Downshifting also doesn’t have ABS so it can’t let off a bit if you do start to slide. The advantage to downshifting depends on which wheels you want to do the braking. In a front engine, FWD car you’re adding braking to the front wheels with the most traction and keeping the back end just rolling which helps you slow…

I threw an 80lb bag of concrete mix in the trunk of the Miata this morning just in case ;)

Very nice. Fist bump for another ST owner!

Luckily I moved to Atlanta where I don’t really have to worry about snow and ice anymore. Sold my snow tires/rims and all when I moved down last year.

ST?

I wonder if the owner could sue State Farm for the insurance payments on a car they refused to insure? Probably not much, but it’s still a dick move to collect money for insurance and then refuse claims because it’s an uninsurable car...

Dude... Spoiler alert!

Best car: Beat up RX-8 Chump Car

I mean, I drove in my first ever real race this year at Atlanta Motorsports Park. The car was beat up, had no windshield, had really poor mirrors and I was nervous as hell. But the car handled beautifully, revved to infinity, and was a blast to drive around the track... Well in the dry…

Probably not an issue until the bridge started collapsing otherwise she wouldn’t have gotten as far as she did. Heck if she had scraped the top at the start and stopped, the bridge may have survived.

Sound effects provided by DeMuro! He wasn’t half bad in the last video.

At least we don’t need auto-aim to assist us...

Are the games I buy from them on my computer or would I be buying permission to play them online? Do you have to be connected to the Internet to play them?

Or a mega pack of microfiber cloths also goes over very well for the OCD cleaning car enthusiast in your life.

Also a great gift for a traffic engineer.

The 260 is 26 possible letters multiplied by 10 possible digits. The number could be a lot greater depending on the allowed arrangement. My number is assuming a (letter) (number) naming system.

Of course, Galactic Basic may have more than 26 letters (in fact, written text in the series doesn’t appear to have any…

First of all, that would be 260 R2 units if they could have a unique letter/digit combination. Secondly, the second designation probably referred to a submodel or equipment package if you will. Just like Roomba model numbers don’t refer to a unique item, but rather a class of items. There were probably ungodly sums of…

The prequels don’t exist. It makes everything better.

On a serious note, I lamented the lack of TIE Interceptors. They are by far the most bad ass of the TIE series. In fact, I lamented in general the lack of variety of ships. Where were the A wings and the Y wings? Apparently JJ Abrams was only familiar with TIEs, X-wings, and the Millennium Falcon. I wanted to see an…

Not to mention idiot Americans do stupid things like stop in them.

Yes, like sitting in a speed trap issuing random taxes.

If you don’t care about the damage, just hit the Mazda van in this situation when they are in front of you. Then call the cops. Easy story to fight when a car is horizontal across two lanes and a parking spot. Car with front end damage vs van with side impact damage makes it pretty clear who would be at fault. Video…