NP. It needs a bit of polish and a few trim parts, but the body is sound, and it won’t be difficult to make the engine run again, because its as complicated as a wood-burning stove. Otherwise, it will just need the same level of care as any vehicle of its age, but since these aren’t as common (thanks to the rest of…

After watchinf F&F for the 1st time, I immediately went out and fitted my car with a cold-air intake. 10 years later, I bought a used car (RSX Type-S) from a guy who had installed a “short-ram” (i.e. hot air) intake, but had included the original parts with the car. My tolerance for the additional noise lasted about a…

This is one of those cars that gives people the impression that you’re old-money. As a car, it’s really nothing spectacular, but the image, plus the knowledge that it will inevitably go up in value according to the law of Things That Became A Collector’s Item for No Logical Reason Whatsoever (basically 3/4 of the cars…

Neutral: I’ll take the risk of a fire over the certainty of smelling the inside of a taxicab, any day of the week.

Oh, right... I can’t believe I missed that important distinction.

If Zak Brown can swallow his pride like he swallows his lunch, Mclaren could drop Renault and get Honda power for next season. Just imagine.

This car is what Honda should have built, bringing back the CRX name, instead of that whatever-it-was that no one asked for. If this had been available when I was shopping for a car, I might have considered it before ending up with the GTI I have now. I’m not old (mentally or physically), but I can appreciate the…

You’re right; it’s hard to separate present-day Max from the version we saw in the Netflix series, where he was sort of cast as the villain to several of the drivers we were meant to cheer for. This season he’s shown steady improvement, both in on-track performance and off-track demeanor. Breaking the MB lockout in…

Hold the button down, engine switches off. But reading the manual is the same as taking instructions from others, so that was never a realistic possibility for this dope.

The driver didn’t shut the car off when instructed. Then he cursed at the track worker who asked him to. If he’s not smart enough to get out of a car that’s in the process of lighting itself on fire, I’m not sure if instructing him to get out would have mattered. After all, taking instructions from others is a sign of…

I’m not a huge fan of Max, but over the course of the season so far, he seems to be developing into a less of a complete dick than he was last year. One could almost say he’s maturing. Hopefully he’s a better teammate to Albon than he was to Ricciardo, especially if Albon’s pace suddenly picks up and he’s always in…

Neutral: Hybrids should never have existed in the 1st place. Honda released the Insight in 1999, but gasoline prices were so incredibly low, only the fringe environmentalists were interested. Toyota released the 1st-gen Prius shortly after, but it looked like a normal car and fuel was still pretty cheap so no one…

My car has the same starter button, which always does exactly what I tell it to. I’ve also managed to re-code several control units on its CAN-bus to activate a few features it didn’t come with, and disable one or two others. I’m pretty sure I have a good understanding of how modern cars work.

Oh, I totally got what he was getting at; I don’t even bother taking my phone out of my pocket when I see a newer 8-cylinder Ferrari these days. It’s not just about the features and capabilities, it’s about knowing you spent 3x more and there are only a few hundred of your car in the world, and yours is unique because…

They could have changed engine suppliers in a collegial and amicable fashion, rather than throw Honda under the bus. Car design influences cooling efficiency, which in turn plays a role in engine failures. But rather than trying to work together, Mclaren built a car, told their engine supplier to just find a way to…

True, they don’t. So, I guess the question is why the people tasked with putting fires out at this facility aren’t issued the proper gear or given any useful training. Even if they were, I doubt the car’s owner cursing at them was going to help them maintain their professionalism. But at least the whole episode was…

Great, now I can’t un-hear it and it’s bothering me. Where is that music coming from? Are they playing it on the loudspeakers? If so, why??

Pretty much, yeah.

Standing around a car that might be engulfed in flames at any moment because its Simple Simon-ass rural owner can’t operate an on/off switch is hardly part of the job description of anyone whose work-issued uniform is a t-shirt and a pair of jorts. I doubt that the Milan Dragway puts up any memorials for track workers…

I’m not sure which is funnier: the dumbshit who can’t figure out how to switch a car off, the muppets with the fire extinguishers, the pre-pubescant narrator with his squeaky voice, or the just general absurdity of the entire scenario. I mean yeah, the guy with the fire extinguisher should have maybe stuck around, but…