The Caspian Sea Monster was capable of over 30 feet of altitude and nearly 400 knots. Basically an armed cargo boat with wings that burned a massive amount of fuel to go stupidly fast.

also why landing planes is both easy and hard. Get close to the ground and lift spikes. Easier to land slowly, but plenty of planes end up in the ditch because they float 1/2 the runway in ground effect and then don’t have enough stopping distance. 

The automotive equivalent of this.

If the pilot dies, it’s a crash.

/cancels UberChopper request

You did not play GTAV for long enough.

Which makes sense as more people with electroluminescent gauges are driving around with only DRLs, oblivious to the fact the their rear lights aren't on. 

French fries were invented in Belgium. 

Counterpoint 

I bet you think Guinness is a Craft Brew

Ford is considered a domestic brand in the UK and they consider the GT40 a primarily british effort, which is why Top Gear/Grand Tour remain obsessed with it.

“Well shoot. I kinda want to see it, but I ain’t seen the 65 movies comin’ before.”

More than likely the movie was originally called Le Mans ‘66, but most Americans probably think that’s some kind of champagne, so they changed the title for us.

Sad news.  I hope he’s okay.

This is how I would transplant

Nice 8 series, so much better than the new version.

You shut your mouth when you talk badly about an M1!

Those are clearly speed holes. And you call yourself an auto-journalist, pfft!