mrbwa1 you surely understand...

The focus of the comment was that the CRX Si had technical specifications far above its weight. The light weight coupe with 91 fuel injected horsepower yielded a car that was fun to drive within your commute especially when you caught posers off guard. Mine had 15” BBS wheels, Recaro black and white logo seats,…

Compare the CRX specifications with the same model year Porsche 911. A few things are on different ends but many specifications are the same and dimensions were similar. I didn’t convince my friend with the 911 that my ‘85 CRX Si was almost the same car for one third the price. I certainly didn’t see how he was going…

As an owner of a MY2000 ML320 I can agree that some of the engineering was obviously driven by price however the overall design has yet to be matched. It had an overall length of 181”, 2 inches longer than a current day Honda Civic. Within this fairly short body it had a comparatively long wheelbase of 111”, 2 inches…

Agreed. It is hard enough to make good ideas work, to attempt to force bad ideas to work takes and inordinate amount of time and energy which apparently some Gizmodo readers have.

I’ve worked in application development for several years and finding talented developers who are willing to work 40 hours/week for $100k/yr is not easy. I expect most game developers would hate having to spend two years replacing a mainframe application which will draw accolades from no one. There are network gurus…

The Waring Pro WMK300A Professional Stainless-Steel Belgian Waffle Maker is a great single 1200w flip over type waffle iron that is also one of the cheapest alternatives. Avoid the double sided waffle makers (incl. Waring) like the Kitchenaid that only have 1400w. Sure they can cook the waffles if you can wait and…

The Waring Pro WMK300A Professional Stainless-Steel Belgian Waffle Maker is a great single 1200w flip over type…

I don't doubt that CarMax has paid some outrageous claims however they cannot deny gravity forever. There are dozens maybe hundreds of third party warranty companies that are no longer in business whose business models followed that used by CarMax. It always starts like this: set your rates on how much the car…

You must be on the CarMax payroll. Do any research on third party warranties and you find few happy customers who had to exercise the warranty. One thing to note is that manufacturer's extended warranty is negotiable and can be purchased from any authorized dealer. I bought my MB in Houston and bought the extended…

Decades ago most US sports facilities for professional sports were privately funded. Most of the soccer stadiums built in the UK are privately funded. Many of these stadiums seat 80,000 fans and have luxury suites just like US football stadiums do. Those that have studied the effect of stadium construction most…

I work with a number of African black engineers some with graduate degrees who often shake their heads at American naivete with respect to discrimination. From their own experience they accept that discrimination is a part of life. In their own countries they face tribal discrimination far worse than what was common…

Coochy shave creme is the one favored by my wife after much research. My shaving challenges are far less than hers and accordingly I find it works well on my face. She claims that it leaves her skin smooth with never a nick. The smoothness I can confirm.

Coochy shave creme is the one favored by my wife after much research. My shaving challenges are far less than hers…

I've been successful with a one pedal method to start off with. They soon develop a touch for the clutch when the car is idling (1 pedal only). If they stall the car with the RPM's under 1000 RPM the clutch is undamaged. After 50 clutch engagements let the instructor shift from first to second. It's still painful…

"F1 is testing their new tire design, which features relatively normal 18-inch wheels" as if they didn't know? The cars work well with 13" wheels as they have for decades. The problem for potential F1 tire manufacturers is that the small wheels and tires look nothing like standard equipment tire muchless the…

Speak to African or Caribbean blacks and you may get a far different picture. I work with black foreign born engineers who without exception have deep disdain for American blacks. They speak of discrimination in their home countries (by other blacks) which is far worse than what is found here. All of those I work…

This is happening because they want to sell tires in large wheel sizes and greater margins as they will face less competition. It was hard for them to form a compelling argument for larger wheel sizes when almost all of motorsport use relatively small wheels. The advent of carbon/ceramic brake disks allows designers…

A well thought out and cogent argument. I argue that if the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel were $8.00/gallon of which $2.00/gallon went to the highway fund many of environmental options you favor would be welcomed by a public with a new found interest in efficiency. I live in Texas where literally hundreds of…

If this is but another Takata (Japanese manufacturer of airbags) failure like we have seen from Toyota, Mazda, Honda and BMW then I think the Cruze should be given a pass. Takata admits of egregious errors in the manufacture of the airbags compounded by poor record keeping which is forcing many car makers into…

Everybody understands that it is football and men's basketball that pays for the rest of the sports at elite schools within a conference. More than likely they are also the schools with big sold out stadiums and arenas. More than likely the bottom half of the same conference has smaller venues that are rarely sold…

If you could get PSA and Renault to bury the hatchet and jointly market their cars in NA they might have something. At any one time it doesn't seem that their individual lines are compelling but if you could cherry pick between them you would have a strong line up. Getting them to cooperate would be nearly…