As fun a thought as that might be, the boring truth is that they are just pulling them from one car, sending them off to the factory to get reworked and reconditioned, and installing them in the next car to come in for the fix.

I was really hoping it would be better than this. I was full ready to take a wait and see approach. I accepted that they were not going to sound the same as the V8's. But I had hoped they would have their own unique exciting sound. So sad. I've heard the V8's ear splitting wail in person. Even made the mistake of not…

To accurately calculate fuel flow at the levels that F1 requires, you need several pieces of data from sensors that can't be tampered with. There maybe more with engines like the new ones, but off the top of my head.

From a passionate standpoint I agreed it is unfair. But from a logical and legal standpoint, which is how the FIA will proceed with this. Red Bull was in the wrong. Red Bull agreed to abide by the letter of the law for permission to race in FIA sanctioned events. They broke the rules as they were written down, even if…

It should also be noted that Red Bull found the sensor to be giving inaccurate readings during practice, so they changed it out for another sensor. This sensor failed during Saturday's practice. So the FIA told them to go back to the first sensor that was giving them unreliable reading but was still sending and…

That's all well and good, but we told the Ukraine that if they didn't pursue arming themselves with nuclear weapons that we(western powers including Russia) would guarantee their independence and territorial integrity, Failing to do so shows that we can't be relied on, causing several nations to see nuclear armament…

Can't we all be friends.......balloon boy.

My friends in high school would disagree with you. Yes this is high school level prank. Not normally tried in the adult world because of, well, you know, consequences.

I know you're getting a lot of "It always rains in Britain!", in this thread. And yes, I'm sure they are subject to a manufacturer's schedule. But they somehow managed to find one dry day for James May to do his filming. So they did have the opportunity.

That BMW bit with the tablecloth always bothered me. Everybody was so impressed with it until you point out the white table shaped slab sitting between the tablecloth and the dinnerware. Nice trick and cool optical illusion, but contents may not represent actual product.

Funny, I was thinking along similar aeronautical lines. There are a growing number of similarities between the Aviation community of say 20~30 years ago and NHTSA today. It seems that the Federal acronym soups have grown board of regulating the private and commercial aviation communities safety to the point of…

While I agree with you concerning the ACC(along with a very cautions attitude toward all mandatory driver aids), though fords latest attempt has been the best I've driven so far. One thing to consider when you add this V2V to the equation is that your car would know what the speed and hence the acceleration of the…

Not that I'm outright complaining, but christ, did Michael Bay direct this episode. They really upped the explosives budget this year.

Preach it $ky!

I would agree with this. There was no precedent for this, no focus groups screaming for it. What was Ford thinking when they released it. And suddenly it was here and it fit right in.

My grandfathers returns roughly the same as it's V8 brethren. 11~12MPG in those scenarios. The nice part is when it's not doing trucky things it gets 19~20MPG. And all on regular 87 octane, a rarity on turbocharged engines.

Drag is still a frictional loss. And as I mentioned, in a "perfect world" all the energy involved in changes in velocity, either through acceleration or deceleration would be kept in a closed loop. Energy expended accelerating a large mass could equally be generated decelerating a large mass. The only energy…

For an electric truck in a perfect world you would be able to recover the energy cost in acceleration through regenerative braking. Then you only have to expend energy to cover for frictional losses.

Lol, I love those reflected image stickers. And their easily discernible in any of your mirrors, so you see it every time you look back to check on your load. Being able to read it properly in a mirror means it registers in your mind every time you look back there. But you're right about Uhaul giving a trailer to…

I think you missed the reasoning behind nitrous used in this environment. The engine would still see the same top end power, the nitrous-oxide isn't there to raise that. The 700hp motor would still see 700hp. The nitrous helps to spool giant turbos. So you can reach your set turbocharger pressure at 3500rpm instead of…