I must admit that I find it annoying to carry both a pen in knife in my jeans, so this isn’t the worst idea in the world for me.

These can be had in Japan for around $1,000 USD — even with the cost of importing, you’re coming in for far less, and there are better examples to choose from.

Truckee Drift: for when those parts simply must be over-nighted from Japan.

what they didn’t show is that he changed gears at least 100x in this video

In the mid ‘90s, I was assistant area manager for a rental car company in Reno for a while that carried Chrysler/Jeep, Nissan and Suzuki vehicles; I witnessed some of the absolute highest level of ignorance and/or disregard for people’s lives during the winter when trying to explain Donner Pass and the other roads to…

I’d like to see an autonomous truck pull this off.

Yes. And driving a tandem? Holy shit, this is a pro’s pro. Mad props to this driver.

No firing of that guy, he suffered catastrophic brake failure i.e. those brakes are completely locked and since he is on a grade he has no other way to control the trailer(s) sliding. What that guy is pulling off takes a level of spatial awareness that few can claim. He had the presence of mind to radio the CHP, ask…

Why would he be fired? He faced a significant rig failure and managed not to destroy the truck and its contents. Surely that’s a pat on the back at the very least.

What’s more impressive is that it looks like a set of B-Trains which has an extra pivot point at the tractor. How he held on to that is really something.

Yes! A COTD, finally. My life is now complete. Apart from this cat...

This is my favorite post from you, ever.

You mean Detroit is not the land of wild misfit orphan Jeeps David Tracy makes it out to be? I’ll have to go there I’ve been afraid of being bit by a rabid Jeep.

Noooo I don’t think so.

Well you can certainly rely on it to get to the shop every week.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-Chevrolet-Cavalier-2dr-Coupe-Z24-/172483059887?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2828caa0af:g:sVEAAOSw44BYdnRD&item=172483059887

90's Chevy cavalier.
Because a GM will run bad longer than most car will run at all.

Edit: Ironically, this probably costs more than $2k.

Although it looked to me like the guy was maybe going a little fast, but caught the dirt going around the big lumbering truck that was in the middle of the road (they were both using the middle of the road). So give him a 4/10 asshat and ‘nice save’.

Behind the back, no point in looking. Either it hits or it doesn’t and the bar is about to open. Don’t have time for this.

I've driven in Germany - it is super easy. Everyone is polite and the drivers are quite good. I've driven in Tijuana - worse than anywhere in the US (including florida!), big potholes, about 50% of drivers completely ignore stop signs. But by far the worst was in Jordan. Unmarked lanes, unpaved roads, everyone's car…