I think some of the editors at Car and Driver recruited a local-to-them auto shop class to help drop a Mazdaspeed3 engine into a 5. It was a pretty big nuisance, especially because of having to get the electronics to play along, but they got it running and driving. It was super-roughm and I think it’d have been…

I say a Hellcat Grand Caravan—because nothing Dodge offers shuts up the minivan haters like 707 horsepower.

Thank you. I may not be the best at explaining the mechanics of tenses in grammar, but I was hoping someone would be on the ball with this distinction.

Please let this become a thing.

Seriously? Kneeling during the national anthem is a “petulent brand of SJW” in your mind?

Star for “brainmeats.”

If I were working the course and resetting those cones, all those runs would have driven me to drink. And then I’d fall over and get kicked out.

Is it working for you? Because the schedule I‘m looking at says top 32 should’ve started at 4pm eastern time, and I’m getting nothing at the moment.

I thought long and hard about making a comparison to affirmative action, but I figured it might divert the focus of the conversation if I wasn’t very precise with my argument.

I suppose I’m trying to get at the “more participation- even if women don’t win, yet- should give more opportunity for women to aspire to the goal and attain wins” point. It’s a messy argument, I concede, and I don’t have a great answer. But I want to see more women have the opportunity to race, not less. Not solely…

No love for Formula Drift? The pro event is this afternoon in Texas, and the livestream should be up this afternoon.

I should have finished reading this comment thread before I responded to Brockles—I think you’ve already said what I’d tried to in a far better way.

I do see your point and understand/agree with it somewhat, but also consider that the existence of sexism in most every aspect of our culture means that women are not currently in a position (in the world of motorsports or otherwise) where they will be considered as equals enough to be able to prove where their merit…

Justin, for a second, I thought you were going to break this out:

Have a star. Every time someone talks about “supercharging” stations with electric cars, this is what springs to my mind.

Star for a Jalopnik reference on the Splinter side of things.

Pour R&D into reviving Soichiro Honda—after he’s resurrected, wonderful feats of engineering that birth fast, reliable engines befitting Honda’s golden ages should follow.

I have no words. But I do have a star to give for making me aware of this lunacy.