Minor detail, but you probably mean CH-46.

They converted that branch of Toyota into something called "Scion," where they make mostly annoying cars for annoying people.

I would support this being the primary role of motorcycle police.

There is probably some connection to the increasing reliance on contracted aircraft (many of them privately owned), including a couple of SU-27s that were recently imported and refurbished. These aggressor squadrons are a relic from a previous age when these planes were unavailable. If you've got the capital to buy a…

FYI, 99% of LS swaps come from f-bodies and GTOs. Corvettes are a poor place to go since most people start with a whole tranny and engine pull-out and the Corvette setup ain't gonna work. Plus Corvette accessories don't fit. So yeah, no need to embellish the swaps by touting swaps from Corvettes. The only people that…

Anyone who thinks Mazda won't have a retractable hard top are out of their minds—the PRHT outsells the soft top currently. The only thing up in the air is whether a) it will be available right away or on the second model year, and b) if will be *manually* retractable and/or powered. Mazda has a recent patent on a…

Or like they have.. with every Miata ever? (with the possible exception of the MSM, but that was powered pretty modestly, too)

In the mid-size I4 arena, the Ecoboost engines are derived from the Duratec series which are derived (more like rebadged) from MZRs. That's why it was pretty natural for Mazda to use Ford for some engine production, since they've got all the tooling since they've been using Mazda designs for their mid-size I4s for a…

People who drive Miatas don't turn their heads to check blind spots. They adjust their mirrors properly and use those. If you turn your head, you're just staring at canvas.

Hard to justify shaving every last gram and then tack on an extra ~40lbs in useless exhaust. They were heavily panned for doing that on the NC.

The 2.3L turbo in the MS3/MS6/CX-7 is direct injection (and good for 300hp easily). But Mazda has been adamant about abandoning the MZR line of engines. They didn't even make them anymore for the last MS3s (farmed it out to Ford).

The current Miata weighs > 2500 lbs, so losing 200 lbs (220 even) would not put it near 2100 lbs. The ND will come in around 2350, which is still awesome. You don't need to say silly things like 2100 lbs.

Yeah, by the age those children are at (particularly the older two), there is absolutely no reason for them to be talking that way. So either this dealer doesn't give a shit about getting his children the help they need, or he's using them to make fun of kids with fucked up speech.

This method of control was used again (successfully) in 2003 when a DHL A300 was hit by a shoulder-fired missile while taking off from Baghdad, causing a complete loss of hydraulics. They had the additional inconvenience of a steady fuel leak on one wing.

Eh, you can get airbags for most cars on ebay in the $50-100 range.. as long as you don't mind having an airbag that will only probably work.

Except a 97 Civic uses first-gen airbags, which use rather crude (simple!) impact sensors to deploy airbags at full-force. Second-gen airbags (generally 99+) use accelerators to discern impact force and probably would not have deployed—and if they did, would have deployed at a much lower force level.