When was it decided that a high hood was good for pedestrian safety? It used to be that a low hood was good for ped-safety, since in a collision people would fall onto the car, instead of under it. When/why did this change?

You can stick your head in the sand all you want, doesn’t change that DT’s regime is F’n around with stuff that directly or indirectly will have an effect on the auto industry and the car buying public.

The site was launched prematurely, and very early on they cancelled/disabled several features that would have allowed the site to grow - basically they killed functionality that allowed new users to create groups (tribes) that would have attracted lots of activity, and in the vacuum created by that loss of…

For decades, Ford used a torque tube and some rods to locate the rear axles of their cars, because they use a transverse leaf spring for the rear suspension. This design practically eliminates the possibility of the issues mentioned.

Saab won the passenger car class, of course:

In the 2wd car class, the suspension couldn’t be modified, only reinforced.

Does fedex know actual trains exist?

Range Rover was a little late to the imperialism party I think.

A terrible waste of space that is no fun to drive, bloated, heavy, and failed miserably in the marketplace. And if you were really stupid, you could get it with a gasoline engine, and watch the mileage drop to nil anytime you carried a load or towed something. Great idea right?

Ok, now can you write about how hard it is to get oil that won’t destroy a manual transmission? Almost all “gear oil” today will destroy the synchro rings in a manual gearbox. Go to any auto parts store and look what’s on the shelf, then read the warnings in the fine print. Most stores don’t even have oil that will…

Yeah, but if this was the ONLY car, you’d never run into anything harder than another 2cv.

the only actually good car ever made

“karting track” you mean full sized Kei Jidosha track.

I thought bears were attracted to otters.

Hate you break your heart, but those are spot lights not fog lights.

The Kicks? More like the Sucks.

Recently read a book on the history of Scott motorcycles, and was astonished that even before the 1920's, average speeds had already reach 60mph on the TT. On bikes with solid tails, and practically no brakes. More surprising was that deaths were uncommon even if multiple spectacular accidents were basically regular…

I thought the term originated relating to toilet activities. ie. You might have to give it a really good extra hard flush to send it.

Should I ask what nooni means?