In Washington DC they ticketed people for parking in their driveway because they consider within 40 feet of the center of the road to be the street. Thus a car in a driveway was street parked.

Every post in here is going to be it’s own NPOCP.

Here’s a pair that need a ton of TLC:

The fact that a clean ‘79 Fiesta EXISTS is weird!

Swap tires, problem solved. You can have studs for snow and some karting slicks during the summer. Store them in the coat closet or something. Maybe under the kitchen sink. Or just go crazy and operate the best uber ever during blizzards:

I wish it were legal to just use one of these as a city car:

Even better, they have the Corvair, Corvette, and Chevette, all of which share minimal parts.

Formerly gawker sites are the worst offenders at this phenomenon. I don’t know how many articles I’ve clicked on that weren’t even visible when my finger hit the screen.

Two turbos, check

Clarkson: GMC Syclone, sweet or not?

I believe that most people honestly underestimate how incredibly hard it is to make a good car, and how much harder it is to make one that satisfies the various regulatory bodies. Look at the students doing FSAE, which are quite simple cars, and the difficulties they have. Now extend this to all the various systems.

Pillows are usually peaceful creatures.

Pillows are usually peaceful creatures.

Often no, however given the level of modification, likely yes. Some people run dual transfer cases or cases like the Atlas 2 which also turn into a 2-Lo mode.

Those axles START around 6:1 if I remember correctly. So add transfer case ratios to that...

You want MORE tires?

Think of a 5 speed backed by a 4 speed, and you have the Mack quad box.

plus this?

The problem with bicycle and sport bike scenes is that the equivalent of F1 cars is actually within reach and somewhat usable daily. So people tend to buy bleeding edge equipment just to keep up and the gap between “I’m here to have a good time.” and “I paid this money to win.” ends up being absolutely massive.

Probably more accurate than you think...

Having a similarly easy to mock last name, how often do people say you should change your first name to “Harley”?