What? Almost ALL cars have the battery and the engine under the hood. Plus, now that I think about it, you also need a wrench to loosen the nuts that hold the cables to the battery terminals. So disconnecting the battery in the event of a car fire is not possible for 99% of the time because NOBODY carries that wrench…

I admit I don’t often peek under the hood of random cars, but there are literally 0 cars I’ve helped jump over the last several years where the battery and engine were separate.

I can’t remember the last time I worked on a car with the battery in the same compartment as the engine, and I own a shop.

his daily driver, which only had basic bolt-on modifications—rotors, calipers, suspension parts, wheels and tires, exhaust—and a mostly stock engine)

It beats up supercars and burns like ‘em too

#placesalonsowouldratherbe

Given their reliability in the last race, they probably still won’t win.

The only competition he will have is Toyota’s LMP1 reliability!

Agree... strongly. I am not sure why Alanis downplays the genetic influence here. Drivers are athletes. Genetics plays a large role. Reflexes, vision, physical size all play a role. Don’t discount the ability to “feel” the car. If you can’t feel the handling changes, it can’t be taught. If you can feel the changes,…

Everyone does this regardless of income levels, it just looks more obscene because all the numbers get much bigger. I’m able to shed a few thousand a year with smart deductions that are perfectly legal, and I guarantee that anyone here complaining would do the same if you had his money. These articles are beyond…

Exactly any complaint or anger shouldn’t be taken against the person utilizing gaps in the law. The anger should be against governments for allowing these loopholes.

Why are people surprised at this? Every rich person with a good accountant does this.

Sure?

For anyone that’s interested, because I was and did a little searching. Jim did his run using a somewhat modified ex-Kurt Busch NASCAR Dodge Charger superspeedway car. He maintained an average speed of 217.557 mph over 90 miles! And blew through the speed trap at 243.7 mph.

And here’s the upside down V engine from a Messerschmitt that was to power it, though the T80's displacement was larger then this:

For anyone interested but too lazy to gew-gul it... Wikipedia page

Here’s a couple pictures I took this morning of them arriving at the shop where the owner stores his cars. The red record holder was among them but I was in awe of it and didn’t get a picture.

Germans just name things efficiently.

#dressed

When your joke is identical to the joke used in the first sentence of the article, it becomes unfunny and unoriginal.