When it comes to this sort of thing, the stupidest simplest device is the best and most reliable way to execute it. Integrated stuff always bends and gets stuck, accumulates grit, stops working right the moment a tiny kink or dent forces the ramp off fitment tolerances. A set of standalone steel ramps you toss into…

In the children’s book series, Prof Inkling is sort of the knowledge base for identifying the creatures they encounter and provides background information on it. His extensive library and computer accessed databse provides the brain trust for the explorer’s problem-solving process. His role is greatly diminished in…

that’s attempted murder with a deadly weapon

I had this type of trunk door mechanism on my 85 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon. It was great. With the power rear window fully retracted into the tailgate, the door could open downward like a truck tailgate. With the window up partially or fully, the door swing open by the left hinge like a car door.

it’s because people are afraid that their message wasn’t heard or understood the first time it was said so they keep re-hashing it over and over, using different methods but basically saying the same thing. The truth is that repetition dilutes the power of the message, the power of the speaker, and becomes nagging…

I agree. Round waffles are just homemade Eggos. Waffles are square.

I agree. Round waffles are just homemade Eggos. Waffles are square.

what is the rationale behind forbidding people from collecting water in a barrel (let’s assume the system is pretty much invisible or integrated visually so that it’s not an eye sore)?

You did it because you could do it. You didn’t stop and ask if you should.

yes, it was. I’m a time traveler. from the future. GTIs are huge in the 9th millenium. Stance is back. Throttle bodies too.

well, you burn the original. that ensures you cannot create or distribute any more. simple as that. QED.

speaking from experience as a former Golf GTI owner (93’), add “snapped off throttle cable at the throttle body” to the list of likely scenarios arising out of “driving a VW normally”.

There's this expectation that there's only one way to prepare a vegetable. Korean cuisine does wonderful transformative things to vegetables through pickling (fermenting) and seasoning. The Japanese daikon radish - a flavorless block becomes a wonderful sweet/salty accompaniment in Japanese cuisine. The potato…

I like my vegetables from raw to overcooked. I mean, onions basically braised in butter for hours? Soft delicious sweetness... A few raw thin slices of red onion in a hearty burger? great. I think the great thing about the range is that one vegetable can taste and feel very different. You end up with one…

I reluctantly admit that all clad is really really good and makes a difference.

I reluctantly admit that all clad is really really good and makes a difference.

with these given dimensions and horsepower ratings, I really feel like what we have here is an early Miata/BRZ. Subcompact with lots of high reving hp with a low displacement small engine.

I always pity the fool who owns one when I see one out there. I bet they're costlier to maintain than a supercar.

there are rotary engine airplanes and then piston engines arranged in a rotary configuration.

yes, and all those hoses are rubber which means that placing them close to a source of heat will degrade them into brittle cracked hoses very fast. Oh yes, they are right near the turbos which glow red hot.

I totally agree. The whole Wankel rotary cult is completely misguided. The rotary isn't a practical application and the fact Mazda put turbos on that was simply sheer madness for a daily-driver mass production car. That and a turbo sequencing system that is completely asinine by any standard.

My expectations were that the RX7 would be more reliable and require less downtime than something made in Italy. I was wrong.