Ah, the old straw man blaming unions for the state of the American car industry....

Other then the fact a lot of the problems that the US auto industry had more to do with anti-competitive behavior, laziness in design and engineering, and lack of re-investment in it’s own production processes.

Raising the MSRP will do nothing but increase the demand on the product beyond the original sale. Keep it where it is and make a lot of them....

It’s like that at EVERY show in Japan. TGS is a big one for that too, as well as the Tokyo Auto show. It’s kind of why I prefer things like the hyper meeting, where the lack of Race Queens limits the camera set. My favorite car of the show, the GT2000 convertible, thankfully didn’t have a Race queen and got to take my…

Loved the show, didn’t love the camera otaku crowding every both with a race queen pushing to get a shot. That and I’m pretty sure the D.A.D. merc caused at least one epileptic episode. Also, nothing on the scorch racing car at the GCG booth? Fastest time attack car in Japan right now!

It’s more to prevent the helm from getting fatigued, and offer more fine control. I’d really like to see some of the casualty steering units. (On a DDG-51 class they consist of a serious of manual pumps in aft steering). Steering systems are probably the systems that have most built in redundancy on any modern surface…

I think giving everyone the same ability to develop the engine is a step in the right direction. For people who are complaining about Honda being able to develop all through the year, remember this: Mercedes Benz is also getting the ability to develop through the year.

Because was a submariner, and a Nuc at that. He was in the first class of naval officers that were handpicked for the nuclear program by Hyman Rickover.

Most of the time, if the bird is ornately painted, it's the CO.

God, I hate Itasha cars. I see them all over the place. Kat, if you want to come out to Daikoku or Tatsumi, I've been over here a long time, and have done some fun car things in Japan.

The reason the Crusader was the last main line navy fighter until now with a single engine, which left service over four decades ago, was because the navy completely agreed with your rationale.

This is an argument I have at work all of the time. The biggest capability that the navy needs in it's SSNs is the ability to run a fairly comprehensive sensor suite. Even the most modern diesel boats would be hard pressed to even rival the sensor suite on any modern SSN. That's due to the power draw that the sensors…

I think it looks sharp. It's a car that is proven to be very easy to upgrade. Crawford's done a very very good job with one, and now offer a kit. I think it will be a multi-generational design, but I think either Subaru or Toyota losing it after some time.

I still think the best I've read is Pilot by Ronald Olds.

I'm surprised that I haven't seen an article on here about how the Navy replaced one of the worlds best fighters (F-14, which never saw a significant upgrade in it service history) and bombers/attack planes (A-6), with a multirole fighter that wasn't as good as either in it's respective roles.

I call bullshit on any forced induction engine being able to run well, or reliably on 87 octane.

Could also be an ASW morter system.

If it was the med, chances are you can see it. The water there is remarkably clear.

There is a reason that carriers carry ship diesel as well as JP-5.

I think the root of all the problems with F1 is tangentially related to money. I think the current cartel running the show are running it for themselves and not the good of the sport as a whole. As much of a bastard as J. M. Balestre was, I think the FIA legitimately had the good of racing in mind as a whole. I think…

That's really not that bad. I went through a typhoon on a 505 ft long Arleigh Burke class. If you weren't seasick, your sleeping like a baby.