Fair points, but totally irrelevant in this case. Checo was on the wrong tires and had fallen from 2nd to 6th in the last leg of the race. No pass without Max’s help was possible as Checo was slower than Max and running something like ~3 seconds behind him on the last lap. Max should have slowed for his teammate, but…

I was and he was. Definitely fun when a house call for an acting up furnace/boiler gets pushed back several times due to snowstorms making it unviable to send anyone out! But still a worthwhile trade to get to live somewhere that beautiful

True. Still depends on the level of “blizzard” though. happy to admit there are storms I’m more than happy to stay home during.

Secret knowledge time, if you tell the guys at a checkpoint you have AWD, they’ll wave you past a chain/snow tire checkpoint without a glance at your tires. (I assume this doesn’t work in an obviously 2WD only car like mustang or something, which they still Idiotically rent out all winter long, always fun to count the…

Yes and no. On the few days (seriously, we’re talking 0-10 per year) that make driving slowly with 4x4 and truck tires unsafe, most people don’t have a choice but to stay home, and even if they went to their job it wouldn’t be open. 

Do/have you lived in a ski town? If it’s snowing bad enough to make 4x4 and decent tires dangerous around town, many roads, the lifts and most other things aren’t open either. “Getting to work” isn’t really a thing those days unless you’re a snow removal crew or emergency worker, in which case you better have chains…

I mean, I’ve driven every winter of my life in Tahoe on all seasons and 4x4 set to 4x2 on all but a couple days of the year. Winter tires are smart, but if you can stay home the days it’s actively dumping snow (and why wouldn’t you? going out in a blizzard isn’t fun and I love winter sports!), there’s really no reason…

I love bus travel. I’d definitely take a luxe bus for an 8+ hour overnight journey, but I really just want anyone at all to restart a bus route from Cincinnati to Chicago. Pre-2020 I used the MegaBus a lot, but they don’t serve that route anymore and it is a real bummer

This. I want a nice bike badly as I am currently moving back into the city, but there’s a reason I’ve always opted for Walmart’s cheapest bike in the past and assumed I’ll by buying a, seat, handlebars, a wheel, or even a whole on a regular basis.  The theft proof bike is sorely needed! 

Fine. Can I and other independant resturant workers/lovers/owners/etc have their customers? A lot of us are watching the places we have a passion for die slow painful deaths since mom and pop can’t compete with a dedicated app, 6 delivery services, skyrocketing costs, lingering pandemic fears, inflation, rents going…

Cry me a river. I’ve watched so many great restaurants close (and ‘got’ to help close down 5 myself, so much fun!) over the last 2 years. Boo Hoo. your corporate marketing machine is keeping your job afloat while a lot of the rest of us in the industry are begging for a way get noticed on the half dozen apps you…

This timeline makes no sense. The Giorgio platform was developed in 18 months for a mid 2015 release. It was absurdly expensive and rushed, but we were told it was worth it because as soon as the kinks were worked out in the early model year Giulia/Stelvio it was going to underpin everything from the Charger to the…

What’s the definition of “during” and “Post” for a currently ongoing pandemic? 

Bros was definitely my second choice for movies last weekend. But I went to the Avatar re-release instead. Probably will catch Bros in theaters, but even if I don’t I’m sure it’s watchable at home. Avatar is a movie I can’t imagine seeing anywhere but in 3D on a big screen so it won out for me. 

I’d say your mistake is driving to COTA. I went for Kimi’s last win and tried both ride share and parking, the rideshare was infinitely better.

Mostly off topic, but anyone else remember when “blue hair” meant a super elderly person? Of all the hair dye colors that the meme could have used, why go with one that already had a stereotype associated with it? 

There is no such thing as a wrong result. Whatever happens under the rules is by definition the correct result. Personally, I think Senna was faster in 1988 but should have been banned and excluded from 1990.

I’m saying that many years there’s at least one other driver who had a chance to win. But only one wins each year. What we as fans wish or think should have happened doesn’t matter. Senna won in 1988. He also, by most metrics was faster that year. But even if he was clearly worse, if his best 11 results scored more…

That’s just false. You don’t have to be fastest to score more points, you have to be more consistent, which isn’t always in the driver’s sole control.Mechanical relaiabilty, other drivers actions, etc can all affect that. The old rules gave you a few “do-overs” to account for those issues.

We get it. You hate the rules under which the 1988 and many other championships were contested. Doesn’t and won’t change who won or who was faster that year.