Here I’ll quote exactly what I was trying to communicate from the boffins over at Motor Trend, completely reaffirming my point about the speed of the flame-front after detonation being what defines “octane”.

Octane is mostly about how long the fuel ignition takes once the spark plug has fired. Higher octane gas takes longer to explode and transfers more kinetic energy into the piston’s downward stroke by not immediately detonating & creating more kinetic energy than the piston can efficiently absorb. Higher compression…

What really sucks is when you have a legitimate criticism of them and their bad business practices but are forced to sign an NDA before they’ll help you. Did this happen to me? Who knows. I’m not sayin’.

Literally, IRL it’s the opposite of everything you just feverishly typed from your parent’s basement.

“Same question could be asked about the media’s business of corrupt spreading of propaganda ...”

I’ve learned so much from Jason, I think.
Maybe.

There’d be a smoking crater where David Tracy once existed if he was forced to listen to their Stahlmusik album. He’d have some legit street cred there in Germany if he LIKED it: it’s all played on rusty bridge parts and crusty chemical drums now I think about it.

Funny thing is, I’m a giant Uwe Schmidt fan, peripheral to Kraftwerk fandom.

Radiohead is about as niche and obscure as death and taxes. If David thinks Radiohead is in the weeds I wonder what would’ve happened if his friend had played Stereolab or Sun Ra?

Man I was hoping you were *that* Zach: a talented wordsmith and R&T editor of some renown. I’ve a vague recollection of something called Project Ugly Horse that he never seemed to get finished. Also, I’d rather brain myself in a motorcycle wreck than have to edit or work with Baruth.

All I see when I look at an early Civic is Marcellus Wallace getting smashed. And maybe later with a bondage mouthpiece.

When I lived in Japan at the end of the 90's the Estima was everywhere - and often as a drift van with massive ground effects. I was surprised that subculture so common there never made it back to America, except for this big difference in our societies: in Japan the younger generation lives with their parents, often…

I for one am overjoyed to see Jamie Kitman’s name on any byline.

Genius!

We’re soon abandoning Florida for a spot perhaps in Prattsville or Windham. I fell in love with those towns after helping them recover from the flood in 2011. Upstate is great, esp. if the town leans Progressive.

“Trio of Imbeciles” would be a terrible but awesome band name.

If you don’t know how dire the situation is, why not make some popcorn and get comfy for two hours of ennui if not actual heartbreak with David Attenborough explaining just how F’ed we are.

Thank god you had a decent mother. Mine was ... adequate. I was well into my 30s before I really compared notes with people and realized how I’d been shortchanged in the parental dept. They were so checked out that neither noticed I was 20/400 myopic until midway through 7th grade.

It’s not worth being bugged about it…

Sorry for being sincere in the Jalopnik comments, but my love of the 1st gen Prelude is tangled in family history and a father who knew how to manage aerospace projects but cratered when it came to being a dad or a decent husband.

PLEASE somebody find this Car & Driver article from the 80's I vividly remember: they got their staff increasingly more intoxicated under controlled conditions and had them drive an obstacle + high speed course.