Vettel should have been on the horn to his manager as soon as he heard Perez was sick, or just walked down the pit lane, walked into the Racing Point garage and sat in the car and yelled “I’m here!”. The time to opt out of his contract was in that 24 hour period before they got the Hulk to fill in. Take whatever they…

I say leave it, it shows you’re used to failure and want to upgrade.  Change the user name to something like “Sebastian Vettel” and keep your passport in your pocket at all times.

Judging by where the CL ad shows the car for sale and the pictures in it, the worst part is that this car is for sale in the Rowayton area of Norwalk.  So not only did the seller let their car go to shit... they have plenty of money to be able to afford to live there so there’s no excuse.

This seems to be an ongoing issue with some Tesla vehicles. Found this,

Saw it happen to a coworker’s BMW, except the ‘little curb contact’ was someone incorrectly assuming that AWD and anti-lock brakes were somehow magical on an icy, downhill road. They also had the wheel turned so that it hit the curb for direct lateral loading and one of the control arms just shattered. I did the same…

Also, when Vettel puts the rear end of the car where the front should be if he could only NOT behave like a toddler and immediately smoke the entire life out of his tires he would have a much better chance to get back toward the front. But no, it’s like there’s a button on the steering wheel in his car for a spinout…

Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski & Sulloway, “Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition,”, 2003. Bit of a dry read unless you’re really into that sort of thing, but there’s a nice, short on it here,

Yeah, just had to look this up to see if there was any sort of explanation on where the socialism in ‘national socialism’ came from... didn’t get too far when it is explained that it’s just a ‘far right form of nationalism with a disdain for liberal democracy’... so not sure how they arrived at that name but it kinda…

Well that’s an easy answer... to set off car alarms in parking lots.

My wife just saw this last night and I had to explain to her that she would probably recognize Tyson if she saw him today, but she would also be questioning what year she had been transported to.

I get it... he’s an ass-clown... but does he really have to push the point with those garish shoes? If you don’t hate him already for being Matt Gaetz, you have good reason to hate him just for his choice of footwear.

Just googled it, a new Freightliner cab, not a sleeper, with a Cummins will run you $77k before taxes and any other fees like IFTA or registration. Same cab with a Detroit Diesel will run $129k, with a sleeper $159k.

I don’t think it would work that way. In 2007 when McLaren were found to be in possession of Ferrari drawings, the entire season’s points were taken away from the team. That would be the precedent the FIA would use in this very similar scenario. If it’s found that Racing Point has Mercedes drawings or exactly copied…

Have you not seen the impact the pandemic induced economic dumpster fire has had on the trucking industry? No one will be rushing out to purchase a new truck any time soon regardless of how much cheaper it’ll be to run.

You need to drive one to understand.  I still miss my 2010 Jetta TDI.  Fantastic car that got 40 mpg with my foot firmly planted on the GO pedal.  I drove one from CT to Baltimore and back without refueling.  Not needing to fill up as often is a nice thing these days.

It might be dirty, but everyone eats. If you have a large enough population density that eats and you sell food it makes perfect corporate sense to make sure you have a location that’s open to sell food. It also makes tons of sense to make sure that the employees of that business in that location are representative of…

I’ve been attempting to convince the wife we need a couple of gardens, especially on the hilly parts I don’t want to mow. She wants to know what I’ll be planting... broken glass. Keeps assholes and their pets outta my yard, doesn’t require much maintenance.

That’s ok, I keep reading it as “Vauxhall”, a British auto manufacturer.

If he’s anything like me, he’s occasionally getting pounded by spam callers and outsourced ‘headhunters’ that just pull up your linked in and monster profiles and try to get you to into the “job of your dreams”. Number shows up as Austin, TX but an Indian guy is on the other end, Newark, NJ - Indian guy (same job),…

Just googled images of the bridge... while it may not fall down without some help, traffic going over it may start falling into the river.