The wimmen like the ones that vibrate.  That's why Harleys are so popular (you didn't think it was their performance, did you?).

Purchasing one of these could put you in an ER.

Soon, only the very expensive cars will have gauges.

How about separating the stereo head unit from the infotainment interface?  This way, users can upgrade their HU to their personal favorite without losing access to vehicle settings.

instead, just pipe it to some amped outdoor speakers mounted under the car so the whole ‘hood can hear your Type R with the 426 Hemi...

I’ve got some of those AfterShokz bone-conduction headphones. They go on the temples, not the ears. Wonder if they’d be illegal...

You also hear better with a helmet on when speeds get north of 30mph. That doesn’t stop the anti-helmet people from using lack of hearing as an argument, though.

I would comment a lot more, but the process is really jacked up on this kinja thing. i have to type extremely slowly on my phone; otherwise, it will type double words or jibberish like this: tydoubldoubleordsoub.

My brother still runs a number of 1950s tractors on his small farm. The tractors are mostly 40 - 60hp (decent for a small farm) and they are about as simple as can be. This includes several two-cylinder JDs (Johnny Poppers) from back when JD was worth owning, and several Allis Chalmers (WD45 vintage), known for their…

Read somewhere that they could've made the wing any size on the original cars, but they chose the size that they did because 1) it allowed the trunk lid to clear, and 2) intimidation/marketing factor.

I solved the cat restriction issue a couple decades ago by utilizing an array of multiple cats (like a fusible link). Once the first cat is sufficiently warm, a valve opens to allow the second cat to operate. Once those two are sufficiently warm, a vakve opens to allow a third cat to operate, and etcetera depending on…

Real-world highway fuel economy will be closer to 34mpg, because you won’t want to drive much over 55mph.

In addition to high-speed rail, every community stop needs a couple miles of parallel rail where a passenger shuttle can run alongside the main train. In practice, the Amtrak bullet train will slow to, say, 30mph, shuttle matches speed alongside as passengers embark/disembark, then train continues onward. With seven…

So, with all of this fancy tech, they still can't put auto-leveling headlights on a $50k truck?

They need to make a modern version with the 2.0T in it. Imagine a Civic Type R with RWD that actually looks good...

It takes quite a bit more power to launch a plane than to keep it in flight (it is the same with an automobile, but to a much lesser extent). A hybrid may be the answer here, but the question become.... do you use electric for launch, and ICE for cruise flight? This is how it is done in hybrid automobiles, because…

Have a ski boat tow the floatplane to launch speed, and then kick in the electric prop once the plane lifts off the water. The tow rope can then be quick-released via the same mechanism they tow gliders with....

At first glance, the culprit appears to be the wheel. It should be made to shatter with the force of the impact, yet still be able to maintain its strength in everyday driving abuse. It remains intact in this crash, and impacts the firewall approximately where the drivers left leg would be located.

As others have mentioned, better/cheaper to just have batteries on the trailer and run the juice to the tow vehicle. One problem, though: DC loses a lot of juice traveling any distance through wire, so you’re gonna need a YUUUUUGE gauge of quality wire. That will be expensive. Sure, EV adopters could probably afford…

Cuba did that decades ago. They took all of our indestructible 1950s car bodies and replaced the (mostly worthless) engines with diesel powerplants. They are still using those cars down there.