Why bronze welded? Is there something special about bronze as filler?

I'm sure its very helpful in getting kids to shut up on the way to school.

I'm not sure how good of an idea this is.

I don't own an infinity, but I do think that it can be smart to buy a model during when it edging toward a redesign, especially in the luxury segment. By that time, the manufacturer may have finally fixed all the various bugs that are so prevalent on the first year. Plus you can get a significant discount.

Look at the new and improved hofmeister kick!

I really enjoy Tavarish's "buy this horrifically unreliable awesome for the price of a new boring". Occasionally, when the subject cars are not German, I don't even disagree with it so badly. But disagreement or not, I always read them.

I understand the moral argument, I'm just not sure how much insurance companies have to do with safety standards and 3000lbs cars. If it was strictly a matter of lobbying, you would expect to see that the situation would be the same in europe, and also car manufacturers lobby should balance out the insurance company…

Is there a reason to think that insurance companies do not lobby European governments?

Working in as many "Yup" as possible into a conversation with russian speaking people is good for a few laughs.

Do you honestly believe that such vehicles would be allowed in the absence of insurance lobbying?

I confess I no longer know what your point is. Is it that making cars safer also cuts down on medical bills?

That doesn't ring true...

For a sedan maybe, but a small 2 seater roadster?

I'd like to see more sub 2000lbs cars.

That's silly. Most new car sales involve a trade in of some kind. It's fair to say that new car sales would drop a great deal if trade ins were no longer possible. Trade-ins are made possible by the existance of a used car market. So people who buy used cars help support the manufacturing of new cars.

Publicly owned companies don't have a nationality.

Investors would own GM, same as they do now. Large companies are chopped up into little pieces and owned by almost everyone with a retirement account.

I'm pretty sure the HD is the one with the lower CG. Dry sump, shorter engine, and everything is set low because no one designing these things cares about max lean angle. 1 minute of sitting on a busa and an HD should demonstrate that.

And they were the most awesome thing ever for the kids. I mean, how much fun is it to play on actual tanks. My childhood was spend climbing on old tanks, jets and helicopters (also looking for unexploded ww2 ordinance, but that's a different story). The local, stateside, part also has a tank, a jet and a helicopter.…

About like what you'd expect, not terribly dissimilar from mass transit here in the states (in other words, well worn), but in a different color scheme.