The RX8 is not a fair comparison. The RX7 had 2 red-hot glowing turbos that the oil supply was in charge of keeping cool. The same oil supply that needed to keep the engine fed for the same anti-knock properties you mentioned (burning oil to prevent pre-detonation). The RX7's turbocharging + the overly complex…

My 93 Mazda RX7 FD3S. I bought it used in 98. It had 72K miles on the clock. Engine blew an apex seal in the first 300 miles. Thankfully had 3rd party extended warranty. TWO rebuilt engines later, a rebuilt twin turbo, new wiring harness, new sequential vacuum control unit (70 rubber vac lines to control turbos),…

one time I served a customer his Big Mac and he called me a bad name so I cut him up into pieces and threw him into the burger patty processor we have in the back. True story.

same thing happened here except I'm the father. Did my first and last half IM. A few months later, my first son was born. I did my last sprint distance tri a couple of months later because it was a company team thing. Between work and spending time with my child, I dropped training. Years went by. Baby #2 came…

gatorate is shit. i dilute it down to 2x water. I also carry with me something I saw from an 80yr old Ironman triathlete at the Kona world championship NBC coverage - a small baked (microwaved) potato. That is some good carbs when your tank feels empty.

there's no former triathlete. once a triathlete, always. even if you let yourself go to shit.

sometimes, allowing a kid to get bored is a good thing to stimulate creativy, but on the other side of boredom, you need to lay out options that are constructive such as pens, paper, sculpting dough, musical instruments, tools, sports implements. Not just an xbox and a TV.

You give them something they really like. Then use threats of taking it away to obtain compliance.

no, your dog dying is sad but it doesn't belong up there.

agreed. I owned a Honda Civic in the mid 90s. Hatchback, vtec, supercharged. Fun little car, but it understeered quite a bit and would pitch up and spin its wheels begging for better traction. A miata with that much HP would perform much better. 5.7sec for a lightweight car with 310+hp is not that good. My…

oh right. Then they'll board the supercarrier and this ematiated little man will say "Look at me, I'm the captain now"

This is a very important lesson. Too much of America relies on and spends (wastes) money on storage fees for these worthless "valuables".

Why not put numbers on the cars?

I love the added "Creature Report" song at the end of each show. This is an added feature that Disney put in because the BBC aired versions do not have them. They go over the creature they encountered in that episode and show some live footage of it. I wish it were a little longer and more developed.

Honestly, Ghibli made *SOME* great movies. Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, that ghost haunting one... the others, including some revered ones like "Tortoro" and "Ponyo" left me completely unimpressed. The whimsical design and performance of the fantasy characters seemed hollow and unmotivated - lacking soul and…

I think the Vette is a really great value. A real supercar at a fraction of the price and fuel economy and reliability far above typical supercar levels.

the 350Z is more power and a different class than the BRZ/MX5 imo. Sort of in the RX7, Supra class. I even consider the S2000 in that class while the MX5, BRZ, and this belong in the super compact car category.

The truth is that the market size for 2-seater fun-mobiles is small. The real sales numbers are in family movers: sedans, minivans, SUVs, crossovers.

is that where burning man is happening this year brah?

but look, i could go off road with it like a Land Rover!