You’re relating thickness and a measurement of area, square feet....I don’t follow your logic. If you said it was 2 cubic feet of steel for to cover this vehicle with 15 sqft at 1.18" thick then I could understand. Can you take another stab at it?

As others have mentioned, there’s no way this thing has steel plate over an inch thick, covering all the panels, firewall and inner frunk, only adding 660 pounds to the original weight. I’d expect double that if not more, at the quoted 1.18" thickness.

Do you have any good suggestions on co-op maps?

I will add that the the term was later, commonly used incorrectly to refer to alloy wheels.

Sad, I use the terms meats if I see a muscle car with “steam rollers” for rear tires, I’m an old.

Mag wheels referred to true magnesium wheels that were used for racing. Rarely they were polished, almost all I’ve ever seen were a rough or very oxidized surface finish.

This is super cool to see, what will likely be one of the most mass produced modern mid-engined vehicles, in pieces so early on.

Interesting, so the crank sprocket and the crank are not directly connected, that must be the case.

Yes, this makes total sense but it also means there would be no ability to coast, since the crank is directly fixed to the rear hub....surely they didn’t build a bike where the pedals always need to spin, right?

Sounds cool and would have been interested if it was not on Motor Trend on Demand, bummer.

Years ago, when I first learned of an impact driver like this I thought the same thing as many others, “how is this going to help me?”

You’ve brought some intriguing arguments to this discussion, thanks for sharing.

I don’t debadge to fool anyone or hope they misunderstand what I’m driving, I do it because the badging rarely adds anything esthetically to the appearance of the car. Many times the badges look somewhat lopsided and break up the original intent of the vehicle. Plus, stealth or sleeper is a thing when driving a…

Cool idea but both items seem like something to be used as a last resort, on the side of the road. If you’re going to be doing regular maintenance, I’d imagine most people would want an appropriate floor jack and electric/pneumatic wrench.

Parking outside (my guess since NYC) will make the filter clog much sooner.

Most of this I can accept in the clapped-out state that it’s in but those wheel arches, oooffff, something needs to be done!

Slow news day?

The new Kia Sedona is the nicest version of the Lincoln Aviator I’ve seen.

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