Risk management isn’t about avoiding all risk. It’s about finding the best balance - and understanding risks that other people might have glossed over.

Same kind of people who over-leverage their finances with many other un-necessarly expensive things just to make themselves look better when in fact they are deep in debt.

Luxury sedan brand loyalty is so strong that I think it’s been the primary factor that has prevented Cadillac and Lincoln from entering the market with any serious competitor. Just think about Audi: they came out with their first full-size luxury sedan for the U.S. market in the 1990 model year. They went through…

There are two reasons, not one.

1. We can conclude that the Chinese government is making a very visible point here, just like the stealth fighter thing when Gates visited China.

A more elegant weapon, for a more civilised age.

Nice work!

Mercedes W220 is the answer to this question. It’s the answer to every question; like a substitute for the Miata.

It’s worth doing this with rental cars, too.

Wow. On the other side of the Atlantic, rentals are manual by default. (Sometimes you can get a sneaky upgrade by requesting an automatic, in the expectation that the only automatic that the rentalco has on the day is a Mercedes instead of a Ford &c.)

Superb. We need more adventures like this.

That’s not ironic. It doesn’t even make sense.

It’s a tribute. A very pretty tribute.

That may not be universally true. There are various parts of the world where taking a standardised penalty upfront is much lighter than what an actual court is likely to decide against somebody found guilty - one reason for this setup is to reduce the administrative burden so that courts can concentrate on other…

If he didn’t hit the car, he would have been off the side of the mountain. And he’s not the only rider to head into that corner very fast. Why are so many of the riders apexing so late? Is there some bigger problem with the route that I’ve missed?

Once the CHP decided they wanted to wipe their hands clean of Little Bastard, it was in transport to George Barris, the original customizer of the car and the then-owner.

But “stock cars” can get decals that look a bit like the lights on a Camry!

I mean, as it stands, the advice most often given to new players is getting their initial timing down on building—not what people consider the ‘fun stuff’ (unit engagements) but really nailing down proper worker macro and timings. And it turns a lot of people off.

Five-lug wheels are, at least, a gesture towards the principle of “stock car” racing. Where the cars are supposed to have a connection to the cars that ordinary people buy and drive.

Just like a dealer has to be willing to let a buyer walk out the door, you have to be willing to let a car go if the price is too high.