I totally support and love seeing any and all planetary exploration and cheer the successful launch. Though, it’s ironic it was only possible thanks to a Russian rocket engine. The Atlas 5 uses the Russian RD-180 main rocket engine. For years the primary way the US launched satellites was only with the use of a…

Thank you! I’ve read several books on the Soviet space program and never knew the Venera probes released balloons. It’s very impressive, especially considering the difficulty in successfully reaching the surface of another planet, the highly corrosive sulfuric acid atmosphere, and the 1980's technology they were…

I’m one of those people Gastelu claims don’t exist. I’ve written dozens of letters over the years to car manufacturers pleading for manual transmissions, and pester every dealer I’ve ever been to about them. An automatic is an absolute deal-breaker for me. Every new car I’ve ever bought has been a manual, and will…

This is Trump’s idea of ‘law and order’. I know I feel so much safer knowing that a teenage transgender woman can be abducted by guys without identifying themselves and taken away in an unmarked van without due process.

To Save Cities, We May Need To Ditch The Car People

How has the US done with the COVID-19 pandemic? An indisputable, unpleasant statistic: the US has 4% of the world’s population, and over 25% of the world’s cases of COVID-19. And climbing fast.

Thanks! As a teenager, I’ve slept my share of nights in a ‘65 Mustang when shit got so bad at ‘home’ that I couldn’t go there. This was back in the 70's, it was a rusted out piece of shit and not the ‘collectible’ it would be today. No insulation from the single-layer convertible top, front bucket seats that didn’t…

This is a car site, and this thread is a highly political one with a very thin connection to cars. But, since the topic was brought up...

Totally agree! I get it that manual transmission buyers are a small and shrinking segment of the market, that most buyers will only buy an automatic, we’re dinosaurs, etc. etc. But I think most manufacturers are making two big mistakes and would otherwise sell some more of them.

I’ll just plagiarize myself and repost a comment I made about BaT earlier this year. It applies even more when someone pays a quarter million dollars for a 1988 BMW. 

This does not bode well for a new Nissan Z car ever seeing the light of day.

What a novel idea. A court and legal system looking out to protect people from blatantly misleading marketing (even if it’s from their own stupidity).

Just more of that legendary GM quality, even in the flagship Corvette.

It might have something to do with where the ‘height’ is located - long torso/shorter legs can get a better view vs shorter torso/longer legs (like my wife and sister).

I’m on this site too often for sound mental health, and I’m happy with my two Subarus, a WRX and a BRZ (other than the requisite bitching about wanting ‘more power’ in the BRZ)(not really, it’s fine the way it is). 

Because for those challenged of height (like my 5'2" wife and 5'3" sister), those extra few inches of altitude mean the difference between being comfortable in actually seeing down the road and around other cars vs feeling overwhelmed by all the Escalades, Yukons, Expeditions, etc. lumbering around on most roads.

Thanks!

Not every car is targeted to driving enthusiasts and has to have 500+ hp. The Crosstrek is one of them. Most buyers are happy with a car that is reliable, serviceable, and meets their transportation needs without asking too much in return.

+1 for “Fucking greedy ass morons”.

Yeah, this is going to work out real well. Check out this video from a Purdue University study of how airborne virus-laden droplets from a single cough can spread in a plane: