Oh, to be clear, I didn’t mean writing tickets by estimation. Just that when I was trained (a long time ago in another life) it was part of the qualification class. Would have been in Georgia, 1994.

Actually, yes they can. Part of radar qualification is accurately estimating vehicle speed. Used to be anyhow.

I can confirm that a pushbutton automatic in an old Rambler (I know, I’m sorry, we were 17) will absolutely explode if you put it in reverse at 50 mph.

As I’ve said before, the entire premise of self driving cars is just a bad, bad idea. It seems Tesla’s engineers know so as well. On an entirely unrelated note, why am I banished to the greys again? I though I was past that :-(

Outboard motors as art is cool, but a radial freaking engine as a coffee table is just badass.

This just reinforces my feelings that “autopilot” and “self driving cars” are just a phenomenally bad idea. Weather it be blaming the machine when the operator was clearly at fault or when a true malfunction occurs (and it will.) How is this a good idea? Ever seem maximum overdrive? DRIVE YOUR FREAKING CARS, PEOPLE.!

Hey, remember that time Nissan knocked off an ‘89 Buick Century?

There’s been a bunch of craziness here. It’s about to get sloppy when the rains come. Why am I in the greys again all the sudden?

I’ve had decent luck with Maaco. Prep the car yourself. Block sand it and remove all trim. Wet sand and polish before you reassemble. Budget paint win.

Well, “fascinating” doesn’t necessarily equate to “admirable,” it was an interesting subject for sure. It’s history and it happened. Knowing about it isn’t akin to condoning anything. Everyone chill the f**k out.

Summer, 1997. 1993 Nissan pickup. 102nd street drive in at 102nd and Powell in Portland Oregon. The movie was “Speed 2" and it was horrible. My daughter will be 19 in March....

Lots of people have trouble with “R’s”, including myself. Piss off.

Shouldn’t it matter? If he was attempting to buy a minor for sex that’s one tbing, if he was just trying to buy sex and didn’t know how old she was that’s another.

Myself and a bunch of others posted that joke. Apparently it wasn’t funny enough (?)

I remember the “Not your father’s Oldsmobile” campaign. Has anyone noticed that Buick is taking a similar tact lately?

Why the hate for this kid? Ok maybe it’s “only” a GT-R but his excitement was genuine. Good to know there’s still kids who like cars.

Well, he did say it was pre-911, and that it was a “Local parade.” People take pictures of parades all the time, and again, pre-911. The gist of my comment is that he is full of shit.

Wtf? Since when is illegal to take pictures in public? Why would you think you needed a press pass to take pictures in public? Are you for real?

I’m not so sure that threading several individual zip ties around wheels, one at a time is going to be much faster than putting in a set of chains. I’ve got a good set from Les Schwab that take about 5 minutes, for both wheels.

So, a penguin goes out for a drive one day. His car breaks down, so he pulls into a garage and asks the mechanic to look at it. “Sure, give me about an hour” he says. So the penguin goes down the street to a Baskin Robins and orders a vanilla cone. Due to penguins having flippers and a beak, it doesn’t go well, and…