Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh?

It’s been a long time since I leased a car, but aren’t the terms/process for buy out in the lease itself? If so, wouldn’t a refusal by the leasor to let the lessee buy the car at the end of the lease be a breach of the lease contract?

I worked toward my license at Harris Hill in the late ‘90's when I was in undergrad. It was cheap, but I still ran out of money as a continuouly-poor undergrad. It was such a relaxing experience overall; almost zen-like.

In a lot of ways, I think the sun is easier to deal with on a motorcycle than in a car. I keep a pair of cheap, dark sunglasses in my tank bag so when the sun is bad I can pop them on under my helmet, which helps out a lot. When I’m cruising on the highway into the setting sun, I can stick my left hand up precisely…

Nope, this kinda sucks actually. At least on DirecTV, I have to buy a sports pack for $14 a month to get this channel. I used to be able to get MotoGP on FoxSports Net or whatever it was with my existing channel package.

I wish the video clip started a little earlier. At the very beginning of the clip you can hear a definite slow down in the rotor speed but then it comes right back up (probably as the pilot lowered the collective).

I think part of it is how quickly he was able to take his foot off of the clutch. To me, the demonstration looked like what driving a stick shift econobox looks like with a normal application of gas. His foot popped off the clutch pretty quick for not giving it any gas.

I think if I was the owner, I would be happy with the result. Let’s analyze the situation - the car is in a sinkhole filled with fluid caused by a busted sewer line. Conventional wisdom is stay away from flooded cars because they’ll never run right and will probably always have mold. This car was flooded with poop…

With the autopilot, would you feel comfortable reading a book, for example?

I don’t know, but I am on my fifth season with by Blizzaks on my RWD Infiniti G37S. I still drive pretty aggressively when the road is dry/clear. I’m probably going to replace the tires after this season. Not because of wear, but because of the age.

The animal crackers from Costco are the best thing in the world. Even better, dip them in Nutella! You’re welcome!

On the “must clean” list, you forgot the front grill. A lot of people don’t bother, but if the grill is totally clogged with packed snow or ice, the engine could actually overheat.

I think you hit the nail on the head Patrick - it’s a win, but it’s clearly a concept car and therefore nothing to get excited about until the design elements play a significant role in a production car. What are the chances that Honda/Acura - one of the most conservative design groups out there - goes with such a…

About the Raptor though...I would drive around unashamedly in an urban environment with one. Why? Because the roads suck. In a Raptor designed to bounce along rutted, undulating dirt roads, pot holes and speed bumps become fun!

A question regarding the make-up of the “last crew.” You’ve got the commander of VX-30 and I’m guessing the lieutenant commander of VX-30 on the flight. Makes sense so far. Who is the captain on the flight and why was he there? Same question with the lieutenant. How did a fairly junior officer get selected to fly the…

Exactly this.

I chose my sports car / pickup truck analogy because the uses for the vehicles are so different. A sports car enthusiast telling me that a pickup truck is kind of slow and doesn’t corner particularly well isn’t helpful. A truck enthusiast would likely try towing something, hauling something, playing around in 4WD on…

Is there a minimum size/yield for an H bomb explosion? Put differently, I’m assuming that there is some minimum amount of fissionable/fusionable(?) material needed to set of the thermonuclear reaction, and that minimum amount of material would result in an explosion having a particular yield. Do we know what the yield…

I agree with your last statement. I didn’t mean for my last comment to be derogatory toward cruiser riders. Maybe this analogy isn’t quite right, but it seems to me that the difference between sportbikes and cruisers is like the difference between sports cars and pickup trucks. If you ask a sports car enthusiast for a…

What is the riding “sweet spot” for this? What I mean is, as a sport bike rider, I always choose the twistiest, emptiest two lane roads for travel because they’re the most fun. Urban streets and highways are just boring on a sportbike. Do you find yourself looking for a different kind of road or ride to maximize the…