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Modern full-sized pickup trucks rigged and marketed as family haulers and daily commuters - oversized impractical vehicles with 4 full sized doors, luxury interiors, soft rides, short boxes and lousy gas mileage. They are great for towing, but, most sold are not fitted to be work trucks. And too big to fit properly in

The last few years of Honda Civic Type R. It’s a great car for sure, but I can’t get past the stupid looking aero.

With all the train derailments in the news, it’s a sobering thought that the railroads are the infrastructure segment in the US that’s in the best shape.

I was looking at another big rail disaster that happened in Canada in 2013, the Lac-Mégantic disaster where 70 rail cars full of crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade into town due to a confluence of maintenance issues and lack of team support - ie one engineer was in charge of securing a 4000-foot train full of

Allegedly, the GRMN Prius will come with a stiffer chassis, better brakes, an upgraded suspension, and some unique interior changes.

At this point it will need its mid cycle refresh before it even hits full production.

The DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future.

Well I mean i was never going to buy a Dodge anyway, but this certainly doesnt help. 

I wonder what the ground pressure (psi) of that machine is? Those tracks can really spread the weight out.

And they still have a ways to go. Hang in there with your limping vehicles. 

I still begrudgingly find him interesting. Tesla cars suck though. 

Right down to the end of this article I was thinking “... I can make this happen I can make this happen”. I guess I don’t know jack shit, I was hoping for low 100s lol
Guess I’ll stick with my WRX hatchback I lifted and put chunky tires on

Did you read this or any of the linked articles?

I feel like we’re missing out on endless possibilities for fun here. What if I want a Mach-E that screams “SPOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!!” every time I hit the “gas”?

no they wont just start shooting them out of the skies. shooting down a commercial drone over public land is the same, legally, as shooting down a 747. they dont make a distinction.

sure, it’s cool on a case-by-case basis. But I’d really rather not have things like this become the norm, especially if the International Dark Sky Association has anything to say about it.

The weird and wonderful Lancia Stratos.

Original 911 whale tail

Merkur XR4Ti/Ford Sierra. We’ve got one, yes... but what about second wing?

I thought that was a Tamiya kit.