Seems appropriate given your user name

Not really. Not if there are 2+ ton vehicles sharing the road. Momentum is a bitch. And until we get ‘inertial dampeners,’ the big guy will have the advantage.

Maybe as a side article you could explain the unbelievably lax vehicle inspection routines in the US, for the readers in Europe, and elsewhere, for whom the description of TÜW sounds pretty standard?

I think the engine is housed between the front seats, in—you guessed it—a box, where it’s driving the rear wheels.

“These Amazing Trucks Are Like Flat-Earthers For Aerodynamics”

You are aware that NASCAR is the butt of international jokes for being a mostly oval race course that goes left, right?

I don’t know, it looks bored.

That’s a Gouda comment. I expected a Swissed opportunity.

I will do everyone a favor and link to the modern day Porsche with about a billion speed holes. Was even written by a very familiar name:

Even in Europe, Diesel sales are crashing after Dieselgate. I think germany is the only one who is still holding Diesel sales. Add to the fact that stricter regulations and push for EVs coming in Europe, Diesel is going to free fall even faster.

I like the idea, but a better idea is a proximity chip in cars that provides make, model, color, owner etc., That law enforcement could read within a reasonable difference. Plugged into and synched with a database you would know right away if someone had an outstanding warrant or stolen car. And manufacturers would be…

Like in Japan?

This problem has been solved, and also looks really cool.

Or have all license plates on a digital screen. If you fail to pay the yearly renewal fee, your plate will not light up. Especially if your car is stolen, the plates send GPS coordinates to your local gestapo.

David, I have to give you a ton of credit on the Grand Wagoneer. I thought it was junk when you first showed it to us. I didn’t think you’d ever be able to clean the mouse shit and piss out of it. IIRC, my advice was to pull the motor and trans for another project and send the rest of the truck to a junkyard. You…

Plus with the ongoing clusterfuck that is the Brexit [England, why are you doing this to yourself still?] it is unlikely they will choose the UK if they can avoid it.

The thousand people that would get a job in France are certainly not pissed.

I kind of expect better from you.

And next week on Foxtrot Alpha: The Golden Goose: What the Howard Hughes Spruce Goose Can Teach us About why the USAF is Stupid for Getting rid of the Warthog.

Right, because the shape isn't decided at all by aerodynamics.