Oh, she knows EXACTLY where her gas cap is. She just can't figure out how to maneuver her car to get that side to face the gas pump. It isn't until the Beetle comes along to block her path that she is forced to go through the correct motions to get the gas cap to face the pump. If it wasn't for that fateful Beetle,…

I had an '87 951 for a few years. It was running when I bought it, and it easily cost me as much in annual maintenance as I paid to buy it in the first place. They are an absolute riot when they're running. The turbo lag is so long, it feels like going into hyperspace in Star Wars. You open the throttle and wait,…

Inlet unstarts are bad.

And sometimes you get drafted to be the mid-stage mechanic...

I saw the F-15 fly at an airshow almost 20 years ago. I remember being one of the first people in the gate on the first day of the show. As I was walking down the tarmac, I started to hear a whistling sound when I turned my head certain directions. It was the sound of air very gently being pulled past my ears. If…

All the Cobras.

Indeed. I should read more carefully. The NK-33 was the first stage engine for the N1F, which never flew before the program was cancelled. Also, the N1 design itself with all of the plumbing and on-site assembly could have contributed to the failures. They may not all have been direct results of NK-15 problems. …

Don't forget that even when the engines were new, the Soviets went 0-for-4 using them in the N1 rocket. Four attempted N1 launches, four complete losses of the vehicle before the end of the first stage burn. And this is the engine from the N1 first stage. That's not a track record I'd want to bet my company on.

l'Hydroptere sustained 51 knots without using ANY fuel.

I had a similar need and went with a Certified Pre-Owned Acura. The warranty was better than what they give on new cars. I don't remember the details now, but it was more miles than the standard warranty, and it started from when I bought the car, not zero. IIRC, it covered me to ~70,000 miles on the odo.

I would have thought someone would have learned from Brazil 2003 where this nearly happened to Schumacher during that race (0:38 in the video below). But that would assume someone at the FIA has a pulse. Recent evidence (double points *cough* *cough*) suggests that would be assuming too much.

I like what they did with the wheels, but the rest of the car is just way too diamond-fetish for me. If I had to guess, I'd say that the designers' salaries were based on how many times they could put the Citroen double-chevron logo into their work.

Adverbs! We need more cars named after adverbs! Just like Johnny Dangerously's last name. Although I don't think Dangerously would make it past the legal department, it would be a great name for the Hellcat. We need cars named Eagerly, Loudly, Patiently, Always, Fervently, Soon, Tomorrow, Mockingly, and Selfishly.

I wish I could recommend this 1000 times. Everyone remembers the C3 from the late 70's early 80's where the styling was ruined by bumper regulations and the engine was ruined by emissions regulations. We'll call those cars C3.2, and yes, they were terrible and deserve to be at the very end of the list. C3.1…

When there was a chance that the name would be LTS, I actually considered buying one (used, of course. You can put down the pitchforks and torches Tavarish). But now that the name is CT6, I don't think I could do it. It's kinda sad that the name has that much of an effect. I mean, it's JUST a name. It's even more…

The problem I always had was that the service department would put one back on the car after I took it off. So, I buy the car, it comes with a frame. I take it off. I take the car in to get maintenance done. I pick the car up, it's got another frame on it. I take the frame off. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Keep up with the vehicle in front of you. Staying any farther back than 2 seconds (or whatever is safe for the conditions) is just wasting useful space on the road. Each lane on a road can move 30 cars every minute. If you have two lanes going the same direction, that's 60 cars/minute. Three lanes gets you up to…

Not the new NSX, but the 5.5L V10 NSX that we were supposed to get 4 years ago. Can you say 590 HP and 430 ft-lbs of torque?

How about starting the title with TMS? It's only 3 characters, well 5 or so once you add punctuation.

I've got two candidates for this one.