Oh yeah, L.A. here; went to get gas for my mom who didn’t want to do the waiting. Drove around looking for an open gas station, ended up having to actually borrow money to refill the tank partially to get back home. Nothing like a Nixon to ruin your weekend.

While most of the “concepts” you mention are really just chaff, the cylinder deactivation technique that GM developed in WW2 is used today by a number of OEMs. Honda has used variations quite extensively since the ‘90s and MB, Ford, Mazda, and VW have done iterations as well. The Cadillac Northstars even have coolant…

Yeah, I think the only advantage is that BC dropped them only on a few specific targets so they were easier to track. Although there were a few that got dumped by damaged Lancs so who knows what happened to those.....

110lbs? Small change compared to that Brit HC4000 they found in the middle of Frankfurt a couple of years ago. If that thing went off, there’d be some serious damage with 4000lbs of Amatol. IIRC, the blast effect was so big that the minimum(!) drop altitude was something like 6000 feet. Sheezus.....

It’s not delayed but Index is so for all intents and purposes it is delayed. Why one would put down $1600-1800 bucks for an Index from 3rd party retailer is beyond me. I’ll just wait until sanity occurs....

I just hope for a solid story; doesn’t need to have big explosions or lasers or super-fancy special fx. Just a solid story and decent realworld fx. That’s it. 

I wish that they'd  release some new map sections,, I know they're  working on a new game but it seems like HND would work great for including new sections from indie shops...

From using my wifes’ Lexus RXs (2009-2018 versions), I’ve found that the controller is actually an impediment for me. It’s quite notchy and forces me to look at the screen while using it to be effective. No fun while in motion. The steering wheel buttons are actually a bit easier to use because they are actually…

Are we sure that they intended to create a specific “Boeing” culture? Because it’s far more clear that the Douglas culture was being imported. The moment the move to Chicago was being considered Boeing was in trouble. Actually before that even when Condit and
Stonecipher went in they were in trouble. Why anyone would…

Ahh, the good old days before dialup transitioned fully to DSL. Bzzz, boing boing....

Ummmm, the history of modern computers is the history of email. Take a look at CompuServe, it had email way back in 1989....

I resemble that as a true Cheeto lover! You are insulting the good name of chemically flavored products! Take your tangerine tantrum back and put it into the blue trash bag it belongs in...

That’d be from the Rubicon-class, yes?

Ooooh, now that’s a sensitive subject....don’t know about anyone else but how do you think about cars that use a mouse controller like the Lexus?

Hey, he’s trying to pass as one of the the mass...

Great article and pix. Both of those cars are nice but what I’d really like is a Heritage Now edition Xk140/150 with properly setup disk brake systems and a 6 speed overdrive transmission and a simple engine ecu to manage efficiency and startup.

Ahh, but for those not of the manual persuasion, they can turn it into a crashbox...

The Spits came standard with front discs, there ‘s not much load on the back so drums were fine there. It had pretty good stopping power but it was important to just keep going because the smaller engines were farm motors (1147cc, 1296cc, and a heavily smogged 1500cc) and very low on power. So the trick was to keep…

Yup, I used to have drive a buddies 1967 Ford F100 for going to the races. 1st was really just for bumpstarting when the clutch started going. The rest of the time 2nd was it. 

Man, stop overstating. A car like that means you just have to lower your expectations. A ‘60-70s era muscle car with drum brakes has to be driven like a ‘60-’70s car with drum brakes. Anyone who drives a car from an earlier era must adjust to that eras’ requirements. If I had my b-i-ls’ fathers Model A, I wouldn’t be…