Rallye car navigators are indeed a special breed. They're willing strap into a car with a raging lunatic behind the wheel and call it "an honest day's work." Actually, it may have been an easy day for him: just a wall, no passenger-door-sized trees!

"Other then refueling, EVs are actually superior or equal to gasoline cars in every way."

I'm not surprised that flashing your lights doesn't work. There are some real road zombies out there. Two weeks ago, I witnessed such a zombie hanging in the left lane (of 3 lanes) when a State Trooper was rapidly approaching with lights & sirens. They were going the exact same speed as the two cars in the center…

No worries, mate! I didn't take it personally, text is a flawed medium for communication. I'm going to be keeping my eye on open source, as I like the concept, but implementation is usually where things fail. You have a good point though; getting more people involved does reduce security threat concerns because you…

Oh, so this is how they'll get around the 'ring faster than 6:57...

I'm sorry you interpreted my post that way. I am simply expressing my concern about how well open source development methods will work for safety critical applications. My opinion is based on years of using GNU versus proprietary compilers, and my recent experiences with Visual SVN (paid tool) versus SVN on Apache…

Just to avoid confusion, Linux powers the infotainment systems in the car - nothing else. The rest is good 'ol C-code. To your point about funding, the cold reality is that we pay for it either way whether it's some guy timing a stop light or a device installed in our cars. What we, as people, need to realize is that…

Hey Damon, nice article. I think you're right in that the face of "tuning" cars is going to become very different. I just had a few minor quibbles, however:

Yeah, it will be interesting. I think the answer is "it depends." Mostly about the price of diesel fuel and any extra ridiculous after-treatments the EPA will enforce upon them. Assuming things stay like they are, I am guessing the diesel RAM will sell like the Sprinter van when they brought it over. It makes sense…

I suspect that it's the promise of a new Titan that is cannibalizing their sales from last year. I mean, who wants to buy a Titan now when you know the new model is due out soon? I really think they screwed themselves by dragging out this diesel launch so long. I knew about this years ago, so Chrysler/Fiat probably…

Hey I think you've started a new exciting journalistic genre here with imaginary car reviews...wait...nope, C&D and Motor Trend have already beat you to that.

Count me in. I will never forgive Nissan for what they did to the 350Z. Besides, if the car is really good, they won't have to give it more power. Isn't that how the whole tuner market started: with anemic Hondas and Toyotas? The Honda B16 was far from being an OEM power monster, but went on to become one of the…

Here is the difference between pro and non-pro drivers in this picture:

I'm not totally certain, but I think running on diesel and JP8 is a military requirement because they don't want to be hauling a bunch of different fuels everywhere. The current HMMWVs are capable of using both. Gasoline in addition to these is news worthy, however.

Oh boy, Milka Duno. I was so glad to see her go to IRL because it was painful to watch in GrandAm. I felt very disgusted after witnessing her "pass" a GT car to the inside of turn 1 at Daytona. With a closing rate of probably more than 50mph, and the GT car already turned in, it was a shower of carbon fiber as she…

I agree. Even back in my Porsche hating days, I was never able to keep from lusting after this car. Ferrari may be renowned for their beauty, but this car to me, is simply stunning. If I ever win the lottery, this car is the reason I'll be broke.

I disagree that he's worth this. If you had worked at Ford during the time of "The Way Forward" program, you would have seen that many far below his level could see what was going on and what they needed to do. He was just the first CEO in a long time at FMC to listen to the chatter. And probably because he had to…

The internets even have a term for it. Fabulous!

But admitting you were at a race track is like admitting you were at an orgy. No one is going to believe you were just there to watch.

Ugh...all the mixed messages. So you have track rats and the cops saying "hey, if you're planning on doing something stupid, take it to the track." Now Ford is staying "hey, if your're going to do something stupid, please do so on a public roadway because chances are you don't have enough personal private property…