"The longer a technology has been used, the greater the likelihood it will continue to remain viable" or something like that - think of a hammer, 10's of thousands of years of use, still a very effective technology for many purposes. Until someone invents a windshield/windscreen that never gets wet, dirty, dusty,…

Hendrick was, is and always will be a scumbag. For decades he became a billionaire car-dealer by bilking people through monopolistic-price-fixing via his iron-fisted control of an entire region's car dealership. He was convicted of racketeering in a Federal court- got super-lucky having to serve "house arrest" in his…

Seems he wrongly lifted throttle after the slide began, then traction hooked-up, and he was cross-median bound at that point. Also didn't appear to counter-steer nearly enough. More counter-steer, and staying a bit on-throttle would've likely led to a saved slide. Regardless of any Monday-morning QB-ing, or his overly…

I'd love to see it happen, but... I predict, it won't - in 2015 with this vehicle (getting past S.O.S. gets into some tricky physics, adding another 250+ onto that? well, good luck team)

Alcohol, cars, & alcohol+cars killed far more people today. Virtually anything - from a Bic pen, to a shovel or a hammer can be used (intentionally or accidentally) as a weapon and kill. It's quite probable that elsewhere in the US today, several toddlers put idling cars into gear and "drove" them (but didn't kill…

Spiders, Mom! SPIDERS! Spiders in the PINEAPPLE!!!!!

It's in janky shape, but I see the vision and I give kudos to creative thinking. A beetle will go anywhere. I've seen them float through flooded intersections, driven them in 4x4-stopping snow conditions, and THROUGH the woods - through, not on a road or trail, through-through the woods, simply mowing down saplings,…

Rush was a terrible disappointment. Just awful.

"go where he is, not where he's going (be cause he won't be there soon)" is what you're instructed to do about a vehicle spinning in front of you on a race track, but it was his first race, and I'd probably have done the same...

The "peerage" and all "royalty" are completely made up concepts (just like all religion...TL, another time...), so fuck these idiots and their belief that they are somehow special or worship-worthy because their ancestors stole everything & then cross-bred among each other to "keep it in the family"

The Mescherschmitt KR 200 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messersch… - was "mass produced" in the 1950's, and many can still be found rolling around & for sale today. http://www.topoldtimers.com/marketplace/Vi…

There are instances where an idling/sitting vehicle can become filled with trapped carbon monoxide - due to blocked tail pipes (plants/snow), or by the HVAC intake drawing it in, or even by prevailing winds simply preventing proper outflow of exhaust. If you know you're going to sleep in a car, a proper cold weather…

This is just more evidence that Barra's appointment was a PR move to "soften" GM's image prior to recalling all the ignition switch vehicles. "let's get a 'nice lady' who has kids of her own out-front to apologize... it'll make us look better." And I'm not suggesting Barra is a scapegoat, but rather an active…

Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car -

Hopefully Uncle Bernie & teams will make next year's engines have some more of this. "It's 'throwback', it's 'vintage', people will totally tweet & RT about it.." The anodyne drone from F1 engines this year has been pathetic, even if the torque curves are fatter, who cares? gimme some adrenaline producing sound. (I…

Spyderco Delica - 2nd one. Lost the first one - w/molded plastic clip - after 5+ years of use (I'm certain this douche I worked with saw it in our office parking lot, knew whose it was, but pocketed it for himself anyway) Now have over 10 years on this one in my back pocket. Long ago taught my 2 girls "a knife is a…

When this story & trip first started getting attention, her back story was that she'd grown up being told her dad was a "distant relative" of the ORIGINAL Amelia. As this publicity/marketing-stunt/future-career-of-public-appearances came closer to fruition the modern-day-Amelia claimed "she'd hired a genealogist who…

"what's in there?" is what I'm inspired to think about the character - deep in that void of a mouth - much the same way I must ask myself "what's in there?" about any item they serve

An ickier possibility than some mean ole boy execs saying "hey! drop this in Mary's lap/her problem. HAW HAW!.." - Instead, what if it was calculated, with Mary's cooperation, to hold-off on their fess-up session until the company had her out there as a "softer", more-forgivable face? Double-yikes Scoob... One who…

Netsol whois lookup sh0ws registrant of sleeplessinaustin.com as "Romeo Rose", which leads to his romoerose.com wedding planner/photography page (same phone # & address for both). Under "about" you have pictures of Mr. wonderful (not exactly "toned"), and the quote "Romeo Rose (yes this is my REAL name... ". His cell…