If I were wealthy enough to do that, the “huge dork” moniker would absolutely apply.

No, it was a massive Sorvall. The rotors weighed something like 50 lbs, give or take.

Additional true story from the same lab. Prior to my boss’s residency, that space was some sort of protein synthesis lab. One day, like a good boy, I decided we needed a proper flammable cabinet, as the wooden one beneath the sink was “a massive safety violation” according to Duke’s EHS people.

Are we certain he has good taste? Or does he simply have *all the cars* and, by sheer brute force, has bought some cool ones?

Far as I know, no. We both kind of liked the uncertainty. It was still there when I finished up in early 2015.

I had a similar experience when doing some “spring cleaning” in my lab in grad school. It was mostly uneventful, but I found a box, about 9 inches on a side, unopened, that had a delivery date of 1994. This was in ~2013, mind you. It even had my boss’s name as the addressee, because it was back when he didn’t have…

Right?!

Right?  Those ships’ cargos were sorted out well before they set sail, which itself was well before the hurricane.

I’m sort of surprised that cars don’t have an integrated jump-start battery pack for emergencies. It wouldn’t be hard to keep it on a trickle charger that’s powered by the car’s electrical systems to ensure it’s basically always ready to go.

This is hilarious!

Most cars can overpower their handbrake from a standstill, which is using the (higher) coefficient of static friction. Once the car is in motion, you’ll be using a lower coefficient of kinetic friction. It might reduce the vehicle’s max speed if it’s horsepower limited, but it will definitely make the vehicle very…

The ND is great. It’s punchy at 180ish HP (and short gears for torque!), but also lighter than the NC. And it doesn’t body-roll like you DONT want it to.

Well yeah, but I meant the current iteration.

Slam dunk!

I see what you did there, Mr. Spartan!

Enthusiast cars follow their own rules when it comes to the value proposition. Just look at Lamborghini and their ilk. Wildly impractical, yet with a price tag that is borderline insanity.

All this tells me is that pretty much everyone who wants and can afford one, already has one. I already have one, and I’d consider another one if and when they make the next generation.

And to think some people pay for advertising!

Hey Michael, where was this “let’s let everyone be winners” attitude when you played the Pistons?

On a scale from Zero to Willie Nelson, I’m gonna peg this guy at about a Snoop Dogg.