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Steerable headlights? Been done...

How fat was that Topolino engine?

The roads are rarely smooth so you get the wheels bouncing which causes the "fighting" or wrestling with the wheel. Smoother roads allow smoother driving actions to keep the car where it needs to be.

They're constantly fighting to keep the car traveling in the correct direction. Which isn't usually the same thing as pointing in the "right" direction. You'll notice in this and other rally vids how the car is constantly slewing from one side to the other. This is to set up the car to drift thru the turn and then

This was my first slot car back in the '60s. It was then and still is one of the prettiest sports cars ever designed.

Here's mine.

Actually it was rarer than that, it was a PLYMOUTH Colt Turbo. The only year there was a Plymouth Colt. It was dark silver. Fit me like a glove as well. Unfortunately it began to be eaten by road salt and was rapidly deteriorating. But damn it was fast.

Ahh, the Dodge Colt TURBO with the 4x2 shifters. Perfect for autocrossing. You had the perfect gear for whatever corner came next. Won many an event by simply doping out what gear change to make. I could shift both shifters with one hand at the same time.

Phew! You made me run out to the garage for second to make sure it's still there.

Is this really unintended acceleration as in "The car simply started accelerating" or is it unintended continuing acceleration as in "I stepped on the throttle to accelerate and then it kept on accelerating after I lifted my foot"? Or as with many senior citizens "It started accelerating when I stepped on the 'brake'

This is what happens when people buy cars as investment tools. They take it out for a drive once and then park it hoping it'll be worth more later. Had a friend buy a TestaRossa and then park it for 10 years. Only miles put on it were from his son sneaking out when dad wasn't around.

Just for the record very few cyclists use steroids in the manner of other athletes such as Barry Bonds etc. Mostly EPO, and blood-banking were the major processes of choice. In cycling it's not about building huge muscles, it's about having your performance not deteriorate over a long multi-day race. Anything that

Yeah, I have to give big props to the Music Editor(s) for turning the ending into a bigger "F*ck Yeah" moment than it would've been otherwise. The use of "Gimme Shelter" gave me goosebumps leading up to the ending.

It was assumed to be signed off on by Jack Kennedy but in reality it only said "jk!"

Seriously? No one remembered the Gurney-Westlake V12?

Obviously no one here has seen Mike Hurst's Mustangs running in Rally America. His original '86 and then the 2010 he drives now. And fans of Press-on-Regardless will remember team Hairy Canary as well. Mustangs have been rallying for years.

It's amazing what you can do with poured concrete.

I was more moved by the music. Anyone know what that song is or by whom? Sounds a bit like Metric

You mean Walter Röhrl, right?

Already done. Read it last month. "Triggers" by Robert Sawyer