Carbon fiber is usually pointless, but isn't a carbon fiber WRAP just idiotic? Why, why, why?

Audi RS4 Avant. Fast. Practical. Quatro. What else do you need?

Re: Adam-Scott: Palm. Forehead.

Help me, Jebus!

I'm a lifelong The Simpsons fan and I've always thought that the quote was "sea bell", as in the reference to the sea bell in The Birds. I stand corrected. My whole world has been shaken to the core. Now I don't know what to think.

Is this going to make it possible to afford my dream garage while avoiding the terrible stigma of (gasp) a kit car replica?

Was this the interceptor that used liquid or solid stage rockets to get it up to altitude to take on allied bombers, then was supposed to glide back for landing?

How about the Harrier? While it's been a very successful fighter, it was designed and built before the days of fly-by-wire, meaning the pilots are making all the direction inputs straight to hydraulically controlled flight surfaces and exhausts. I have a friend who flies the harrier for the US Marines and he describes…

Supporting a friend's decision to build/rebuild/modify/etc a car should invoke the same logic as supporting your friend's decision regarding girlfriends/boyfriends/spouses/pets/etc. If it makes them happy, then by all means go for it. If it makes them miserable, poor, and lonely, then tell 'em to drop it.

I saw an Aventador on the streets of Birmingham, MI the other day. My wife's reply: "Is that a fucking Transformer?"

With great power, comes great rebounding.

Without more information about his preferences, this is a tough decision. And I'll go out on a limb and say that the GTI has some great things going for it. It's comfortable, reliable, under warranty, 90% of the time it is just as fun as the BMW/Porsche, and far more practical (with the limited exception of the…

tear the roof of that sucker!

That's no moon!

Though they were never built at scale, the Allies during WWII toyed with the idea of making aircraft carriers, cargo ships and troop transports out of Pykrete (a mixture of wood pulp/binder and ice). The idea was that the ships could be built on a massive scale, were easier and cheaper than building out of steel, and…

KJU is 29 years old, did not serve as a pseudo-apprentice for decades like his father did to KJS and has no military training or experience, unlike his father and KJS. KJU is absolutely aware of the inferiority if his military compared to either SK or SK's allies. He is attempting to bolster his military credentials…

I think Vincent Vega put it best:

not on the concept vehicle.

My wife's 2005 Jeep Liberty had a recall on the rear lower control arm for "excessive corrosion, possibly leading to failure." She read that on the recall notice and then refused to drive the car for almost a month while I got the repair scheduled with Chrysler. I kept telling her that the car was perfectly safe and…

I know. The Vauxhall is none of these. But, maybe, if they make solid wagons again and introduce a couple "halo" wagons like these, it will bring back the daily driver wagon as the preferred family car. Fuck it. What can I say . . . I want more wagons. By hook or by crook.