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Yes, exactly that. Another way to describe power is force times velocity. So if two cars have the same mass and aerodynamic drag, and they’re both going the same speed, the one that makes more power at that instant will have greater acceleration at that instant - it has nothing to do with torque. The VW in the video…

Good job Jason, you already made it to #3 in the search results!

I went to the Detroit auto show this year for work, and met up with a friend afterwards. We ended up hanging out until about midnight... when I got back to my car, the parking garage was closed. No signs anywhere listing the hours. I spent about an hour outside of the building, trying to figure out how to break in. I…

Yeah, I’m absolutely considering RD/RZ350, but the main appeal to me of the smaller-motored RDs is their weight. I think RD125 is just a little over 200lb if you strip some of the extraneous stuff off of it. And with good tuning, you should be able to have a reasonably quick bike.

Most any light-weight moderately-powered 2-stroke really gives me the fizzy feeling:

Yeah, I agree with you, see my other replies for more of my opinion, if you’d like.

Where did I say it was the fault of the person getting rear-ended? Oh, I didn’t. Since I also didn’t explicitly state that the driver of the car that hit the Google car at 17mph was at fault, that person was definitely at fault. My point though was about the attitude we should have while driving — that we will ALWAYS…

I love working on my BMW M20 6-cylinder engine. Things that seem daunting are shockingly easy once you do them. I can adjust 12 valves in 15~20 minutes. 10ish 10mm nuts for the valve cover, 4mm allen wrench for the eccentrics, and 8mm wrench for the nut on the eccentric bolt. Crack the nut loose, slip your feeler…

I don’t disagree with you. My point though is that unfortunately due to the stupidity and negligence of others, if we really want to keep ourselves as safe as possible, we have to try and plan for such stupidity and negligence. If you keep an attitude of “there’s ALWAYS something I can do to keep from being in a…

Look at them drive on that hotwheels track!!! The cars are so fun!!!!11

What you said is true, is correct. I don’t disagree with you. The driver behind is definitely at fault. What I’m saying doesn’t have anything to do with that, though. All you can do as a driver is to make sure you don’t mess up the things you’re in control of, and prepare as best you can for the things that are out of…

It’s definitely reasonable, but in these specific circumstances wasn’t enough to avoid getting rear-ended. The way you drive safer is by looking at those “no other options, unavoidable” scenarios and challenge yourself to figure out how you, as the victim of someone else’s carelessness, could have done something,…

I honestly never thought of that method... I like it :)

I’d personally follow the plug manufacturers recommendations... and chances are, that repair manual will give the same process if the OEM plugs have crush-gaskets.

FWD is fun too.

Most important is keeping your following distance so that you can slow gradually, instead of suddenly. Clearly in the video the driverless car is pretty close to the one in front of it, wasn’t able to stop gradually, didn’t have room to get out of the way. By the time it stopped, it couldn’t avoid getting rear-ended,…

Tree???

By the nature of their material composition, it’s still a terrible idea to use one, especially outside, and especially when you use them more than once. You should never, ever use cinderblock. You’d be much safer stacking up wood if you don’t have/can’t afford jackstands. And honestly, wood is probably safer than some…

Pretty much every spark plug I’ve ever used has a crush washer, and doesn’t have a torque spec. Get it finger tight, then go an addition 2/3 of turn.