Lol! I sold mine about this time last year, sadly. Fun little car. I currently have an 01 Golf diesel to replace it (the Beetle was diesel as well with a couple upgrades—injectors and a tune—it scooted VERY nicely).

I remember the days when qualifying was an hour long, free-for-all session. Lots of complaining about who held up who and it often times was not as climactic.

Okay, so, Second gear. Europe’s increase in CO2 output.

Don’t look now... but GME shares are up an absurd amount today. The r/wallstreetbets crowd aren’t done squeezing the shorts yet.

Absolutely should be developing them. Just look at the numbers alone. How many cars are currently in operation vs. how many new cars are sold every year?

Whoa! From what?

Mercedes missing out on the fines is a crazy thing to think about. The whole thing is predicated on how many of each kinds of vehicles they sell to hit an arbitrary CO2 target, and if it just so happens that the buying public doesn’t prefer the more CO2-friendly options in large enough numbers, Mercedes gets hammered…

Also lost in the melee of news from DC yesterday is the fact that Pat Patrick passed away at 91 years old.

Indianapolis Monthly did a fantastic biographical piece on Aldo a few years ago. It’s a great read to really get the full story of the man. Good way to remember him.

That’s disappointing. I could understand if the sponsor mag asked nicely if she would (hey, some women are fine with it—they can do it if they so choose), but making it a demand of her in order to take the seat is abhorrent.

I’ve been extolling the virtues of “Uppity” specifically for some time now. Willy is one hell of a character. Tough as nails, there to win, fuck your racism. Don’t like me? Then beat me!

Makes me miss him being in F1 just so I could check the website: hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com or whatever it was.

Well, this idiot never thought to look for F1 races there. Not sure how much I’d want a skeezy pornhub ad to kick off an F1 race anyway. Lol

Kind of, yeah. Though the mileage hit isn’t that much. 1-2 MPG on a car already getting over 40 MPG sort of idea, which really isn’t that huge of a difference.

Drivers stab the brakes all the time under safety car to put heat into the tires as well as brakes. Just because Seb got caught out from following a little closely under yellow doesn’t give him an excuse to come alongside and swerve into Hamilton.

I appreciate the efforts, though I’d like to see more detail on which process specifically F1 is going to use for their renewable fuel, and see an assessment of how much energy was required for the transformation of the base products to becoming a finished product and compare the efficiency of how much energy is being…

Vettel to me seems to struggle when the car simply doesn’t suit him. When Red Bull had a car that did suit him, he was near unstoppable. When things changed drastically for 2014, he struggled to adapt and did poorly most of the season while his brand new teammate rattled off 3 wins (Ricciardo).

Not sure exactly what Perez has in the works for 2022, my feeling on Mercedes is they’re more likely to promote Russell to their team than Perez. Big question is how many more seasons is Hamilton going to continue on? I do feel that once Valtteri’s contract is up, he’s likely to be replaced by Russell. Hamilton keeps…

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Welp, guess it’s back to what we did in the ‘80s as kids: ride in the back seats without any boosters... and usually without seatbelts.