If the steering is sloppy it's because it's worn and hasn't been adjusted.  When I bought my '67 Ford I could put my hand on the top of the steering wheel and turn the wheel 90 degrees in either direction without significantly changing the direction the car was heading.  Five minutes with a large flat screwdriver and…

2nd gear: Having looked at all the hoops I would have had to go through to legally work in the U.S. some years back, I don’t understand this. Immigrant minors - first assumption is they don’t have proper documentation to work in the U.S. While birth certificates or proof of age might be lacking, how do they get paid?…

Had a pastor years ago who said Alabama was as close to hell as you could get on earth.  Having never been in either location. I took his word for it.

Nobody who is a racing driver is going to voluntarily drive slower.  I was thinking more along the lines of delaying the race until the weather is better.

Racing in the rain is less an issue of grip than visibility. If you look at the spray coming off the tires, I don't see any way it is safe to run at 200+kph.  I like the strategy and car control requirements of racing in the rain but from a safety standpoint I think it is time to rethink running in those conditions.

And the ad is gone so at least that one all-important person thought it was a nice price.

This is a horribly incomplete report on this fix. They are replacing the bolts, adding a washer and in the U.S. replacing the wheels. The problem was too much friction causing a reduction in clamp force. The torque applied to a fastener generally loses 50% to friction under the bolt head, 40% to friction in the…

Exactly. NASCAR is run by morons. From 1985 to 1990 there were 7 deaths in the Asphalt Modified class - a fairly small class but a NASCAR division. In 1990, Stock Car Racing did a 23 page report on the problem. Same root cause as this - to reduce repair costs they made the chassis stiffer. There were guys dying in…

I would say it’s more a case of the wrong adhesive. I mean, they do bond automotive chassis components together: https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/96527-bonding-aluminum-in-automotive-assembly

Officer got out of his car. If you’ve ever walked across railway tracks you know that he was aware of the car being on the tracks.  They then walked the victim back to the cruiser and put her in it and then back to her car.  That's two more trips across the tracks.  They absolutely were aware the cruiser was parked on…

The fact that he chose to complain on an article about sexual abuse is telling.

Tell me you don't have a daughter without telling me you have a daughter. 

I’ve spent 34 years in various positions in manufacturing companies including 19 years on the shop floor in a union environment and have never seen this level of harrassment and abuse.  Management is 100% the problem wherever this happens.

It’s actually fairly rare for a head of state to be attacked by anyone other than disaffected factions of their own nation.

But then what would be the purpose of being elected?

Politicians would rather see their names in a headline that mentions “new” than one that says “repaired” or “rebuilt”. They can take credit for “new”. Rebuilding is just updating some other politician’s legacy.  Reality and common sense don’t get you re-elected.

Well, accidents will happen.

A phone line? That is seriously the most obvious avoidance of taking any substantive action possible. Time to provide tasers for the women at these events. These scumbags know exactly what they are doing as they either harass verbally from a distance or harass women who are alone.

Good.  Unfortunately the oligarchs will still find a way to buy new cars.

Chevettes are rear wheel drive.