In America, firetrucks have large tanks.

I've never read the book, but I've heard it's a trainwreck so...

No but I’m waiting for all the videos of people offroading them in the sand in Dubai.

buy another car

Hey, it’s either steering wheel or shift knob, take your pick.

For all the other levels of craft I see, I assume these were night mitered for a reasons?

It’s really hard to put a price on something like that. I’m surprised the aforementioned VFW hasn’t taken up a collection for the thing so they can drive it in parades and such.

Zinc content, a major wear additive, has gone down drastically over the years to keep catalytic converters from clogging.

Those are for when you go shopping.

“Bumper guards are those vertically-oriented objects that are mounted to a bumper, and are designed to absorb an impact before the bumper blade itself. Often they’re faced with rubber, but not always. We’ve all seen them.”

I thought those were called bumperettes.

no random picture dumps please

and Super Hornets were below budget.

I was born into, and raised in the USAF (well, actually born into the Army Air Corp), and am appalled at the suckup to the aerospace wonks padding their pockets while endorsing the flying pig F-35.

Right? So hard for the Sailors among us not to be smug in the face of this story. Ronald Regan Plankowner here. I saw a similar scene that you described when we came out the transit through the Straits of Magellan during her maiden voyage. I was BMOW that morning when the waves started to first swallow up the bow and…

Okay i have a 2004 XC70 and the only way i will ever let it go is if i go with it. I bought it used from an old lady who was to old to drive. In the 12 years its been alive its only done 38,000 miles and for $4200 it was a hell of a deal. Of course being a car guy ive bought her some nice toys from VIVA, IPD, and a…

The only video I like with that song:

I'm a big fan of Luna 3

Lunochod 1 - the first remote controlled object to be sucessfully operated on another celestial body.

I've always thought that the Soviet Venera program is pretty amazing.

Probably the entire Soviet space program. Growing up in the USA all I ever heard about was "first man on the moon" and "space shuttle." Later on I think sputnik may have been mentioned but I think most Americans grow up without knowing that the CCCP was so involved in space exploration.