The McDonalds flag is not the flag of the United States of America, as appropriate as it would seem.

It was a political statement. The same sign of respect and loss given to deceased public servants, servicemen and servicewomen, and on days or remembrance was used as a political statement. It’s trashy and disrespectful. It was far from appropriate.

No person at that institution has the authority to lower the US flag to half-staff. I would say it was disrespectful to do so after the presidential election.

Stupidest thing I did to my CJ3A was a Rhinoliner interior. It looked awesome until I actually started driving it.

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I guess Japanese construction workers have never heard of compaction testing?

US Customs and Border Protection is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the Department of Homeland Security. CBP crushes cars.

Even with the similar model loophole, the engine was never tested or certified for US emission requirements, and is still illegal. The car is definitely illegal as far as the federal government is concerned. Plus, for the similar model ruling you have to submit to the government that the vehicle is similar enough and…

Illegally is how. Also, Texas does not give a shit about registering vehicles; it’s the Feds you have to watch out for. Here’s to hoping a Homeland Security agent doesn’t read Jalopnik.

Audi has campaigned the most successful LeMans tractor ever and they should be congratulated.

I will have you know that I am sitting back in an office chair, not a couch thankyouverymuch

Measurable points: diesels weigh more, have dirtier emissions, generate less horsepower than gasoline engines, are more difficult to work on (higher repair bills), upset the handling of a vehicle (when compared to their lighter gasoline counterparts), are slower then gasoline counterparts, cost more to purchase…

Well, nothing. This article is talking about tractor engines.

I brought up tractor engines, which are what diesels engines are.

Was Kinja even on ARPANET?

bio-diesel is for hippies and LPG is for people that drive over 14,000 miles a year, and the conversions are usually not OEM and you’ve got parking regulations and travel restrictions in certain countries with LPG, but bio-diesel and LPG are not specific engine types, they’re fuel types.

Turbodiesels have better mpg and better torque. A diesel engine without forced induction is a low-stress, low-power, high-emission nightmare. The only way to get power out of a diesel is forced induction, and if we’re doing apples to apples you could do the same with a gasoline engine and still come out with something…

A Honda Accord V6 is quicker, lighter, and has the same top speed at that $50,000 BMW with a tractor engine that you mentioned. I’m still pretty convinced that tractor engines don’t belong in cars.

I agree - a Detroit DD15 in a Freightliner is great.

I have, and BMW still couldn’t convince me that a tractor engine belongs under the hood of their car.