make you proofread and copy edit. That would be nice.

Maybe the new owners will hire somebody to edit or at least proofread...

No more calls! We have a winner!

http://carstuckgirls.com (Mostly SFW, but your coworkers will wonder about you)

For the last 20 years, Ford has been on the cutting edge of technology that is completely wrong for the application. Gigantic, small-displacement OHC V8 engines that need a ton of revs to make power? Check! Extensive use of aluminum in trucks where fatigue limits are a definite issue? Check!

That is one mean-sounding tractor engine... SMH

GAH! Why aren’t they to scale??? I mean, I get it with ships vs. land vehicles vs. aircraft, but at least make things within the same category to scale!

Along with sketchy mechanics, speed limits and faulty O2 sensors, tree sap is a your car’s worst nightmare.

This is why a code reader is a tremendously useful thing to bring with you when shopping for a used car...

All guns are AK47s.

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It would be helpful in stories like this if you actually defined chronic traumatic encephalopathy instead of merely referring to it by its initials.

Must be rough to make sweeping generalizations based on limited information for you, too.