NP but only if it comes with a CarMax warranty

duesenberg model j, second row, all the way to the right.

Bot Wars: the future of the Internet as we know it.

The driver of the car didn't slam on the brakes. It appears the brakes were gently applied, allowing the biker to stay on. The car driver may actually have realized the biker was sitting on his car, and applied the brakes gently on purpose.

+1 Internets for you, for making an awesomely obscure Waterworld reference.

It's never been an issue for me because I don't really sell my cars (I drive them till they're scrap), but I think adjusting the price by maybe 5-10% of the cost of the modification parts is reasonable. This is also only valid for FUNCTIONAL upgrades/modifications, not necessarily aesthetic ones. Though some aesthetic…

Guilt over what? A new Porsche burns super clean; mowing your lawn twice a month with a 2-stroke push mower puts out more greenhouse gases than driving 2,000 miles a month in pretty much any new car, regardless of fuel economy.

Philadelphia. Rough roads, rough winter. The obvious answer is a Bentley Continental GT.

Whatever it was, it was a dud.

I've found that, with most mainstream news stories, if they're discussing anything technical about which I am knowledgeable, I find their 'facts' and 'experts' hilariously and outrageously wrong. This is true about articles discussing guns/gun laws, cars/driving, computers and hacking, pretty much anything involving…

I've had clients call me to say their new printer isn't working, I show up and it's unplugged. "It says 'wireless' right on the box!" Honest to god, it took me a HALF HOUR to convince one woman that wireless did not mean it doesn't need a power cord.

I never said or even implied that the truck in the original post was direct injected. I was answering another person's query on how to get their VW to do a similar ring of smoke/fire effect, and direct injection would be the easiest method without intentionally destroying the valvetrain.

Best idea ever.

This reminds me of Hurricane Katrina: It caused a storm surge so high, it actually floated the USS Alabama (on static display, resting in mud and silt). a 35,000 ton battleship, and caused the ship to settle down with a slight list (due to unevenly eroding her silt bed underneath). It was still the safest place for…

Thank you for your kind words!

In a direct injection engine, you could achieve this effect with a simple software change by telling the injectors to fire during the exhaust stroke (and of course, running straight pipes).

Effect caused by valvetrain failure and/or massive misfiring, and straight pipes. The rings of fire are pockets of unburnt fuel aerosolized with exhaust gas from previous combustion cycles, which prevents it from igniting due to lack of oxygen until it gets shunted out through the exhaust, and when it hits fresh air,…

My problem with that line of logic, is that by making it a privilege, you are subject to the OPINIONS of others, who make the laws and write the regulations, on whether you're qualified to do something, regardless of whether said laws and regulations actually improve safety. The problem with democracy is that 51% can…

Not at all. Rights can certainly be removed through due process. See also: convicted felons can't legally own firearms. Criminals on probation are also typically disallowed from crossing state lines, which is normally considered part of the unalienable right to travel.

The problem is not that it's effectively a right, but that people just don't take driving seriously enough. Making it more difficult to get a license is a potential way to mitigate that, but I would argue it's not the best way.