No. The perfect track starter is something slow enough that you can't cover up your mistakes with a heavy throttle. You want something that will help you figure out what you are doing wrong, not cover up your errors with electronic assistance and 20 gillion HP. It should be relatively inexpensive, so that WHEN (not…

There is no better cheaper way to go fast. For 15K you could have a turbo 'busa that will run 9's in the quarter, over 200 top, and still be tractable enough to go on a grocery run. The only obvious reason is, as always, that the bikes performance make the cars look vaguely stupid. But hey, power windows, and electric…

A decent trials rider could do it feet up. This seems like a method designed to fail. Brute force is not always the answer.

The Pentagon thinks it's a serious risk to national security. The models are NOT based on data from populated areas only. Satellites see the whole planet, you know. CO2 is not the only gas blamed. Again - There is no controversy. This is just as real as evolution.

You're listening to the 33rd doctor, and just repeated his 'no, you don't have cancer.' Once again, slowly - there is no controversy, 97% of scientists agree that anthropogenic climate change is real and a large risk.

If you go to a doctor and he says "you have cancer" it is a good idea to get a second opinion. If the second doctor says "you have cancer" maybe you want to ask a third doctor. But if the next 30 doctors you see all say "you have cancer" would you listen to the 33rd doctor when he said, "no, no cancer in you?" Because…

I had an expert roadracing license for 10 years and I want no part of that motorcycle. There are perhaps 100 people on the entire planet capable of riding that bike to within 50% of it's potential. I'm not one of them.

Dunno, but probably. You'll need to check with somebody who knows the programming details for your car. On my brown 5sp Focus wagon, anything over 35mph on closed throttle there is no fuel to the injectors.

This is true for modern fuel injected cars. On trailing throttle over a certain road speed, no fuel will be delivered. NO FUEL! Leave it in gear and coast.

Yes, it is possible that it could make more energy than breakeven, but it hasn't been done before, and they aren't saying they have either. A big part of the problem is that -220F is the current upper temp limit for superconduction. That means a liquid nitrogen bath, and that means an air distillation plant. It's not…

The devil is in the details, and there is a lot of handwaving at the details here. One biggie: superconducting magnets. Superconduction only occurs at extremely low temperatures, and keeping things that cold is hard and energy intense. Without room temp superconductors this is not likely to achieve break-even. Taking…

P-touch labels? Not even stuck on straight? If you're asking $125K you can spend $50 and get a proper engraved panel. That lack of attention to detail will go right thru to the core. There aren't enough crack pipes in the world to smoke this rock.

I'm pretty sure the rally is named after the book:

It looks very dramatic, but having the radiator and headlights as part of the unsprung mass of the forks isn't going to make for good handling.

You're not alone. I've never seen that before, but I loved my 3 Fiesta mk1's and that just looks like a really fun little car. The built in tie down straps, and the way the license plate carrier folds out so you can run with the tailgate are clever. That name and the paint are everything bad about the time, but still…

A 2 stroke triple with 5 on the tree? Listen to the noise. Watch the shifting. So much want.

Ok, fine, some things don't go with ketchup. That's not the problem here. This MAD bastard says I can't have a salt shaker? Fuck that noise.

Pennsyltucky? GFY. Flatlander.

I had a buddy on a slightly faster bike come up next to me on the straight at Bridgehampton and start pushing me along by my right elbow. Good times.

I read the headline and the 1st thing I thought of was MC 900 ft Jesus "Adventures in Failure."