5 articles posted in 24 hours with him in the headline, plus one of them bumped back up to the top, means it's hard to avoid. And that's just in dedicated articles. You can't mention Formula 1 without someone popping up, extolling his virtues and waxing poetic about how much he meant to them.

I'm with you. I understand how good/important he was, and I don't mean to sound callous, but all this Senna worship is getting tedious. At this point it's starting to feel like a circle-jerk. Can we please move on?

The Japanese learned that the hard way with their high speed trains. They sold some of their trains to the Chinese for their high speed rail line. The Chinese then take the design acquired through 'technology transfer', change a couple of minor details, and then market it internationally as a result of 'indigenous…

I think it's stupid only insofar as I wouldn't purchase one with my own money. To each his own.

Interesting. I was unaware at what rpm steam engines functioned at. So, if I understand what you're saying correctly, it'd be like asking a diesel to function at gasoline speeds (slow burn vs fast burn) except even worse.

I'm sure you're very proud of your degree, but you're not the only ME around here. Your degree makes you an automatic authority as much as mine makes me one (it doesn't). Just saying.

I remember reading an article a few years back (Popular Mechanics, maybe?) about a proposed 6-cycle engine where distilled water was injected after the exhaust stroke, vaporizes on the hot cylinder walls, and is used to both cool the engine and provide an additional steam-based power stroke.

It's not a car, but my guilty pleasure is taking highway on-ramps and off-ramps at higher speeds than I really should. Not so fast that I'm in danger of reaching the limit of available traction, but fast enough to put a smile on my face.

I don't really understand how people could confuse them. It's like confusing a Mustang for a Camaro. Yes, they're the same class of car, but they look nothing alike....

I see your Evo IX, and raise you a WRX/STI hatch. All (most?) of the performance of the Evo, with the versatility of a 5-door and Subaru's impressive safety reputation.

Agreed, a friend of mine just discovered this the hard way with a new WRX.

I have the Alpin PA4's on my STI, and they're pretty decent for a performance winter tire. I'd be interested in seeing if the PA5 improves on that at all.

This. 100 times this.

It is better, because braking.

This came to mind, for some reason.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice/Opel GT.

Just off the top of my head: WRX/STI, Golf R, Evo X, 335xi, 435xi, A4, A5, S4, S5, Countryman......I'm sure I'm missing a few.

As someone who works as an engineer in a precision machine shop, your statement is mostly incorrect. There might be some stainless grades that are harder to machine than titanium, but the vast majority of machine-grade stainless alloys are easier. Some, like 303 and 416, are much easier.

I would have thought that the real foe of the Foxbat would have been the F-15 Eagle, which I believe was designed to counter it, and was a superior plane in almost every measurable statistic. While it wasn't quite as fast (Mach 2.5 vs 2.8), it was probably the fastest fighter we had, and it was infinitely more…