Yup, Anti-roll bars back and front and multi-link suspension in the back (when most other compacts go with torsion bar) really help to push it to the front of the pack.

That is true only for the 1st and 2nd generation Mazda 3s. After Ford and Mazda broke up during the 2008 recession Mazda developed the Mazda 6 platform and has since used chopped down versions of that platform for the 3, 2, CX-5, and CX-3.

So.... Back to truck grills on passenger cars for Ford?

Very interesting! In the news you only hear about subs being damaged and repaired when they hit the big things like undersea mounts, each other, and Japanese fishing boats. What were some of the everyday repairs that subs needed in the 70s?

Yes, I understand that any one of those corvettes would blow a cutter out of the water, but if you look at the real world effectiveness of any smaller ship class in a conflict zone you may start to get worried. I think that may be how the US Navy is looking at the situation, at least until better (laser) point-defense…

Yeah, I just found it odd because I thought that the subs would use the same replenishment ships as the rest of the navy. Though looking at the two graphics again I can think of two reasons why the subs would need special replenishment ships. 1) unlike most other blue water ships in the navy helicopters can’t land on…

So basically the auteur theory section of a philosophy of film class...

I think basically because Corvettes are used for coastal defence the armed USCG Cutters serve the same purpose.

I didn’t realise we still have submarine tenders... Without needing them to refuel diesel subs I wonder what they are used for. Are they basically a sub exclusive torpedo/harpoon/cruise missile ammunition ship?

Minor update here... There is a new Oceanographic Survey vessel that was christened last year, the R/V Sally Ride.

Yes, pretty much the only reason I use a Mac nowadays is the operating system. It’s safe to say if they spun OSX off as an independent product that could run on any x86 system, just like Linux I would immediately jump ship to someone elses hardware.

Exactly! I think my favorite Chris Harris video so far was the video about his crappy old 2CV...

You kinda have to sympathise with the 1950s and 1960s era US Navy though. At the time the DOD only wanted to pay for 2 types of systems, systems that are or can carry nuclear weapons and systems that can detect and or destroy Russian nuclear bombers. Unfortunately before the advent of miniaturized boosted…

You could bike to work and get there in an hour if you pedaled slowly...

Mazda RX-8 drifting while flames shoot out of its door handles

I liked how they framed Jay’s red DS in the background when Peter says that the Talbot-Lago Type 150 is the most beautiful french car ever made. While watching the video I blurted out “Oh, poor DS. You’re still the most beautiful car to me.”

Reading The Handmaid’s Tale scared the crap out of me much more than 1984 or Brave New World. I guess thats because each book basically takes the biggest threat to society and follows it to it’s most horrific conclusion. So with Brave New World it was eugenics, 1930s fascism, and the rise of radio. With 1984 it was…

Yeah, the only problem I have with the Elantra GT is the torsion beam rear suspension, but if Ford got torsion beam to work on the FiST maybe manufactures have found ways to mitigate the the negative impacts of that non-independent suspension type.

On Chrome the embedded poll won’t let me scroll down to the “Still don’t care” button, so like a True American Patriot™ I clicked the “Now I care” button because I could not be bothered to find a way to vote otherwise. So I guess I care about the Malibu now and... uh... George W. Bush is president...

Could be, it’s technically in the class above the Fit, subcompact vs compact. They may price it like a subcompact, but then at least here in the US people who what the cheapest set of wheels tend to go with sedans for some reason. Overall I think the core problem they have is that they are directly bringing over a…