I had this happen on my motorcycle. Thankfully I had a full face helmet on but it hit me in the lower chin and exploded onto my helmet, jacket and bike.

That Bloomberg article is amazing and the The Stats of the Furious is 10/10

I feel like that first ever front wheel lift is a jab at this

You know they’ll release a stripped down, no safety feature, track day version of the car and then charge you MORE for it.

The front bumper reminds me of an R34 GTR which definitely isn’t a bad thing.

It really is waaaaay out of character for a King novel. The book and the movie are both soul crushingly sad. “Don’t put me in the dark, I’s afraid of the dark.” I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING

I seem to be accidentally on this diet. I’m stress not-eater and it seems like at least twice a week I’m stressed to the point of not wanting to eat a lot.

I was surprised it took so long for someone to mention Green Mile (made me think I was a little crazy) but I’m glad someone brought it up!

I’ve heard this version as well and he went with a blender instead.

I believe the chassis was built to LMP1 spec

Here’s a Ford Ka Fun Fact. I was on the crew for Pacific Rim and if you watch this scene what do you see in the middle of the GGB at the 43 second mark?

Beats me! I don’t do these things and I actually drive when I drive

You can’t fix stupid

My guess is they don’t see the stop sign (driving at night or not paying attention) and assume the road keeps going straight. That’s my only guess how they miss a stop sign that clearly unobstructed

Gah! What happened after that? I’d love to be like “that X amount I just negotiated off the price, take it off your actual listing.” I wouldn’t care that they probably wouldn’t do it, they’ve already lost the sale at that point

Not so much a gimmick but more of a ploy. In 2010, I stopped by a random used dealership to look at a used 2005-ish Honda Civic. I asked the price and they said 9700 or so. I spent 2 hours+ at this dealership talking to someone to lower the price...the whole “I need to talk to my manager” schtick and eventually the…

We had a King Air as well. I don’t remember it being super loud though. This was 10+ years ago though so it’s been a while

I get the notice to ground crews. I worked as a lineman at an FBO and one of the planes kept there was a Commander turbo prop. It ran unbelievably quiet and the blades spun so fast you could barely see them. That thing was awesome but always a bit scary to be around

One trick I’ve had help with super stuck bolts is to actually alternate heating it with a blow torch and then spraying it with penetrating fluid. I use CRC Freeze-off. I’ve had better luck with that than PB Blaster.