He’s got a large collection of Dale Earnhardt commemorative plates to protect. Do you know how much those are worth?

It can be used to run the ICE when it would normally be running on battery alone. The purpose of that is to not have to hear that annoying EV sound generator noise.

Benetton also used a viscous front differential in their ‘99 F1 car, which reduced front brake lock up, though it was a bit finicky in regards to tuning the fluid for the front wheel speed differential in turns to a given course. Anyway, the point is that—even unpowered—there is some possible benefit from AWD under…

Another brilliant idea that I’m sure that will never get washed out by sunlight.

The features only light up when they’re available, like, as long as you’ve kept up with your subscriptions for those options. Disposable junk for debtors.

The MG F was RWD—rear mid-engined, even—though that certainly would have been a unique choice were it RME and FWD.

In a real emergency, none of those options are worth shit, but I wouldn’t expect anything but incompetence.

I use mine as a daily and the only thing besides the rear seats being only for emergencies that makes it much less practical than my Focus hatch is that I can’t put racks on the aluminum roof. The rear seat area and folding seat make it far more useful than I expected. There’s not much that I can’t fit in it that I…

WTF kind of shit is this? Is this site only rage bait now? Fine, I’ll bite. Oh, the poor moron just wants to assault the flight attendant and open the door of a plane mid flight, but you might find out that daddy didn’t hug him enough and that trauma built up over the years so he gets extreme anxiety whenever he…

Having been on the receiving end of this kind of thing, this is why I never buy other people random stuff that goes with their hobbies. If they have a gift list, great, but if not, they get a gift card and I am happy to receive them myself. On the one hand, I understand the idea that they seem lazy, but in lieu of a…

Even with all those obnoxious active safety features. Not surprised to see the CRV so high as a model, only that it wasn’t even higher and was broken down to specify the hybrid version when most of them are not. They come in two kinds: old ones lowered onto Pep Boys finest on-sale wheels and blue tint headlights being …

Neat in that OTT ‘80s way and would be fun to see at a show, but even without the price difference, I’d rather own the stock pillarless hardtop where all the windows open than lose that for gullwing doors.

While I get the idea of being against cursing in interviews and such as a stand for professionalism in a business that is meant to have global appeal of all ages, in general, anyone I’ve ever met or known about who makes a big deal about other people swearing has used that concocted outrage to try to deflect attention…

Anyone who feels better about it stopping some unspecified 9mm isn’t in danger. I imagine a targeting assassin is going to use something with more power and most mass shooters seem to use rifles. I guess it could still slow or deflect a more powerful round, but so does glass and it could deflect the wrong way. To also…

I love teak, but it’s an odd choice of wood for this. The natural oils that make it weather and insect resistant also make it difficult to glue. What works well is to clean it with a solvent, like acetone, and use epoxy. That’s even more work and money than a more appropriate choice of wood. No surprise some of it is…

First, it’s been on sale forever. Almost any car that old would be dropping sales, but sports cars are especially prone to it as they sell a lot on novelty/fashion as well. People who can afford a toy can likely afford something a lot more expensive and the rest can’t afford a toy. What doesn’t help the Miata…

As someone who has seen people I care about assaulted and die slowly (unrelated incidents), had 30 years of PTSD, nearly starved to death, and had plenty of times they assumed they were looking at death from violence and sudden medical problems, for some of us, it’s the relatively little things that are the worst.…

I think I experienced this behind what I thought was an asshole in a Model Y on the highway yesterday where they seemed to hammer the brake instead of slowing at a normal rate when traffic slowed a bit. This was after last year when I encountered several Teslas that I thought were weirdly brake-checking me on a…

I assume by his whining about not getting engagement that he’s a social media parasite.

Without windows, it’s a toy, and putting windows in is difficult at best (unless they’ve done a redesign recently), you’re not building one for anywhere near $11k, and it’s their lowest quality kit, so it would take a lot of work to just bring it up to British Leyland standards. One has to ask with these things:…

I had a friend who got a straight-cut race box for his street car. I warned him about the noise and he basically dismissed me as being a wuss. After maybe a week with it, he had a built helical box on order.