“in high school, there were a LOT of kids who were scared to death of driving”

I understand that the provenance of this specific example is fucked, but as far as “real value” ... under 8 grand for a hot-rodded TransAm seems rather fair to me if it runs reliably and any obvious issues can be easily rectified for relatively low cost.

Are we sure that the author (or that Zapata dude) translated properly? If those are jet engines, then shouldn’t their power output be rated as pounds of thrust, not “horsepower”?

I like the A-10 more than any other fixed wing craft in our military inventory (my absolute fav is the Super Cobra), but this Tucano looks like a capable bird. I can’t be bothered to search out and read all the (probably) bazillions of pages of tech specs and engineering jargon, but I wonder how it compares to the…

Thing’s a gawddamned turd

I was a renter for years as a young adult, became a homeowner after marriage, became a renter again after divorce.

I’m not saying that any lawsuits (if there are any) about that shifter are valid, however, I am saying that the shifter is poorly designed. As you might have judged from my comment that they “failed to idiot proof” it.

Can they recall cars because the drivers are morons?

It was fun but it didn’t last. I bought it used, and used it up in the 2 years I had it. A previous owner had put a faux-Hurst T-handle shifter in place of the stock PRNDL between the front seats, and it reversed the pattern (park was at the bottom instead of the top) and the linkages were sketchy as all get out and…

My first car was a 76 Dodge Aspen R/T ... 318 cid v8, 2bbl carb, probably less than 150 hp when new ... I can assure everyone here that the R/T was (is?) the most desirable version of the Aspen ever produced (like it’s twin, the Plymouth Volare Roadrunner) and even if you could find one in perfect condition nowadays,…

A thought just occurred to me ... I’ve never seen any of these crash test videos that show how a vehicle responds to a massive impact from the rear ... imagine one of those periodic freeway fog-related pileups ... maybe you successfully stopped before hitting the moron who stopped in the lane in front of you, but…

I think you should work on your similes / metaphors. Gladiatoral? Racing? Seriously?

you are ok with your wife losing everything you both have because she can no longer financially afford it, lose her dignity, all after losing you? Each life has a value, and at the bare minimum it is our projected income and contribution to society.

some teen decides to show off n wraps himself and 3 friends around a tree.. do they sue the drivers parents for whatever change they can dig out of their couch?

As much as I dislike the Yaris (because it is ugly as well being as a cheap shitbox), that is the most rational and reasonable control & display configuration I’ve ever seen. Of course, the biggest upside is all the actual physical controls (buttons and knobs) rather than fucking worthless, inherently unergonomic, and…

Profit? I didn’t see anything about Nostalrius charging players anything. If they did, then I agree they were in the wrong. But if they were running it for free (or even if asking for non-required donations because it actually costs money to run a server) then I don’t think that Blizzard is being reasonable.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Come over to the dark side.

in 2016, Tesla is a sexier and more hyped up brand than Chevrolet—perhaps unfairly so.

You realize that using the inches mark (“) followed by the abbreviation for inches (‘in’) is redundant? Unless your use of ‘in’ was not intended to be an abbreviation of the word ‘inches’, but the use of the preposition, in which case your statement makes no sense at all.

I do not understand this line: