“his right humerus bone was fractured in twain, a diaphyseal fracture”

I’m thinking Solo II car.  Or meth...  I’m going with meth. 

Hey David, looks like a lot of us who appreciate your writing, and your personal situation, got caught out in last weekend’s purge.  Note how the tone of the comments has changed?  Would be interesting to see the statistics on the ban hammer from a week ago.  Does it only take one staff member, with their panties in a…

A lot of us got kicked to the grays during the latest purge for not following the newspeak Jalopnik agenda. They don’t want anyone to point out that this happy horsesh*t of information sharing has been going on a long, long time. That’s not allowed in newspeak.

I seriously doubt the manufacturer had bearings made specific to that application. Engineers pull out a bearing catalog and design around an “off the shelf” bearing that meets their needs. Are there any numbers or manufacturer marks on the existing bearings? If so, go there. If not, break out the calipers, do some…

Careful. I got kicked to the grays yesterday for this exact point.

Yea... and I’m in the gray because of it.

I was banned (or kicked to the grays by “Goobin” who also took the time to insult me, obviously a burner account for someone employed by G/O media) after 13 years on this site. I didn’t post anything racist. I DID post a picture of what happened to Reginald Denny. The sad fact is that I am at a far greater risk of…

Just a heads up, Jalops. If you don’t agree with the sentiment of the original post, your comment will be deleted and you’ll be back in the gray. I’ve been approved for years but I went against the agenda. sigh....

“When a police officer detains you against your will without charges, you sue his department under the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution and you get paid.”

Might want to ask Reginald Denny what could happen if you stop for protesters in the streets.

Obligatory...

Part of me just died. When wrenching away on my junkers, I always remind myself that, no matter how bad it may seem, David Tracy has dealt with worse and won. This hurts.

Back in the day, my Gen 1 MR2 had an issue with the wire connector to the solenoid would pop off giving me a “no-start” condition. Our parking lot had a very slight grade from curb to drive lane. I could sit in the car, leave the door open and, with a healthy push with my left leg get it rolling just fast enough to…

Ford FMX transmissions had a rear pump that operated off of the output shaft.  As speed increased, it took the load off of the front pump.  As it operated off of the output shaft, you could push start the car.  IIRC, it had to bet up to 40 mph or so.  Never tried it but my old ‘71 Mustang made reference to it in the…

On the other hand, prior to this ban, I was able to look across the crowd and pick out the assholes at a distance. They literally waved a flag to self identify as bigots. The flag may be gone, but the same people are there. I like it when idiots self identify. It saves me time...

“Before police were beating protesters all over the country...”

Fascinating that you wrote this entire article without mentioning Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal since 2013. The fact of the matter is that Claire is in over her head. When any other team hits hard times, the team principal is the absolute focal point for criticism. Ferrari chews up team principals anytime…

To put the budgets in perspective... Was talking F1 with a friend who happens to be an honest to God Rocket Engineer i.e. Phd working at the Vanderbilt Space Institute. I was talking the technology in F1 with him and mentioned the top teams have budgets of around $400M, annually. He didn’t want to believe me. Sent him…

Not defending the practice at all, but “redline laws” were not created by the banks but were government policy for a long period of time. This is history that I was not aware of but have listened to a few podcasts and done further reading on the subject. Here’s something from NPR.