Didn’t have time to read the whole article, but my input thus far is flat rate is a cancer in my industry. It encourages spite and cut-throat competition amongst the techs and writers to the point where a “green” tech won’t ask questions if they aren’t sure of something because they don’t wanna be taking food off of… Read more
I’m guessing that the NASA engineers probably didn’t have 70 years of gunk to remove before they failed this goal over a weekend and some beer, though. lol Read more
As someone who manufacturers vehicles for a living - just know that you are likely creating a death trap if you are ever in a major accident. We need to follow FMVSS regulations carefully and your car was crash tested with specific seat anchoring and components. If the seats are not an exact match the airbag, SRS… Read more
Patrick...WTF? “New York...nicknamed ‘Motor City’ because of all the taxis...” Read more
There is some great prose in today’s entries. My favorite is probably, Read more
Too much front brake bias would lock front wheels first, not lift the rear tires off the ground. Any racer can tell you that. This is a weight distribution problem only. Read more
“Can’t find the accent so it reads weird even tho I just fucking used it on the word sautéed.” Read more
I say publish your BSFC curves and gear ratios and let the customers take it from there. Hopefully you’re an engineer. Read more
Counter-argument: the current MPG system allows an easily comparable metric. I know that the EPA says this car gets 30mpg, this other one 32. Whether or not *I* get that mileage isn’t as important as the comparison between the two. Read more
This is partly V8Supercars fault for selling out the TV rights to Pay-TV. Read more
“If he had any real friends?” Read more
You mean like his family and friends who are grieving? Have you ever lost a loved one? Would you have appreciated jokes about that person’s death within a couple of days after their death? It has nothing to do with any souls. It has to do with not making light of a suicide when there are probably a whole lot of people… Read more
You should modify the bleeder socket tip. A 12 point socket is no better than a 12 point box end wrench. If you have 6 point box end wrenches or flare nut wrenches you probably don’t need that clarification. But if you do need that pointed out to you (pun intended), you might want to make specific note not to use 12… Read more