Resto-mod Wright Flyer? I can see the appeal. I can see the limited appeal for others too.

So trying to win is not the goal? Please, more races have probably been won by bending or creatively interpreting rules than have ever been won through shear talent or pit strategy or some other chivalrous BS. Back when racing was a testbed for new technology, and we didn't try to regulate away every bit of…

Agreed. I'm almost sure I'm buying a Colorado this spring, but I have concerns. I don't want a school bus sized truck, I want small, and this is more old Silverado sized than S10 sized. But my options are limited. Second, the price starts about $20k, but that's a stripped single cab, and who really buys those…

Don't feel bad. I went to take trash out to the dumpster late one night. It was a crappy neighborhood, and I'd only been here a few months. I slid open the side door of the dumpster and a friggin raccoon jumped out at me. Well not specifically at me, probably was just trapped and wanted out. I swung without…

Mike, we have lived in this little town for 11 years, and tracks go right smack dab through the center of town here too. At some point you just tune it out. It doesn't seem possible now I'm sure, but it just happens. If anything it becomes therapeutic, relaxing. That's not to say it doesn't piss you off sometimes…

Kind of redundant I think. There are already flashing yellow lights and bells at crossings. The danger is the other 99% of the track between the crossings. Unless you're planning to line the whole rail line with lights.... well, it would be pretty to look at anyway.

Yeah, except that you're wrong. And more people agree with me than agree with you, and agree so much that they buy a shit load of them every year.

3rd Gear: Skoda Forever

Uranium detonates like that.......kidding...or not......

Yes. I think it's because geek culture is the new pop culture, but not because the masses enjoy geek culture things, like great sci-fi stories, but just because it's the in thing. Presumably that would be like the great leveling of the playing field for geeks and nerds, but it's only diluted what was great. The…

Only that fewer people are opting for the efficient cars and instead buying SUVs and CUVs, classified as light trucks in CAFE standards. They get softer standards, and the auto manufactures get to make a shit ton of profit out of them because of it. So yes, they are using CAFE standards to drive us to more…

5th Gear: Car Dealers Don't Want To Be The Next Target

They are on the offensive, this is a huge victory even if the tactics and weapons are a little lacking in complete effectiveness. They are where most nations are at the beginning of a war, under experienced and not very well equipped. And ISIS is packing AKs and RPGs, not really technologically equivalent to Vipers…

How about kill the tax credit completely and let the tree huggers pay for their own cars like the rest of us. It's not free money from the government, it's money they are taking out of our pockets. As long as these tax incentives exist we will have to wait even longer for real advances in efficiency.

Snikeys! My winter project is making a table lamp out of a carb and filter. I've got an old Rochester 4barrel stripped down with a K&N filter and air box on top. It'e got an 8" round neon light in it and it's got an awesome glow to it. Not bright enough to light a room, but a killer accent piece. Still working on…

Wow, you're not so bright are you?

There are several AA guns that can down an F16, even at altitude. And they could have MANPADS. Remember, they did end up with a lot of the weapons we gave to Iraq's military when they up and ran away.

They didn't just spring up from nowhere like it appears, they are the result of other groups like the Taliban, Hamas, Al Qaeda and their offshoots that have banded together in a worst of the worst all-star team. There are schools all over the middle east and north Africa that teach an extremely radical form of Islam. …

But then you're stuck with a Hyundai. Why spend $20K on a throw-a-way?