I know you’re being silly, but I’ll play along. The history of the word “race” as it applies to ethnic groups of greater or smaller distinction is a very long one. It used to be extremely common up until the early to mid 20th century to refer to “the German race”, “the French race”, etc. etc. “Race” meaning a distinct…

I can’t be having with any of this reposting, harrumph.

I really think it’s the fixed *impractical* low height (as opposed to bags or being within 4” of the ground), the hackery involved, the tire contact, stretched tires, but most of all MY WORD THE CAMBER combining into a sucky sucking singularity of suck in most cases. The last part is key - some cars look good with no…

The circumstances were largely not what people think they were. The “Pinto memo” was actually a reference to NHTSA specification, not an internal Ford c/b analysis. Scroll down to the heading “Schwarz paper”.

Clearly, it falls on you as a sane, competent Steve, to keep deranged Steves in check.

I’ve got to wonder how steve d thinks airliners could steer properly at all if mains were capable of castering. Hasn’t he ever moved a furniture dolly with four swivel casters? Ability to actually stay on the runway and taxi where aimed is probably more important than ability to land slightly better in a crosswind.…

An electric motor is more like a diesel than a gas engine in terms of how it develops power - a power input (fuel or electricity) goes in, and power comes out, not as directly related to what speed is being turned. A gas engine uses roughly X amount of fuel at a given RPM regardless what power is actually required,…

You even get in and out like something befitting a cartoon.

The ‘60 Fury is also all out of sorts.

The Balaton microcar from Hungary is just hilarious.

I’m going with a more insane solution on my Falconchero - modded steering column with a third shift lever and a counterbalance spring. Shifter sits neutrally in the 1st-2nd arm, pushes forward to the 3rd-4th arm, and pulls back for reverse. Someone I work with has done the reverse-lever-on-floor thing, but with my…

The Panhard Dyna is a bit of a funny one. Transverse springs x2 in front (control arms? What control arms?). In back, it’s a bit more sane, but still a little goofy.

I could see a lapse in QC producing a better car by accident. It’s worth a try.

Ash trolling is best trolling. Man, Captain Eo scared the crap out of me when I went to Epcot as a wee tyke. 3d + Angelica Huston with claws = nightmare fuel level eleventy.

Calculations are nothing. Adjustments - the second part of his clause - are everything. The same calculations that can be made instantaneously cannot always be implemented quickly. An actuator moving anything large takes an eon in comparison, and can be better planned for with wider safety margins... sometimes. If the…

I could barely notice a near flat on my Benz up front, and that's with good old-fashioned hydraulic PS. It all depends on how it's set up.

Mad Dog coincidentally looking like a dog of a different sort - sticking head out a window.

I have heard of this, but haven't seen it in person.