Even older in my case: 42 :). And yes, I have to admit to causing quite a few screams, although honestly a few laps at the track is more effective for freaking people out than the launch control, which is merely surprising the first time.

Well, I have a GT-R. I'm not particularly young, and I don't dress or drive like a gangsta wannabe (nor do most of the other GT-R owners in Central Texas), but, driver stereotypes aside, I have to admit that the GT-R is pretty much a pure bro' magnet. Women I've met, generally speaking, have no idea what it is or what…

Shooting your mouth off doesn't make you a "no nonsense guy" if what comes out of your mouth is nonsense.

Sigh. Yet *another* beautiful-looking task manager with absolutely pathetic recurrence options.

Still waiting on that 2FA implementation, Twitter....

If the Burger King & Jeep hacks were the result of poor password practices or a phishing attack, which is likely the case, it hardly constitutes a successful hack of Twitter itself (that happened last month, when 250K encrypted passwords were compromised).

I'm not sure I'm exactly supporting the President on this one, but I should point out that it's pretty typical for politicians (of both parties) to speak about future accomplishments related to legislation as if they've already born fruit as soon as the legislation in question has passed. Seems to be a world view that…

I've driven a Z06 at the track and I have very few complaints - great car.

The only think that irked me was the crack about the Mustang's (and Viper's and American Cars' in general) level of engineering, which was completely unfair. The Mustang was engineered to meet a price point, sure, but that doesn't mean there was any less thought put into it, engineering-wise, than much more expensive…

The rise in douchiness here in Austin is well correlated with migration of rich assholes from out of state (especially California), so I'm not convinced it's truly a home grown phenomenon. Make of it what you will.

I drive a more expensive car than an M3, but I would never park it like this. If you can't stand the thought of someone scratching your baby, leave it in the garage and take the damn bus (or buy a cheap grocery getter to drive around in - if you can't afford that then you can't afford a scratch-free M3 either).…

How about the Rolls-Royce/Bentley L-Series V8. It's been in continuous development for 60 years.

What you're saying is that *driving* a car quickly is inefficient. That's true, but my point is that, particularly in the case of electric power trains, *engineering* a car that *can* be driven quickly does not make it inefficient. Many of the same design characteristics that make it fast contribute directly to its…

"it could have been much more efficient if it were slower"

Although, as long as you pay off your credit card bill every month and do not carry a balance, using credit cards is actually advantageous in several respects.

Kimi's car would always respond "Leave me alone. I know what I'm doing!"

One thing to keep in mind, however, is that, unlike typical internal combustion systems, the characteristics that give an electric car long range and high power (such as high battery storage capacity & motor power efficiency) are actually largely complimentary. So, you're not really "trading" much here, unless you…

Any of Paolo Soleri's Arcology proposals. Although full of interesting and clever architectural details, they all end up as an attempt to keep nature safe from humanity by packing people into dehumanizing beehives.

The person in the Fit was driving like an idiot, but...

Sounds like you'd be happy living in Somalia. You might actually find a use for your guns there - beyond endangering yourself, your family, and your neighbors that is.