i actually had one of these. Got it cheap in a guys front yard sale back in college. had no idea what i was getting, but riding home i knew something was interesting.

I’ve harped on the issue before, and how people are so blithely unconcerned about the sheer weight of EVs crunching asphalt and buckling bridges. You think America’s roads and highways are crap now? Wait’ll the cumulative effects of EVs pounding them takes hold.

More like 400lbs difference like-for-like. e30s covered a broad weight spectrum from most basic 318i to a late 325i convertible with an electric roof, and so do e8xs. But the least powerful e8x sold in the US has as much horsepower as the most powerful last of the e30 m3s, and FAR better suspension, so the weight…

Good observation. I was going to say that I drove an E30 in the 1980s and I’d be happy to be driving one now. (I’ve gone through an E36, E36/7, and E90, but the E30 is still my favorite. My current daily is a Mini.) It’s sad but understandable that they can’t make a comeback.

Like this?

Porsche by VW

Somewhere in the multiverse is a car company founded in Studfield, UK with a logo based on the coat of arms for Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

The Murano Cross-Cabriolet is the clear winner—no contest—but I’ll throw in the Chrysler Sebring convertible. Popular when they came out, and the object of desire for every dad who wanted to feel like hot shit but wasn’t quite ready for a Corvette. The Sebring convertible was pleated Dockers, braided leather belts,…

Please don’t make me explain why the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet needs to be at the top, or near the top of this list.

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Material Scientist & Engineer / metallurgist here. Tesla is using a custom cold rolled 300 series stainless steel, so similar to type 304 and 316 austenitic stainless steel. Marketing name “ultra-hard 30X”.

The “Gremlins Paradox” has haunted Gen-X for decades. 

Some Cybertruck owners say their fellow Cybertruckers are blowing things out of proportion, and one said it’s a good idea to not “...drive it in the rain, or get it wet.

Its half of a lower mold for the original owner’s traffic cone casting business. It went bankrupt when customers started to complain about the inconsistent cone-ness of his products. The seller keeps this as a reminder of the heydey of his business, selling out of a van where even the largest, 6ft traffic cones could…

In the 1980s Al-Li alloys were just around the corner. It appears they eventually got some use, but 2XXX, 7XXX, and 6XXX dominate for aerospace.

It’s not just the fact that they are going in quickly and smoothly. It’s WHERE they are going in.

Well done on the headline. It’s true and deceptive clickbait.

Super bright LED grill mounted light bars used on road.  Please stop blinding everyone.

“Wagon wheels”: what I call huge rims with rubber bands passing as tires stretched around them:

Darksiding is done in the Goldwing (and adjacent) community as well.  it’s rare, but it’s done.