At no point will this leapfrog fiber. They’ve almost reached these throughputs on long-distance copper, while fiber optic records are measured in Tbps and higher these days, let alone by the time all necessary hardware for this project (both on the base and the mobile stations) is ready.
Not to mention that these…

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Fun fact: the type of insects present and their growth stage can help determine the time of death of human remains.

Would you say you went on your mare-y way afterwards? (I’ll let myself out)

How about Virginia jail?

For those wondering where the MX-5 is in that list: it’s classed as a compact and sold 734 times. As such it made up 0,8% of its class, which is absolutely dominated by the Golf (25 539 cars sold, 29,1% of the segment).

It’s a bargain either way: once you option the TT and (especially) the SLC to Mustang levels, you’re almost at or over its price, and you’ve still got a 200+hp deficit.

Not even correct tire pressures can help in this case.

They are apparently very fun to drive, but sadly they’re about as waterproof and reliable as your typical classic British roadster.

45 to 50 days by ship through Suez, about 35 via the north of Russia.

The current sea route via the Suez canal takes 48 days, so this is quite a bit shorter. Still, I’m guessing it’s more to do with redundancy, rather than timeliness, since 16 days still isn’t what you’d call suitable for urgent deliveries.

Professional drift cars actually use high performance tires, as predictability is quite an important factor when it comes to consistently breaking traction. The higher the speed, the more grip you want, so the higher the power requirements to get sideways.

Ah, good point! I quite liked the solution of the previous generation, with the doors opening around the taillights, but with the oversized horizontal clusters of the current one that’s clearly not an option anymore.

Is it foolish to root for a company to combine both? Toyota had cars like the Celica, Supra and MR-2 through the 90s and first part of the 2000s, while retaining the business-supporting Corollas, Camrys etc.
I guess these days Mazda comes close?

4th gear: Stating that the Mini brand is in trouble seems a bit premature? Sales are down in the US, yes, but globally they are growing (12% last year, 4% in the first two months of 2016).

Well, there are Ferrari-backed precedents, just look op the 15,000 Red Miles of China, the Panamerican 20,000 and the Magic India Discovery Tour. Of course, they had a full support crew to make sure the cars reached the finish line.

The chances of this deal coming through seem rather slim. Rather than just negotiate behind closed doors with the relevant governments and partners, it’s Musk’s thing to publicly play the field for new production locations to get the best offer (see also the Gigafactory). In the past year he mentioned opening a…