Removing weight won’t increase μ (coefficient of friction). Street tires aren’t going to get you much better than 1.0, and that’s only good for a 2.8 second run to 60.

If Tesla just removed all the seats and anything nonessential like the touchscreen and replaced it with some buttons, it would easily break the under 2.5s 0-60 barrier, maybe even more. Then they could learn from Porsche and charge double for the Model S GT3.

Meanwhile, Google’s autonomous car wont be in attendance as it is unknown when it plans to return from its open-ended vacation to “find itself,” which the tech company maintains was a vital characteristic to include when developing the car.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You’re bloggers, man. Live somewhere cheaper.

Illuminati confirmed.

I keep talking to people who assure me that the public won’t let self-driving cars on the road or that somehow adoption of this technology is some distant future in which they will not participate. I don’t think people understand the *mountains* of money that are going to get behind this technology. Volvo (among…

Q: is she complaining that dude should have come after her earlier? Also, screaming aside, the way she takes that hit she makes Joey Batts look like a punk-ass-bitch.

100% can confirm that video games prepared the fuck out of me for my first time driving in the snow (in a parking lot.) So much Scandinavian flick.

I can’t wait for the Bun B - German Police twitter feud.

You’re actually saying that’ll buff right out.

No, this all happened before I met him. He’s a good guy, he just did a stupid thing when he was young. I actually got him a job at a company that wound up laying me off in 2009. He still works there.

There are other parts to NY than NYC.

By “deer in NY” you mean homeless people and jaywalkers right?

If all goes according to plan, Ben will be back later this week for a Jalopnik Q&A about his new book (which is awesome, I’m currently reading it), Top Gear, racing, drivin’ real fast, and anything else you want to ask him about!

Dubai doesn’t have backcountry woods....

But they have a Mercedes!

I mean if they are supposed to double as bomb shelters then that would be a reason for secrecy, no?

Damn your shopping skills are magnificent

That’s how I pictured them looking at Bernie’s funeral.