Sure, the auto is better. A suspension that doesn’t allow body roll is better, too. Having a quiet exhaust with a stereo that simulates engine sounds could net you better engine sound quality and comfort. ABS is better. Traction control is better, too.

Judgy judgy!

I think simplicity, longevity, and cost of maintenance/repair are the primary metrics. Modern road cars are very good at many things, but simplicity, longevity, and cost of maintenance/repair are none of them. Modern road cars are complex, they don’t last particularly long, and they are very expensive to maintain and…

It’s also worth noting the load that the trucker is hauling. I refuse to believe that physics would allow a fully loaded truck to stop that fast.

I love off-roading videos and I love off-roading myself, but I’m pretty much over the American off-road culture. Too frequently it’s a bunch of people with not enough safety equipment, too much alcohol, and zero respect for the land they’re driving on and the health and safety of those around them. Not to mention zero…

I disagree with the assertion that he “didn’t learn shit” because he got away with it. I’ve made stupid ass decisions, nearly gotten fucked up, and decided I wouldn’t do that anymore. I would be willing to bet he won’t do that shit again, because he abso-fucking-lutely understands that he could have died.

Doesn’t mean the rich people taking deductions are bad people. They’re doing the same thing as everyone else, just on a larger scale.

I don’t disagree with anything you said. I just disagree with the logic that says “it doesn’t affect you, so you don’t get to have an opinion.”

When poor people take all legal actions to avoid paying paying more taxes than they’re legally obligated to: “Boy I’m glad the poors have these deductions!”

Whether or not a law applies to me has absolutely NOTHING to do with the morality of the law in my eyes.

Yes.

Where do I sign?

Selection bias for the lose.

They want to cross the road, and that car is still a hundred yards away. They can’t conceive of the car moving fast enough to hit them. That’s my theory anyway.

I would contend that knock is compression ignition. Is not knock caused by high temperatures and pressures (as opposed to contact with a flame front)? Is not that high temperature and pressure caused by the compression of gasses due to the expanding flame front?

Yes, most of the fuel is ignited by compression. The spark plug starts a flame front that expands and compresses the air in the rest of the combustion chamber. Most of the fuel then ignites due to the increased pressure.

That’s not technically correct. Traditional spark ignited engines have a fairly uniform flame front. Each molecule of fuel is ignited by the burning of the molecule, and so on and so forth until each molecule is expended. In this engine, the spark ignites SOME of the fuel. As that chemical reaction takes place the…

One item that you’re totally missing is that it’s plausible that 16% of millennials never plan to own ANY car. Mass transit, ride sharing, and human-powered transportation may be their long term plan. Whether that will actually come to be is another question (having a family changes things).

Growing up on a farm, my parents (both of them!) used to not only leave their cars unlocked in the driveway, not only with the keys in the car, but with the key in the ignition! Oh yeah and the front door to that house was locked so infrequently that they didn’t even have house keys on their keychain. It was hidden in…

It’s worth noting that if he lived in any other developed country he may have not been able to afford the Challenger build due to the high tax rate.