Ponderosa steakhouses used to be HUGE in the midwest. Many towns had several, and the CEO Jerry Office, was hailed as a genuine genius. Then Jerry sold off the corporation and the stripping of assets began. It took a few decades, but the hulk has finally come to rest and the town that began the craze no longer has…

Great find, the “Railton special” has been a personal fave of mine for many years. It was great to see the video of the chassis and car, wish it had sound!

Stood outside my house today and watched B-25s flying out of Wright Patterson AFB where they took part in a flyover. Amazing to watch history take to the skies once more. There is only one “Raider” left alive and he was honored at the base. We owe these folks so much. Let us never forget their sacrifice, or the…

It’s a profit center for automakers and suppliers- period. The engineering and optics are fairly mature on this issue at this point. I will concede that the old HID lights are becoming obsolete now with the advent of LEDs. But the vast majority of new car bulbs are STILL halogen bulbs- which have been virtually the…

Aside from the skid plates so that these cars can jump curbing is there difference in programming for the hybrid system as well? I’ve heard that opening the throttle for pursuit engages a different algorithm for electric assist.

When Ford was designing the Pinto engineers uncovered a flaw. or rather several flaws, in the design that would happen in a cascade when the vehicle was struck in the rear bumper area resulting in tragedy. When struck in the rear the structure was weak enough that the unibody would basically accordion and make the…

Part of me is thrilled by this- the obsessive purification of the essence of 911 purified to a high degree. It’s taking what is essential and appealing about the 911 and distilling it drop by drop.

1. United seated the passenger and then tried to deny him his flight so that employees could ride the aircraft.

Got Trumped today? For the cost of five dozen cruise missiles-

Talk about building brand loyalty EARLY and often- this is a potential hard right hit to the bleachers for Ford if done correctly. I can’t imagine any more compelling reason for a young family to look long and hard at Ford products when it comes time to buy a vehicle. Make the business case work and the long term pay…

UH NO, unless you are taking the seized drugs and selling them the coast guard does NOT “Pay for itself.” I and every other thinking american citizen applaud the efforts of these men and women who work to take drugs off the street. But that does NOT give you a license to mislead.

Wonderful, a person who actually thinks about what they NEED, versus what they want. The two are often very different things. BTW- don’t try actually thinking about what you need for a motorcycle, this is almost universally derided by the MORE Chrome and the MOAR POWAH groups.

40k for a car with no sunroof, not even the OPTION of one? No thanks, I’ll bet this will be fixed in a year or two.

When you worship your own navel as you apparently do, facts don’t seem to matter much to you. The fact that you actually refuse to look at facts shows that you are very likely a hillary/bernie drone.

I do understand OHV engines, I built one forty years ago. Can you tell me WHY you think more valves would ruin the engine? Harley just went to 4 valves per cylinder and got more power, more torque, less fuel consumption and higher customer satisfaction. What makes you think the same thing would not apply to the SBC?

You make some interesting points, but one has to look at the huge corporate bet that Ford made with the use of turbochanging with their well received Ecoboost engines. Ecoboost engines use ONLY turbos, there are NO supercharged ecoboost engines in North America. For good reasons, parasitic drag is huge on modern…

At some point this is going to likely involve military action on our part. N Korea is still at war, the tenuous peace that exists now is only a temporary truce. That said, if we do have to go in, well, we need to look at our options really carefully. We need to get China on our side if at all possible with N Korea.

Used to be that this was too much to ask of the front wheels alone. I can’t wait to see how well Honda engineered this to work around that former handicap. I suspect the REAL limitation will be in the inevitable “Tuned” versions pushing truly insane amounts of power through the front wheels.

YOu all really need to stick to thing you know something about, automobiles. When you cross the line into social and political issues your leftist/progressive ownership really comes out.

Send Hillary Clinton, and just forget about retro rockets. She’s so looney it’s funny