Of course it was pointless. As you can see, it is round everywhere instead.

Pretty amazing, especially for its time. Although it is worth noting that with two cars having an identical drag coefficient does not mean they are the same for as much ‘wind’ resistance they will encounter going down the road at speed. For that, you’d also need to know the frontal area combined with the drag…

“The center believes that a modern interpretation of the car could be built with the help of electronic driver assistance.”

Surprise arrivals

CD 0.25. Pretty good, but it’s got nothing on the Schlörwage.

Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Schlör!

“Three dead and two in critical condition after a car oopsie on 99 today." 

Okay, this has nothing to do with the article, but can we talk about that lead image? How old is that? That can’t be any newer than 2004. Look at the cars. A Fox Cougar, an original Neon, a Previa, a Saturn SL2. And that motorcycle. That looks to be a Kawasaki KZ-1000 CHP. California stopped using those in like, the…

Unintended descents.

How about the Schlongwagen? Same tech, but seats in the back!

The Dymaxion has some peculiar handling characteristics because of the seating in front of the front wheels. I think its efficiency makes it notable, as well as its chassis design. But I’d put wheels closer to the corners.

They’re like giant rabbits, which is unfair to rabbits really.

I’ve unfortunately been on more than one train that have hit people and the announcements were phrased in the same way:

The train is stopped/delayed due to an unauthorized person on the tracks.

Well....yessss.....but......

Yep, deer are really fast, really heavy and don’t look where they’re going. A deer ran into me once, behind the front wheel, took out two fenders and knocked me into the ditch.

In Singapore it’s a “breakdown”. You’ll hear that traffic was bad on the news because of a car broken down... then you drive by the bloody crash. The state controlled media doesn’t want to bum anyone out I guess.

“would sound as silly as saying your car was hit by a deer.”

Exactly. Something is always to blame, and it’s almost always a person.

Poor Maintenance: Person.
Too fast for conditions: Person.
Lightening Strike: This one probably isn’t a person.

Also,

Their strategy for finding food, is to leave a little urine trail wherever they go, so they can follow it back again after they discover a cache of food. Sort of a phylogenetic precurser to trickle down economics.