I hope you too are trolling because the ignorance is amazing. The Flinstones car didn't have a transmission, so no it doesn't have to be included.

And no where in the article or conversation did it state that only street cars were being talked about. The conversation was about transmissions... so any transmission is on topic. Plus who knows, maybe someone, has put one of these transmissions in a street car, so it has to be included.

Race cars

Problem is, there are a lot of transmissions that don't have MANUAL clutches but have to be shifted MANUALLY. They either use automatic clutches or torque converters, however, they don't have a "Drive" mode that makes the transmission shift automatically. It's not as simple as automatic and manual anymore.

I agree... however, the problem with statements like this is there is always an exception. Some of put torque converters on manual transmissions. Still a manual, but the torque converter relieves a lot of the stress from constant loading/unloading.

Just playing Devil's advocate here... Then what do you call an automatic with manual valve bodies? It has no drive mode and therefore cannot be shifted without the driver moving the shifter. Automatic or manual?

I don't think anyone actually says that... because it is not true

Looks interesting. Off Road Drive (http://www.offroad-game.com/)was the best off road game i've played in a long time, hopefully this is better. I'm not interested in the big trucks, and I find that off road games usually fall apart when you start pushing the speeds. The physics just haven't been there to try anything…

Not going to happen. Aluminum + Unibody = flex city. The original XJ had enough issues with a steel unibody if they were used hard, mostly in the offroading world. I could see aluminum body on a steel frame construction, but not unibody. Some truck manufacturers have played with the idea of using aluminum frames and…

I guess magnetic ride control wasn't the only thing Ferrari borrowed from GM...

He has a thing for crashing minis doesn't he.

It is a bummer that the Taco only has 236 hp, but the torque numbers are good. Even more of a shame is that the 4Runner and FJ get the Dual VVT-i version of the 1GR-FE with 286hp and 270lbft of torque, while the Tacoma hasn't been updated to this engine yet.

It already happens with completely flat tires. Nothing will change.

I said earlier that a hammer wasn't easy, but it is possible. You said it would brak your wrist, which is obviously wrong.

Yeah totally... it will never work... never ever... you'll break your wrist. These idiots figured it out...

Uhhh, have you tried this before? You CAN break windows with a metal hammer, a piece of steel, rocks, etc.

Wait... So you have to use a metal hammer to smash the sparkplug to break the window?? Can't you just use the metal hammer on the window and skip a step?? That doesn't make sense.

This is why you dont' try to cross a major road when you can't see around the cars on said road.

All you need to make great burnouts is some of this:

Good point, and I think most still do. And if the design is thought through there can still be adjustability in camber/caster/toe without having the risk of it coming loose and needing an alignment. Things like spacers to adjust caster that could never accidentally come out of adjustment without physically taking…