This was interesting...and the ideas on how to break things up and introduce some variety are probably good advice in general, not just specifically to slow down time. This was the first time I’d ever seen this overall premise, though: “Why does time pass so quickly as we age? Routine.” At least as explained here. My…

No ‘French Connection’, other than a movie with a chase scene inspired by it? Not only does it have one of the all time great chase scenes, but they actually disassemble a car looking for drugs, showing many of the parts and the dismembered carcass in several shots. Cool stuff!

Ever since all the manufacturers decided that cloth seats are evil, I have desperately wanted ventilated seats. Unfortunately, if they do have those available, they are NEVER on the Sport Seats, only blah, flat, kill-your-back seats. And, since all the manufacturers are also bastards who want to have a total of 4…

Huge fat tires, giving oodles of mechanical grip...no aero ‘turbulence’ and ‘dirty air’ messing with the handling...drivers attempting outrageous passes that should, according to the laws of physics, completely not work yet somehow pulling them off...being able to get up right next to the track to the point you can…

As another nation with rather stringent driver education and testing requirements, I’d be curious what a similar poll performed in Germany would show. While, anecdotally, Germans are rather engineering focused and accepting, my guess is there will be a similar level of mistrust. And my theory is that they are more…

This is my favorite example to bring up when people ask why F1 always seems to have a hard time in the US...it’s NOT because of the fans here, it’s because the FIA goes out of its way to insult the fans here. We’re ‘not worthy’ of their elite racing series, or something.

There are so many....Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Sterling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, Graham Hill...racers, yes, but also gentlemen. There were other racers I respected as racers (Ayrton, AJ Foyt, Alain Prost), but could either be whiny b!tches or over-testosteroned jackasses a lot of the time, overshadowing so much of the…

“$1500 dealer prep fee.”

See, that’s it...that is exactly it! So many people have this idea that every single movie has to be ‘Citizen Kane’ or something, and sometimes you just want a bit of mindless entertainment...and sometimes you want it to be a bit less mindless, but still just entertainment.

Why don’t they just make the tests, I don’t know....BETTER?

Haven’t watched the video yet as it’s actually been a busy day, but the headline immediately made me think of something...

Stacey David did one of these on his show...the one before Gearz...but at least he painted it a lovely blue, and he put a better motor in it. IIRC, the wheels were terrible (didn’t match the car), but otherwise it was pretty sweet. This one is not that.

The ‘70s were the worst EVERYTHING when it comes to automobiles. Worst design, worst engineering, worst materials, worst marketing (which often went with what was laughably called ‘design’), worst quality...just, the worst. Vehicle technology in the US was completely stagnant...hell, even the ‘small’ cars were just…

My own grandfather was still driving when he was essentially blind. He memorized the eye chart the DMV used. He didn’t really stray from his one route, and his horrifying claims of “The car knows where to go.” just blew me away...finally refused to talk to my mother until she took his keys away, and it STILL took her…

Meant to get to vehicle inspections in my own rant and got carried away and forgot. People think it is silly, and they decry the ‘inconvenience’, but at least there were some basic safety checks, and it wasn’t about emissions alone.

My knee-jerk reaction to just the opening paragraph of this was, “DUH!” But you did make me think a little...everybody thinks they are a great driver, and some of those poor souls even cite their excellent DL test results. Supposedly, at the time I got my license, NJ was one of the better states, and our test was an…

Way back when, my grandparents had a restaurant and they used to make a butter for steaks using garlic and Maggi. That additive is our ‘secret ingredient’ in pretty much every meat dish (and many others), because it is just supercharged umami. At Asian markets, you can even find the old version with MSG that they…

I’ve been playing driving games since Test Drive on the Amiga...and one thing I’ve ALWAYS wanted was a game where I could just...drive around. I like driving, and riding my motorcycle, and sometimes I can’t...so the ability to just drive through beautiful scenery and on good, well engineered, roads is something I’ve…

So many things these days are mildly annoying or irksome...but this has me absolutely FURIOUS. The idiocy is just...I can’t even.

Bottas is certainly quite good, but he is inconsistent. I don’t believe he has ‘Champion’ in him...race winner and pole sitter, obviously, but he doesn’t provide the consistent results and, perhaps more importantly, seems unable to pull the team around him. Yes, a lot of that is because the team is quite focused on…