The ‘Ring is technically a public toll road. If there was a flag stand nearby slowing cars before the accident, I would agree he was not being very smart. But with no flagger in sight, he did the right thing.

I mostly hated my commute because it was 31 miles away and I averaged 30 mph. BW Parkway is the worst. As soon as there is 1 accident, your drive is ruined.

To my knowledge, lane splitting is not legal in any state. Many riders believe that it is now legal in California, but it is not. A statute was added to the code that defined lane splitting, but it did not in any way legalize it. It’s also not illegal, but you don’t have a legal right to do it.

Some folks do use the breakdown lane instead of actually filtering through the other cars on the highway. But the breakdown lane is where all the debris and crap winds up. If folks want to roll the dice on getting flat tires by doing that, go ahead.

I can’t remember the last time I worked on a car with the battery in the same compartment as the engine, and I own a shop.

Let’s be fair, it was being used while driving down a straightaway, so it’s still possible. The only time a BMW driver uses a signal is when they’re NOT turning.

If you’re going to hate on the name, at least spell it correctly.

Engineering did a good job. Marketing not so much. “Skyactive”? Really, that’s the best they could do?

You were picked last during Dodgeball games

In our local collage for mechanical engineering, we did real-world tailpipe emissions tests on a bunch of our cars for a lab, much like the tests that caused VW to get caught. My supercharged, straight-piped AE86 did not do too well, but that’s beside the point. My point is, I’m pretty sure this is a common lab in…

Old people who buy Avalons like CR.

Counterpoint: This was goddamn awesome.

So there’s this thing called AP Standard that journalists are supposed to follow that includes getting brands right.

Not only is engine braking a technique that will make you a bit safer driving down a mountain pass

What I like to do is calculate the amount of fuel that an idling engine would use, then work out whether the fuel required to make up for the decelerative forces produced by remaining in gear would be more or less than the former value at that moment in time, continuously evaluate the two, and then not give a…

He’s missed a big one: perfect traction control. With an electric motor you can modulate torque to 1% or better, 20,000 times per second. Individually to each wheel, if you have dual or quad motors.

Those are eye lashes though.