Indubitably. I can read that ‘ground speed check’ story that was everywhere for a while again and again and still grin. Might go do that right now...

Lost? Actually applies to both subject and target, that was the joke. I ride horses a little and have ridden some ex-racehorses. Fabulous when you let them run as fast as they can, not fun around cars... Also got a plate on a brutal motocross bike one time, and it was no fun at all around town. Stopping and starting…

That makes way more sense! I think in mph and read it as 160mph, my apologies. 160mph is unreasonable on pretty much every public road. Things get very different the faster you go, especially how long it takes to get rid of all that speed/energy. (100 in an 80 is pretty common stuff, but still shouldn’t be encouraged,…

You ever ride a racehorse in traffic? It sucks. Bad.

160? speed trap? Fines?

But mostly, I like working on cars, and rescuing a vehicle that would otherwise be scrapped soon due to deferred maintenance and poorly installed mods makes me feel good inside.

Plus, the ‘ground-effect’ (air pushing off the ground) reduces the amount of thrust needed. Might even improve responsiveness and control.

Yup. Falling out of the sky is pretty near the top of the list of ‘things that probably won’t end well’

Up ain’t across... Totally different deal.

Novelty? I literally (yes, literally) can’t believe it’s real (is it?) which pretty much puts it more into ‘revolutionary’ than ‘novelty’ in my book. Of all the recent ‘jet-pack’ attempts (that weird but cool fan-bike, the amazing Mr Rossi, etc.) this is hands down the most legit looking thing yet. That was the first…

Made me laugh pretty hard, you said ‘despite’

Your post was not ambiguous, sorry if I offended you. Being able to poke fun at each other is important, I understood your meaning and meant no disrespect.

Cool. Yeah I get where you’re coming from, for sure, and agree. The words you typed can be interpreted to say both things, though. Just being a wiseass! I’m a fan of Hamilton’s driving, but find his ‘media-presence’ and bitchiness pretty irritating. My take is that if Hammy can get kicked in the teeth for the next…

Yep. Using nonsense statistics to make a point is infuriating. Pro-tip: If the numbers are easy (5 and 500, for example) the stats are almost certainly useless.

Not sure if you meant to, but, you’re saying he’s so good his car has to break for others to beat him...

War memorials are supposed to be sombre sites. Burnouts at the Vietnam wall? Hell no.

I’d argue that the zero computers part is not strictly true.

What makes the Carrera so much better?

Nicely done.

Had forgotten about those. I remember seeing one on TV for the first time and being stunned/confused/amazed. They kicked ass. Giant Volvo brick wagons. Very stange indeed.