https://www.synlube.com/

In a collision between two masses, the physics are overwhelmingly on the side of the heavy part.

Gasoline is not all the same - they are a witches’ brew of hydrocarbons. Mostly heptane, some octane, some nonane, et cetera, in various proportions. Because when pumped from the ground, the crude oils differ geographically.

A strung engine with high compression (or turbo) may gain a few hp from higher octane fuel.

Girls are more aroused by stupid machismo than they admit.

I used to drive a 2-stroke bike in the winter when young. Since it had no motor oil in the crankcase - 2-strokes are lubricated by oil mixtured with the gas - the more throttle you gave the sooner, the better. Just meant it warmed up faster.

I found that the most salient difference was when driving on winter roads - with icy wheel-trenches carved in the snow - and overtaking, the all-wheel-drive car was vastly more “planted” as it moved over the uneven low-friction bits.

Depends on your definition of “fine”.

Same in Sweden. There’s “protected” and “unprotected” trafficants. The latter are pedestrians and cyclists, probably more according to some definition I do not know. Not mopedists or motorcyclists though, for some reason.

Very Good.

It makes the orifices less visible which deals with the trypophobia-inducing front.

Ech. If you’re going to spend a million dollars and a year’s worth of time building a concept car, why not also making it look good? It’s like they spent all the time on the interior and then let someone’s ten year old nephew do the exterior.

Aight, another SUV.

Okay. It’s just that 25 kW is 40 hp, and it should be able to do something like 100 mph with that power.

A “pin” is a generic term for an elongated and usually though not necessarily cylindrical object whose primary property is to have a nontrivial stiffness. Size irrelevant. May or may not have a head of some sort. If it is threaded it is probably a screw. If it has a funny shape it might be found at the end of a…

In 34 years I have managed to dent car thrice, and once got stuck on a pile of snow that was denser than I had anticipated.

Well, my point is that if you are looking for an electric Mini, how about one with 640 hp? :)

I would still say that the penalty for inconveniencing the locals and driving with sloppy precision being to wreck your car is a bit excessive. It’s not even illegal to drive through that area, but if you don’t do it careful enough according to some subjective standard, your fine shall be in the thousands of quids?

https://newatlas.com/the-640-bhp-mini-qed-plug-in-ev/6104/

It would be reasonable if the bollards were road-safe, meaning that they crumbled and destroyed, with minimal damage to the car.