Hard to believe that in 2014 Cruise Control isn't standard on all cars, but Deadspin's Timothy Burke found that out the hard way when he had the misfortune of renting a Dodge Dart without it. A must have for long highway journeys.

First-generation Viper. Lots of power, handled like a truck.

You too?!?

Getting the cost down to $500/lb means a lot more folks will be able to get stuff into orbit. Which means a lot more crap in low Earth orbit. As far as I know, this is for the most part unregulated, unlike geosync orbits. What's going to happen with all this extra stuff in orbit?

Easy - COTA.

The car's achille's heel is that 12.5:1 engine. Not only does the high compression make it difficult to build a high-boost engine that won't blow up, but the thing's HEAVY too.

A friend of a friend blew his motor up three times, trying to run forced induction. After the thrid boom he came to his senses and is having…

What's the big deal? It's not even 10% cheaper. Now if it were under $3, it might get my atttention.

Oddly enough, they still don't look any better.

FR-S/BRZ: So much potential in the chassis, so much fail in the engine. "Let's build a sports car, and then install a under-powered flat four with compression so high no one will be able to safely turbocharge it. THEN let's give it rock-hard, skinny tires so everyone will be able to slide it around and think it's…

Personally, my money's on NASCAR, unless it's raining.

Finally!

I had a (very minor,) hand in this well before the AirTrans acquisition. I worked as a software developer for them years ago and with the AirTrans merger we knew we'd have to start supporting international flights, which necessitated certain changes including switching from a 3-letter airport code to a…

Any wind-powered car. Lots of miles, zero gallons of fuel.

I especially like this one:

Finally, the softened up Land Cruiser starts to make some sense!

drifting is what it is. Just don't call it racing. After all, figure skating isn't racing either.

Is it sad that I know exactly what that photo is from?

You're assuming the thief has two brain cells to rub together.

It's called "gallows humor." Look it up.

(Nothing to lose your head over.)

This touching story of the recovery of a stolen Corvette reminds me of another:

When Ken crashed, he was leading the time attack style BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge, and pushed it just that much too far. I say that, but in all honesty the move the car made did have some of us wondering if a suspension component failure could have been to blame. Until they get it back to the shop, we won't know.

In software I see this all the time. One reason that GUIs work so well is that they all more-or-less behave the same.

Way Back in the Good Old Days, the expected behavior for a GUI was defined in a document titled Common User Access (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Commo…). This document defined how all GUIs were to…