Life is hard and like you said capitalism isn’t always fair, but it’s the best system and that means it’s better then any system of laws the government trying to regulate trucking. The simple fact that if trucking sucks, then there will be less truckers because less people will want to truck. This will decrease supply…

You don’t need unions, just need to prevent people from signing predatory contracts either by law or more preferably education. Truckers will choose to work for the best company and if there are more truckers then jobs some truckers will have change professions. Unions put more truckers out of jobs because now you…

The resolution is either more efficient scheduling, making sure truck doesn’t run empty or higher shipping costs. Supply and demand also applies, raise the rates will increase supply and lower demand until they meet in the middle. Shitty companies like this will fail because no will want to drive with them with…

Probably, but the CTS doesn’t have nearly as big of a back seat and head room for a 120 lb dog. My 110 lb dog and my daughter are extremely comfortable in the back of my SS:-)

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I don’t think they tested a wrangler there because it’s terrible there. You have to admit that people who don’t take the wrangler off road pay the bills allowing the wrangler to exist as it is and not some crossover that was designed for parking lots.

I would say you are right. When I go to the track I will reset the ECU after filling up with higher octane and the engine computer will relearn quicker because it doesn’t have any previous data. I never checked the spark advance tables myself but tuners do it all the time. Also as you claim you aren’t going to get a…

Yeah seriously, it seems that bank executives stealing money and then getting bailed out by the tax payer is a bigger crime then cheating an emissions test.

You are correct, heat is a big source of energy for the Turbo but the metals used to make the turbine wheels can only take so much heat before they get soft and deteriorate. So it’s only for practical reasons that you want to limit the temperature, theoretically you don’t want to remove heat from exhaust before the…

Air cooled engines actually require less air to cool them then a water cooled engine. Engine-Water-Air is less efficient then Engine-Air. Due to all the extra length and complexity in plumbing in a front radiator and the problem of getting enough air to a rear radiator, air cooling was probably the practical choice.

FWD will lose a lot less power then RWD because they don’t have a 90 degree ring and pinion.

If we exclude cars with enough HP to break the tires loose at 60 mph plus (Hellcat, Top Fuel Car) wing downforce on a car is designed to help lateral acceleration. That is to help with stability and traction on a high speed sweeping corner. The shape of car will always generate aerodynamic lift that is concentrated…

Yes the GD. I’m most familiar with that one because I bought one.

I’m sure there is cross over between people and information. That’s the nice thing about big companies, the amount of resources available. Racing is suppose to trickle down to the road going cars. And yes the engines are completely different but not unrelated, both use turbos, valves, pistons and cranks.

Downforce is created by increased drag so it doesn’t take force off the front, but you trade top speed for it. The reason FWD cars need it is the same reason for RWD cars need it: lateral traction. So the wing keeps you from spinning out on high speed corners. I know the STI is zero lift car, so the wings downforce…

Do you prefer the Ford GT process? No matter which way you cut it, supply and demand sucks sometimes. Luckily I don’t want the car.

I’m sure the wings provide useful downforce. Like someone said the STI wing has flex as well and I’ve read and engineering paper proving the downforce. The top section of the STI wing isn’t actually providing downforce so much as funneling air onto the trunklid spoiler on the STI. The trunklid spoiler is quite big but…

Honestly it may be un-related but when Indy and especially Formula 1 Honda racing engines are routinely failing and Honda has only started to use turbocharging I don’t think the reliability is a given anymore. My gut tells me to stay away. A over $200k Acura and a 35k front drive Civic are not enough to get me excited…

Rotaries reliably need to be rebuilt every 40,000 miles. How is that un-reliable? Its not like some break down and some don’t.

I just hear about diesel (direct) injectors always fail on newer diesel motors, so I wonder if there is any carry over to gasoline, though they are lower pressure because they don’t have to atomize the fuel as much.