"The poor ones, they are working"

Didn't the C3 'Vette have no trunk hatch, and the only opening was behind the seats?

South Station in Boston.

It's what's called a "homologation special".

The preference of air travel makes train travel better for those of us who use them. I once took the Amtrak down to NYC and it was great. The cars are like first class aircraft cabins, and even on a busy day you probably won't share the car with more than fifteen to twenty other people. Yes, long haul rail travel is…

Guys, stop nominating the track-day specials. They're just too easy to pick on for impracticality.

The Mercedes CLK-GTR wasn't a road car, it was a racing machine with license plates slapped onto it. Skip to 3 minutes and watch hilarity ensue as Tiff tries to take it into town.

Hmmm...

This is the Chrysler Citadel concept from 2000. It was a hybrid, with a 250hp V6 powering the rear wheels and a 70hp electric motor driving the front.

Did somebody say "spiny beast Corvette"?

I'm the same way. I can understand concepts but I've never really learned how everything works. I'm probably capable of it but I've just never tried. I can tell you what parts are, what they do, and why they're important. For example, I can say that a carburetor takes in air, mixes it with fuel, and injects it into…

This is why you don't use the door handle to brace yourself.

Here's the rear suspension of a Miata hard at work. Check out that channel, the guy's got a bunch of cool videos of under-car action.

On a semi-related note (unpleasant air travel experiences) click here for perhaps the funniest read of the day.

I know. That's just the first car that came to mind when I thought about flying buttresses. Mid-engined or not, they still would have caused drag though.

You're supposed to warn us if you're going to post porn.

The flying buttress. That "negative space" between where the glass is and where it would be (if it were flush with the buttress) causes turbulence and slows the car down. The effect was so bad that Dodge had to change the Charger's rear windscreen to a fastback style in order to make them competitive in NASCAR.