Jeremy did warn us in the beginning of the first episode that the second episode was not even close to being about cars, so I was sort of expecting more generic shenanigans. I have higher hopes for episode 3.

Copper-nickel brake lines are where it’s at these days. More corrosion-resistant than stainless, and WAY easier to flare and bend into position than any type of steel lines.

The BMW 750il offers you a V12 in the body of the best era of the 7 Series and one of the best BMW designs of all time. You can get it with a manual.

Even their wives can’t make that guarantee, how can you possibly be so sure?

The law has never mattered for people who are corrupt and connected.

Also possible, I was just speculating based off what was ostensibly revealed.

Fair point. I also like Ford more than I do the police, so there’s that too.

So either the engineers rigged the recorded data to show that they weren’t speeding, OR the cops that pulled them over are corrupt and lied about the speed they were clocked at.

The three Mustangs in red, white & blue was so ridiculously over the top, it crossed the line twice and became awesome again.

5000 ft lbs at the wheels, which are rotating at ~162 RPM when the engine is at 2,000rpm, putting out 400 ft lbs. Mechanical advantage. 

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I think nobody is actually publishing the torque output numbers for the Tesla’s electric motors. That’s probably the missing piece of information.

Thank you for crunching some more numbers, i’m still researching how Dynos react to Teslas and how to interpret dyno results from them.

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But if Teslas don’t use any type of gear reduction (i.e. electric motor directly drives the wheel), that means the power output is constant; at a standstill, the Tesla actually puts a very small amount of torque to the ground compared to a 700hp gasoline car like a Hellcat (which has a first-gear overall torque…

is this power- or traction-limited?

Corruption in action.

Actually happened just recently, over the course of a few days.

Calling it a “joyride” does not lessen the fact that they stole two $70,000 vehicles. That’s grand theft auto, an extremely serious crime.

The thieves were 16, 17 and 19 years old and while the youngest is to be tried in juvenile court, the elder two are unfortunately in jail facing a variety of charges including burglary and receiving stolen property.