I remember seeing these when they came out and yeah, it’s just a Golf... but they’re one of those cars that just makes you smile.

Nah, I ran into one in a hospital parking garage and it was fantastic. Guy had vanity plates that read something like “MYS2000". Finally caught up to him at a light one day. He’s going on his 2nd motor rebuild because he puts stupid miles on it and just loves it so much he doesn’t want to drive anything else.

Not the safest thing to be in.

You can toss that micro brew dark ale into the tub to wash your feet my friend. If you had that kind of coin I can tell you from sampling some on a very few occasions that vintage champagne (the stuff from France that is good enough to stand on its own), preferably something pink (it’s not sweet) is the way to go…

That’s not a photoshop, google John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant for the full story.  I’ve had friends from out of town go visit it because they like John Oliver that much.  I occasionally (unfortunately) have to go there... smells lovely on certain days.

Had a similar experience where I live. First they ripped up the road for some repair. They repaved the whole damn thing and it was GREAT! They like 6 months later they absolutely DESTROYED an entire section to put in new mains to upgrade the sewer treatment plant (currently dedicated to John Oliver) but that project…

Haven’t heard of them before, but while previewing songs listened to “Queen for a Day”, you ain’t joking about the vocals. I’ll listen to the rest on the way to band practice tonight.

Yeah, that’s probably not possible. Especially for those 400 and 500 mile races. F1 averages 190 miles per race and they’ve been pushing hybrid powertrains for a while. NASCAR is running a 5.8 liter naturally aspirated motor while F1 is running a 1.6 liter turbocharged hybrid.  Jalopnik covered why the modern F1 setup…

9 meter wide cutting width! Says it’s a ‘forage harvester’ and I found a used 2017 model for the modest asking price of $217k.

Ooohhh boy! It’s a slippery slope we’re on now! Next thing they’ll allow is separate crews for each tire (like F1) and then everyone’s sitting around just waiting for the car to finishing chugging fuel from the giant can. That’ll lead to some genius pressurizing the refueling rigs and we’re back to watching teams…

And as the human who suggested AVUS, I’m sticking to my guns on this one. Yeah, we can all watch the old movies of unfortunate drivers flying off that enormous banked wall and dying in the grass on the other side, which would firmly plant this track in the very dangerous, probably gonna kill you realm. Making it,…

Pretty sure that’s not true. I’ve seen a few crashes in Monaco that benefited from additional crash structures that weren’t there in the past.

I just looked up F1 track stats. Isle of Man anything is super dangerous.

That’s not a slot car set up?

Those two were also terrible in their own way. But google the AVUS track, it’s literally 2 long straights with a 180 degree turn at either end.  That’s the track. 

That latter part is also true in the U.S. You would pretty much have to run a light in front of a cop and even then it’s probably a flip of a coin if the officer would actually ticket the cyclist. The ‘Merican thinking on that would be 1) the cyclist probably learned their lesson and 2) the law is the LAW (and I’ve…

I’ll just focus on F1 tracks, the worst just based on historic tracks that look SUPER boring would be AVUS (Germany, 1959) and Zeltweg Airfield (Austria, 1964), looks like LONG straights and a couple of corners.

My father had great advice for this situation, specifically if you were running late to work. Don’t rush, you’re already late. Accept that, pull over, relax. This does 2 things, first it helps you relax and second, it makes sure there’s no possible way you can beat the clock so you’re not speeding or doing something…

Well, you’re going to need a way to watch the races first. Figure that one out and then work on the other stuff. Cost: Monthly cable bill (EXPENSIVE), find a streaming service that carries ESPN (varies) and then there’s F1 TV $80 a year for live... shoot, looks like EVERYTHING that the actual F1 live feed is made up…

Well... the original post is from 2016... but what we need is a follow up on that Astra. Putting gasoline (or Petrol) into a diesel does a few bad things that won’t be detected until much later. Detonation is one of them. Destroying the pistons just a wee little bit so they are no longer the correct size and they…