Most modern CVTs grip the sides of the belt. The semi-rigid assembly becomes almost like a solid between the sides of the pulley. They are bathed in oil, so lubrication is constant. Amazing pieces of machinery. Check out the many YouTube explainers.

And the bread truck is gone already.

I wish I could downvote you for subjecting my eyes to that! You need to think before you unleash weapons grade ugly on unsuspecting populations.

They really aren’t designed for breakup. It would make them too fragile for the trip up on the rocket, which is a nightmare. The model is more statistical based. These materials, in this configuration, have a 99.99% chance of not surviving reentry

Lando ran into him, sorry. It’s always the overtakers responsibility.

“accidentally”

Are you Pink or Floyd?

I used to be a regular reader of Dear Prudence. Emily Yoffe got the most unhinged and hilarious problems, and her responses were gold. Then they replaced the her with Mallory Ortberg/Dan Lavery, who was more unhinged than the letter writers and a terrible author. I drifted away. Is the current writer worth a read…

Gonna have to disagree that the initial collision was Max’s fault. He left the prescribed car width and an inch, it was up to Lando as the overtaker to not hit him. What Max should be given a race ban for is blocking the car from overtaking when he had a flat. Stupid, dangerous and absolutely against the rules.

Give him the money. It was a huge gamble that paid off for everyone involved. He’s just gonna invest it in another business, and I’m curious where he will go next.

I’d like to meet bleeding heart Moon liberals.

Always loved that gold over red livery. I built a model of the car when I was young and painted it to match, best I could. But that price is about double what it should be.

Somebody tried to tell me that you can’t call it a creek unless it flows into salt water. I didn’t believe him.

This is the proper answer.

Thank god he rejects the stupid virtual wind explanation. Sails could have a cubical shape and still work. Airplane wing shape total not required.

No

If this were in the mid Atlantic, I’d be buying it right now.

I like that.

-Make ordering a car the norm. Then offer each car in a rainbow of colors so we can get away from the dealer-enforced gray-scalification of cars.

THIS IS NOT A DATING SITE!!!!