Yes. 100% I spent a good part of.my early engineer career fixing stuff like this. Structural repair for aluminum and composite structures is a known science. For this situation either the Air Force will repair it or, more likely, they will use the Boeing RAMS team.

My guess is they tried to start it, it failed for what ever reason, they kept the fuel contool on and hit it again and ignited the fuel that had collected in the tail pipe. Happens.

True that, but he doesn't quite have the mystique as Senna or Alonso.

I guess the question to ask now is would Alonso drive the new NSX? Probably, but what would he bring to it?

Nice!

Quote from the mechanic, "We don't work on many turbo cars." Could have told me before messing up the car!

We should be friends. Lovers of crazy Japanese cars who don't feel the need to throw aftermarket parts at them.

Based on your screen name I'm guessing the 4 doors are handy. WE haul our kinds around in the Evo as well. Huge fun.

You found the rare one. Cherish it. Protect it. I tried to find one in 1999/2000. Each and every GSX I looked at was beat to death. Just rung out husks of their former selves. Leaks, dents, cracked seals and messed up interiors. I ended up with a 97 GS-T as the next best thing. It was a great, fun little car. …

All the cars you mentioned exist because people are weird, don't buy cars based on logic alone and one person's version of fun or good value aren't the same as another. All the cars you listed are great, but don't scratch everyone's itch.

As you have looked at the data for Scion historically, are there any surprises in people being drawn to the brand who are out of the target profile? Perhaps older folks or rural buyers? It seems that the first gen xB had good, wide scale acceptance as an interesting alternative to the standard hatch or sedan.

Is the trend of larger and larger entry level full sized trucks sustainable? It seems that the trend is bigger is much better, even if there isn't that much more performance or capacity in the vehicle.

It looks like persuade is the key word that needs to be used when describing flying the B-52. You persuade it to go left or right. Also, a moment of acknowledgement that GoPros have really changed what we can see first hand. Cool tech.

GM's Corvette DP, which earned the final Grand-Am Rolex Series DP championship in 2013 and currently leads the TUDOR Championship Prototype standings, has become synonymous with the DP formula. Yet with tubeframe DPs set to be replaced by carbon-fiber P2 coupes in 2017, GM Racing is facing a decision whether to make a…

I watched a season and a half to catch up over the Christmas break. Lots of rubber bands ready to snap.

Wow, you really had something you wanted to say. I like DPs and understand why they are the way they are. I was just saying, if you read the actual words I wrote, that the LMPs have know design features that are intended to defer flight. The fact that the current DP specification only has a couple of more years left…

Yeah, that part doesn't make sense. It's not like they are launching every two days and need to leave the barge out there. Recovery of the booster for reuse is cool, but this seems to be asking for it.

LMP1 and LMP2 have reasonably good features to help prevent flips including the longitudinal fin and large cutouts over the wheel wells. Not perfect, but they do address the risk. The DP cars are short for this world, so they probably won't invest much in them.

Good point. your joints are mechanical, you have a constant bad rash and you are dressed all in black. Best to avoid the desert planet.