Let me see... I recently got myself a 2014 Mirage. Basic model, 5-speed manual, 74 bhp, 74 lb-ft, weighs less than a ton. I should be suffering, right? Nope. If I'm in the mood, I can go zipping through traffic, revving the 3-cylinder engine hard (loves to rev), upshifting, downshifting. Handling can get a bit hairy…

Just my (limited) experience with driveline design talking. Of course it depends on the vehicle but from what I've seen, often the (or one of the) main design limiting factor is often the CV joint. If you allow too high of an angle, it will wear the joint faster if you are at full lock often (city drivng, for…

Everyone has their pet peeves. Unsurprisingly, two are shared by a lot of American drivers: Tailgating and left lane hogging. There's no word on if the people who hate tailgating are left lane hoggers.

My point was that in general FWD cars have worse turning radii due to CV joint angular limitations, but yours makes sense too.

Goodness I love me some RK's

That was apparent from the car's specs, too. At the show it boasted a turbocharged 660 cc engine with just 67 horsepower and a CVT gearbox. On the plus side, the S660 weighed less than 2,000 pounds in concept form, so it doesn't need much power to party.

"(This is) not your grandmother's test track," said Peter Sweatman, director of U-M's Transportation Research Institute. "It's a simulation of dense complex urban vehicle operation. It's designed to test connect and automated vehicles and to develop test procedures that will help us get there faster." The 32-acre…

Why? Because front CV joints.

Are you as cool as your dad? This may seem like a silly question, as you're an accomplished female racer, meaning you've likely had to endure more obstacles than most male drivers, thank making you very cool.

" It has to do with the stiffness of the chassis and aggressive setup of the suspension." I was referring to that statement. Neither of those explains the difference between a Miata and a Diablo in terms of snap-oversteeryness. You can set up a Miata with a very aggressive suspension and it will still be more stable…

Ohhhhh I think I've met this guy!!!! 99% sure I hung out with him (and a bunch of other people) in East Lansing.

But it does not address the difference between a Miata and a Diablo in tendency to snap oversteer... And I'm not talking about the power difference.

Don't enter into a one-sided relationship that demands all of your time and doesn't respect your own needs, hobbies and interests. I got a bit offended at a commenter on the Jezebel article who mentioned "making" her significant other sell their awesome project car. I'm sure there was more to the story than a short…

I touched on this earlier with the fangirl match-made-in-heaven example, but really, you're likely with someone who likes some of the same things you do. If that's doin' trackrat things with your friends, congratulations, you hit the car guy jackpot and your vehicle is a built-in opportunity to do stuff together.

I don't think there will be too much restructuring, and almost certainly no "interviewing". I think roles may change a bit, but they already do every couple years as it is (promotions, transfers/rotations, growing responsibility and trust from Japan in the US side of Toyota). Everyone will be asked to stay, no one is…

I don't have much insight on how things work at the executive level, as a grunt myself. Essentially this was a very small group of executives working in secret for this initiative.

Trying to find your post now!

Taxes, culture, the proximity of In-N-Out burgers?

Haha, we're working on it!! (well, the Jalops in the office, at least). Glad you caught my joke, I was afraid I'd get taken seriously.

This this this. I feel the same way about the bans on ROTC on some Ivy League or similar campuses. "We're banning it because it's an intolerant organization" is what you get instead of "we allow it because we know we're the most capable of enacting change in the organization's atmosphere/philosophy." I think that…