TLDR: Douchebros gonna douchebro.

At least you have hope. I’m a Williams fan.

That’s both good and worrying at the same time. It’s good that the manufacturer is training in these skills but also worrying that other programs are not.

France has 3 drivers. Don’t forget Didier Auriol in 1994.

I run into this on natural gas compressors all the time.

Had this discussion with a coworker recently. Ken Block is a great showman but he is not a top level motorsports competitor.

I think it’s more that he doesn’t want to become the punchline that Kimi did when he competed in the WRC. He was fast but had a tendency to hit these large wooden things with leaves on them. I believe they’re called trees.

It’s process of elimination. You check to make sure that the hardware is not the problem first, then you move on to the other hardware components and eliminate each of the other parts in turn. Software should always be at the end of the process.

This. Technology marches on. If you don’t like it, become a Luddite and deal only with other Luddites. Otherwise your business will die.

Your anecdote on #3 brings forward a huge problem in the automotive service sector (and many other sectors as well). Electrical troubleshooting is not a skill that is taught unless that is specifically your job. With the number of electrical systems in a vehicle now, this should be one of the main subjects for…

It really isn’t. It’s just another skill set. Those shops that adapt, will thrive while those that don’t will die off.

I have vomited more appealing colors than that.

The thing I’ve noticed is that this car only seems to exist for the enthusiast community. The average person doesn’t seem to know they exist.

Where is this mythical 300hp Corolla because I’m in the market and that sounds like a blast?

Point of fact, it’s built by Magna Steyr not BMW. The Z4 is also built by Magna Steyr as is the Mercedes G-Wagon.

White is the official color for Germany. Mercedes and Auto Union decided to run bare aluminum in the 1930's because the Grand Prix rules stated a maximum weight and they took an advantage where they could get it. Mercedes and Porsche (Ferdinand ran the Auto Union team) continued to use silver for racing while BMW and…

I was about to ask how their wine was. The Kirkland craft beer isn’t great but it’s still better than anything Miller or Anheuser-Busch put’s out.

Everyone I know that has ever served in the military is broken in some way. Many never even saw combat.

But they will definitely spout it when it’s politically convenient.

The Outlander doesn’t look too bad even in regular trim. It’s got Nissan Frontier disease, in that it isn’t the latest and greatest, but it looks like a good plain daily driver without too much frippery.