While he had the personality of a no nonsense driver (kimi-like almost), in person he was a pretty cool guy and was willing to chat strategy with a pair of nobodies who somehow got into the mercedes team tent. short replies but never pushed us away.  RIP herr lauda

and japan is currently in a 14 year recession. 

and look at the japanese economy now.

actually, no, the seats are hard mounted to the chassis. There are 4 inches of high-impact foam, and the suspension allows for about 2 feet of travel. Altogether, the chassis, tire, suspension, and seat design will result in reducing a vertical deceleration of up to 15G to about 4.5G.  a lot, for sure, but much more…

just as an observation - dangerous pass. AND based on how easily he was passing cars despite his lines, i’d say much better power to weight ratio than the other cars. yes, he had to fight his way through and he did some good passing, but it’s like in the older gran turismo games where you can just throw a ton of…

for us at the track, we recheck the torque every time before we head onto track.  also do not over-tighten, as that can lead to lug failure and yes, your wheel can fly off then too!  

oh fully agreed. walk the track, collect some marbles, marvel at how high the kerbs are (the Montreal track have raised ridges). finagle your way to the garages to see them pack up their stuff. if you’re really good, finagle your way to behind the paddock. avoid that rush as much as you can!

fully agreed. the fact that the subway literally drops you off at the track is very easy. another great north american track on the cheap is mexico. not only is uber/lyft ridiculously cheap there (like...really it costs SO little EVEN with surge), the cost of staying is relatively low unless you stay in one of the…

Better is, which was more fun to watch? Which had more passing?

considering the cars were built in the same factory and it would be silly to have different components, you can probably buy the heated seat components if you want factory heated seats.  

ah the torment of being short.

while back i remember seeing in Los Angeles, a evo 7 or 8 that had the roof cut off with a roll cage.

F2 has adopted it, but theirs is steel due to costs. F3 and F4 has not adopted due even more so to costs but also lower power (civic engines, at least in F4 US series)

we’re talking about the crz. not your civic

novelty of facing forward...your kid looks to be at the weight/height limit to ALREADY be facing forward. rear facing is up to 2 years old, 30 pounds or so, and 3 feet tall.

novelty of facing forward...your kid looks to be at the weight/height limit to ALREADY be facing forward. rear…

in regards to that indycar picture with taylor, that’s actually pretty simple to explain. she was performing in detroit and it was meant as last minute advertising. that and the owner of her label is an ex racer that loves motorsports...it’s also why she performed at austin’s f1 concert

something like this is popular for car exporters. put down relatively low amount of money, send it over to china where buyers will pay much more than the car costs in the us (like you said, rare car, good options), exporter pays off balance of loan. all of which happens within 2-3 months. Even better is that the buyer…

that cage looks scary as hell

this was all over my facebook feed yesterday. a few points:

ACTUALLY. kristen, you need to take into account that the miata in taiwan is more expensive than in the us. it msrp’s for 1,320,000 TWD. that’s $43,700 USD. so this bundle actually DOES save you money.