4x4 or 6x6?  They first popped onto my radar when wandering around, of all places, their hometown of Graz, AT.  Despite the general hate for the swing axle, their driveline/suspension system is just so unique that I love them from a pure engineering perspective.  Plus, they’re air cooled!  Checks all of the unique…

Oh yea, like I said above, humvees are probably the cheapest way to get portals, but theirs are also the least interesting, IMO. C303s and Unimogs are more prevalent (I think?), but the Pinzs definitely win the unique award. Each wheel gets its own ring gear. How crazy is that!

If someone just wants the axles, ‘mog…

As a fellow appreciator of portals, “cheap” options are limited. The humvee is the definitely the easiest way to get them in the US, but double A-arm ports just don’t have the same flair about them as portal solid axles. A Unimog or C303 are probably the easiest ways into them, but the Pinzgauers also get a nod for…

I gave my colleague Clay, a former engineer from Chrysler, a ride, and he was just as impressed.

The right of weigh(t).

1st: Are people finally beginning to see through Subie’s “We’re the eco-friendly company” marketing BS when their cars get comparatively abysmal MPG and wind up dying “early” deaths, putting more vehicles in the scrapper and driving demand for more new-production? Their message isn’t even “our cars are good”, it’s all…

Yea, I think this was grossly overlooked by the article and commenter above.  Busses ain’t cheap.  Not sure if this one can be repaired, but that can’t be assessed until it’s out of the valley.  Plus the environmental concerns carry a $ figure, too.  Makes total sense to haul it out as carefully and quickly as…

Does every sector have all of the same equipment and access points to clear a crash, though? I genuinely don’t know. If you’ve got to bring in a crane from S1, a flatbed from S2, and scoop something up at the end of S2, as the repair truck comes around from somewhere else to repair the barriers, it might not be as…

Agreed.  He didn’t hold the lead position going into the chicane, but drove into it nonetheless like the apex was his.  That said, it’s not like the Pfaff car hit the apex itself...  Definitely overcooked it a bit into the first right hander of the chicane.

Designating the passing zones is tough, though you could probably make reasonable guesses.  But where someone crashes out is never a given and where equipment can/does enter is also a variable.  It’d definitely be easier to find a secluded DRS zone away from the crash, once the field has bunched up, to initiate the…

Hey David Tracy, you see all that rust?  I have a bridge to sell you.

Glad I’m not the only one to appreciate the e46! The clock’s not set and he’s got nearly 198k mi on that thing. And the SES light is on, but only yellow, so not like PARTS ARE GRENADING levels of emergent.  Typical older BMW state of affairs.

TBF, F1 is going from 13" wheels to 18s this year.

Please, for the love of all things XJ, slather those new bolts in as much anti-seize as you can pack in there between the new bolt and bushing sleeve.

8÷6 ≠ a whole number

My car is a 2008 Honda Fit Sport with 88,000 miles; what has been replaced from almost a decade of ownership, in no certain order: the battery, alternator, air conditioning compressor, left front suspension (the spring broke somehow?), spark plugs, water pump, tires, drive belt, brake pads/rotors/shoes (many times),…

My 30s attempt at Google’ing says that the LLVs have 121 cu.ft. of cargo volume. The Rivi-vans are 500, 700, and 900 cu.ft.

Let’s be honest... We all know both of those cars are going to continue to drive around metro Detroit looking just like they do in your photos above.

Really? I bought an F150 in early-mid 2018. MSRP around $45k, I paid $25k for 50k mi and CPO. Just ticked over 100k mi now and it’s still around the same price on the used market (discounting inflation and all of that jazz). But $20k off sticker for 2 years old, CPO, and 50k mi doesn’t quite seem to track with your…

This is what a lot of the disgruntled comments are missing. Not many people WANT to live/work/play/etc. near this site. The surrounding neighborhoods don’t look to be blocks of nothingness like other parts of the city, though (could be good - inhabited, could be bad - abandoned, not yet torn down).  It’s still 9-10mi…