@brc is never late, because of his v8: Wait, you think the Viper has fallen because of government regulations and environmentalists? It may have more to do with the fact that the car has a reaaaaaaally limited market.

@DrunkenMessiah: Never fathomed the fascination with turbocharging cars that where never intended to be turbocharged? Sure, but FWIW, miata 1.6's are a direct descendant of the 323 GTX turbo motor and take to turbo charging like ducks to orange sauce. A miata with a decent turbo setup can be had for peanuts and will…

Nitrile gloves are cheap, over a tiny bit of abrasion protection and don't leave my hands so oily that I can't hang on to fasteners.

@slpr: That doesn't jive with the "collectivist worker ants doing the government's bidding" idea that so many people have of the Chinese.

@Peter Orosz: Yeah. It's called endurance racing for a reason. Anyone can make a car fast for a couple hundred miles...

@Detroit Velvet Smooth: Now go put your foot down and drive it flat-out from Seattle to Miami and see how long she lasts. :)

@justS: Open-source is nice in *theory* but I don't see its benefits in *practice*. I know a lot of android users, but no one who actually develops on the phone.

@Elhigh: Totally off topic, but that reminds me of when I was in Glacier National Park 10 or 12 years ago. We were with a group of people observing a grizzly bear maybe 200 yards away. A ranger came over and said, "That bear can cover that distance in 15 seconds flat. Your cars are a 10 minute hike away. In 1987…

I dunno, I think this one is kinda sad. If he'd blown his money on hookers and coke, we'd be laughing at him. This isn't all that different.

@Desu-San-Desu: I'd like to see what he could do if he weren't taking advantage of tires and brakes. Surely they are also allowing him a greater margin of error.

@CJinSD: I know several PhD holding pot smokers that know the difference between affect and effect.

I've definitely drunk the Monderman kool-aid. I think a large part of the problem on American roads is the lack of interaction between drivers, and between drivers and pedestrians. People become self-centered jackasses when you enclose them in a sound-proof box and use traffic rules rather than common sense to…

@kake81: Most of what he proposes is stuff you couldn't do in the USA. Our engineers tend to be a little change averse. That's putting it as nicely as this urban planner can.

@Seeräuber Jenny: I have trouble with steel woks on any (residential) stovetop. They're not nearly heavy enough to hold on to their heat until I'm done stir-fying. No normal burner I've seen provides enough oomph to get the wok+contents sufficiently hot to make anything approaching what you get in a good chinese…

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@BrtStlnd: You could say the same thing about 90% of race cars, y'know?

@Ash5-0: I love my B5 sedan, except for working on it. It was so up-market and well executed for the time that it still feels better than 90% of the new competition. Pretty much still a perfect people mover in 5-speed/V6 or chipped 1.8T form.

Woks aren't real useful in western residential kitchens because almost no one has a stove with the power to property stir fry anything. You need major heat capacity (ie cast iron) to do anything approximating stir fried food you get in professional kitchens or from a serious burner.

@bozoerrebbe: Cars aren't even that heavy depending on what you're looking at. Sure, the lightweight sports car is practically dead, but modern muscle cars are really only ~500lbs pounds more than muscle cars of the late 60's. That's enough to feel, for sure, but suspension technology has improved WAY more than…

@Frank Grimes: Just because you can't understand your modern car doesn't mean I don't understand my modern car. 95% of repairs can still be done by any committed amateur. Most cars have sub-$500 options for accessing their proprietary brains. Personally, I *love* having the car tell me what it thinks is wrong. …