Clarkson is so utterly devoid when it comes to technical details. I can’t stand to listen to him talk about cars.

That said, spoilers do generate downforce. They aren’t the most particularly efficient way to do so, however. A lot of time they’re there to induce the Kamm tail effect, creating a low pressure vortex…

They know the inevitable outcome:

When you’re dealing with only a couple handfuls of seconds, rounding down is fucking stupid. I don’t care of it’s the drag racing way (drag racing is kinda stupid, IMO). This car is way the fuck closer to seven seconds than six...

Ha ha. This.

Cool, if I can do a 1:59.9 at Laguna Seca, I’ma brag it can do a one minute lap. Makes sense.

6.937 rounds down to 6. The math is not strong with this one.

You mean Ford and Risi Competizione. Ferrari compete in Formula 1.

I’m not really shy at all. I just never know how or where to approach people. Women are ALWAYS in groups, typically with their boyfriends. Maybe shows are better in SF, but here in Phoenix, the women at shows are SUPER-rare, and I’m not exaggerating when I say 98% of the time with their boyfriends. My friends are…

Well, that was horrible.

Indeed. I wish more women would participate in those scenes. Women like Dessa or Sarah Longfield are awesome and an inspiration because they’re really passionate about WHAT THEY DO, not because of their gender. It’s too bad more people can’t de-gender the whole experience and just do what resonates with them…

They were never particauly reliable, the 787B included. It was a lucky strike.

Yup. Nail on the head. I love heavy metal (mainly heady prog stuff), underground hip hop (the non-misogynistic type that almost no women like, as opposed to the popular misogynistic stuff), and motor racing (which amongst many other reasons, I love because women can compete in the same leagues, not the “ladies’…

If you’re not who they want in their company (men and women alike), you’re an annoyance at best, harassment at worst. Again, I NEVER initiate with people anymore. This is the world we live in.

Yeah, I tend to agree. I think it turns into an “us and them” mindset and just feeds into the bigotry from both sides. I always say: Replace the “group” in the criticism of whatever group of people you have an issue with with the word “blacks”. Do you sound like an asshole saying it? Then maybe rethink how you view…

I don’t condone it in the least. The. Least. It fucking sucks that this happens to people. It really does.

I generally do really well if they talk to me first. I’m not socially inept, far from it. I’m just tired of gambling with who’s going to hate at first sight/word. It’s not worth it. Plus, I’m not part of the “douchebag problem” being discussed here (though I don’t understand why it’s a straight man-to-straight-woman…

+1

Replace men and women with blacks and whites. The (extremely flawed) logic you got going there still works unfortunately.

Undertone? That was a fully audible F#5. Welcome to being part of the problem.