“The poor are conditioned by corporations and society to poorly manage their money. I could site many examples, but I have to go count my sheckles.”

I take it by “family” you the corporate family?

While I feel for the other drivers who got screwed out of scheduling conflicts, the difference here is Alonso puts fans in the stands, whereas the others don’t. Although WEC races always look like a private test is going on at the track that day anyway, I’m sure every seat filled helps.

Why is it always the cars I would buy are on the other side of the country. Always wanted on of these, but didnt want to have to try and work on the V8 jammed in there, or worse, the V12. The six could be massaged a bit to breathe better and with the manual, its my ideal SL.

RATIONAL ME: “this makes perfect sense, since the races are short and the cars are AWD, and electrics accelerate like mad, should be good racing”

I haven’t seen that episode yet, so I’ll assume Hammond binned it.

I still can barely get my head around how they can get something that pencil like going that fast to decelerate from beyond the speed of sound, on an angle and land strait up in that short a distance is simply mind boggling. And it only took them like 3 tries to get it right, and since then they have been nearly…

If you are going to Montreal for the Formula One race and are staying in the old city, take the ferry from the old port over to the Isle St. Helene and its a short walk to the track. The subway goes there but its incredibly packed and getting out can take a loooong time.

I used to work in a diesel shop, and the owner had one of these. Gorgeous car. One day, it needed a battery(it had 2), plus a water cooled alternator. I told the foreman that he should send it to the dealership, because I’m sure there is a specific BMW way to change the battery. “Nah, I’ll just have one of the guys…

The only thing that has improved over time is our understanding of how systems work. Advances in heathcare have eliminated a bunch of bad things that could kill or ruin your life. Unfortunately, what we have done with that knowledge has led us down a path to destruction. There is only so much fresh water(ask…

Thants very cool and all, but why does he need his navigator for this? Ballast?

Who’s going to hold the umbrella to shade me while I’m waiting on the grid, some smelly mechanic?

So, if this had happened in the spring, we would be reading about the missing CT people who inadvertently drove into Lake Champlain and drowned? Scary. Luckily the ice was there.

This is probably a cottage industry. You’re a guy/or gal that goes to alot of trade shows, or you work at the convention center, get lots of free swag, set up an EBAY account; profit. There’s plenty of people in the world who are into all sorts of things, (my fave is CNC demo pieces from the machine tool show) and…

Its really since they went to LEDs that these really became useful. I’ve had them for camping since the 80's, I even had one that took 4x D batteries. Heavy! The led ones are so small and powerful, you’d be crazy not to own one, or several. I upgrade every few years, and the old one gets used for wrenching duty! Even…

There is only one approved hot cocoa recipe allowed in my house:

Im still going to change my oil every 5K because, while I’m sure the oil can last to 20K, I don’t want all the crap that’s IN the oil from blowby messing up my engine. Oil becomes dirty, plain and simple. If it was a closed loop hydraulic system, sure, leave it for a year or a few. But, IC engines make nasty bits that…

My absolute favorite series on car design. he set the bar very high for the others, and always looked so happy to be driving all of those cars.

I can’t believe that my dopey comment contributed to a COTD. This is a running joke at my job. Whenever something breaks in the shop(an aerospace machine shop), I always turn to the operator and say “This is why I will be replacing you with a robot........soon.”

This is why the robots are coming for your jobs. Humans can’t just go to work and work, they have to eat, shit, flirt, harass, bitch, etc. The robots will happily work 3 shifts, then cool down with a nice glass of oil. You ever been to a stamping plant; it ain’t the ritz. Its noisy and dangerous as hell with all that…