I think you are correct here. It doesnt mean i approve of what acura/honda is doing but i dont see how they are not entitled to do exactly that. The leasee, by defintion, does not own the vehicle. 

I agree with this take. If you get the benefit of not owing them more when the residual is less than they calculated it to be, such as if you crashed and repaired the car, you don’t get the benefit of extra residual if the market is crazy. 

When you lease a car its not your car...so why would you be entitled to the equity? I never see anyone complaining when the leasing company loses money at lease turn in, which prior to the pandemic was a regular thing.

The transaxle from the Impala SS barely handled the power.

$7000 for an underpowered, heavy v8 swap is a big no dice for me, even if it is a great feat of engineering.

Horner is a drama queen politician who is always lobbying. You ever notice how RB drivers are so much more likeable after they leave RB? Toxic team.

Max squeezed as he does, taking an aggressive line. In most cases, drivers back off; Lewis didn’t. It was a racing incident - every driver/commentator worth their salt said as much. The only reason he got 10 seconds was because Max’s day was ruined...had he just bumped and lost positions it would be at most a 5…

1. The stewards did place the blame on Hamilton otherwise they would not have given him a penalty. As far as being too lenient I disagree. Like it or not, the penalty is based not on the outcome of the incident but on the infringement. (This is true in most forms of motorsport not just F1). The incident was close…

I’m a bit late to the party but here you go

The apex is not the point in the corner that determines who gets it. The turn-in point is. If someone is under you at turn-in you need to give them racing room. They are at or near turn-in here. Obviously in racing this is all very dynamic and happening quickly so these points can be a little variable depending on the…

Max’s position at this point in the corner does not give him a license to cut off Lewis. Max failed to recognize that Lewis was still there and turned in too far. He still has to give Lewis racing room. I’d call this a racing incident or even Max’s fault.

This was incidental contact - Max never expected Hamilton (or anyone else, for that matter) to not back out. That’s how he drives - push to the limit, dare others to challenge him.

Maybe go to F1.com, find the video (available FREE), and watch from the 34-second mark and say that again with conviction. You won’t be able to. (And be sure to watch from the second and third camera angles later in the video, too.) It was a racing incident or at worse, it’s on Max’s impetuousness. Max thought he…

Hamilton did lift off though. If he hadn’t lifted off, the rear of Max’s car wouldn’t have hit the front of Hamilton’s. They would have hit completely evenly, because they were dead even going into that corner, but Hamilton hadn’t passed Max which would have entitled him to the corner. Hamilton acquiesced, but Max…

You need to watch the video. Because he DID back out. Hamilton goes to pass, and at one point is dead even with Verstappen as they go into the turn. Hamilton doesn’t get past him and lets off as he’s supposed to. Verstappen veers over and clips him. If Hamilton hadn’t backed out, Verstappen’s rear tire wouldn’t have…

Yeah at the apex of the corner. When Hamilton let off because he wasn’t in the lead.

Lap 1? Racing incident.

yeah, ok, so now i’m an internet pundit. sweet. i never actually realized my opinions mattered that much but i’ll take it! doesn’t change the fact that going into this i had had an inkling of how my now-fellow pundits would be reacting and was not disappointed by what i found. maybe i should have said ‘be better!’…

if we define irony as being something that is contrary to what one expects, then nope, i can’t really say that that applies to me. i knew what to expect from literally the second the incident happened based on ample prior examples and one quick gander through here (which, in the scheme of things, i consider to be one…