Strongly agree. This series reminds me of the days when on-road automotive technology was derived from racing at the track, something that is not seen often anymore. If anything, the series should produce advances in the autonomous driving field.

You could argue that Mercedes has “cracked the code” in F1 with their engine program for the past 2 years. The drama for the past few years has been racing for the final spot on the podium.

How anyone can have any sort of lengthy conversation about Cutler is beyond me. The two longest conversations about Cutler I’ve heard is “He sucks” or “The Bears shouldn’t haven’t paid him that much or at all.”

Best six seconds of *her* life. Fixed it for you!

This is simply an example of Mercedes Engineering over-thinking the situation. I understand what they were trying to accomplish - go to the supersofts and remove all doubt of the result - but there was no point. Lewis would have won no problem if he had stayed out. An unnecessary risk from a team built to minimize…

Yeah I bet. EcoCAR + Finals are running my life/killing me right now. Do you work in the automotive industry now?

The University of Alabama. It's our first year in the competition, but I am learning a ton. And I'm always working on EcoCAR as well. Like 8-12 hours in the lab a day. It definitely has its ups and downs. What about you? What school did you go to?

Agree 100%. I'm a current tech lead at an EcoCAR 3 school. My advice would be to pick an engineering major, get good, and get involved. You do those things, you will get interviews, which is better than what 99% of the population who is interested in cars gets. Also, for those interested in just money, get an…

No, but I do know an Andrew that also fits the description I have ha

I have been seriously looking at a beginner bike (Honda cbr 300 or ninja 250r) as a way to make my life more exciting (engineering grad student with no gf and spends 8-12 hours a day in a lab). What are your thoughts of either or another beginner bike? I figure it'll cost me $3-4k to buy bike (used), armor, and tags.

While I wasn't initially a fan of the looks of the new NSX, compared to all of its new competitors that are just now being released, I honestly think it just keeps getting better and better looking.

Well that is an unforeseen consequence of that new law. Now my bitterness toward that regulation is even greater than before.

You are correct, it does establish good habits. And, as simulation physics improve, hopefully it can be more easily translated into better real-world driving. I was just making a comment about Forza... Don't know how much you play and if you always tried to follow the suggested line!

Just FYI, getting 4 bars on Forza indicating a good turn isn't necessarily the fastest way around the turn!

The replacement for CAN is already being implemented in certain vehicles. It's called "FlexRay." There would be no point in apple developing new BUS protocols when a new one is already one the way.

They should run that livery at Singapore. Add a but of yellow or gold red bull accents and that would look incredible under the lights.

"The race cannot be won in the first corner" would also be an appropriate message

I disagree. MB is currently putting tons of R&D into autonomous driving. The w222 currently has autonomous following at low speeds and autonomous following at highway speeds (the latter is illegal though currently due to US legislation). They have also proven full autonomous driving in Germany (google "autonomous…

It's not a bad question to ask. However, you are confusing fuel efficiency (not MPG) and fuel economy (MPG). Fuel efficiency is a good indicator of quality engineering and technological advancement, and it is likely that this engine is fairly fuel efficient for what it is trying to do. Fuel economy is strictly MPG,…

You, sir or madam, have won the internet. That was truly disgusting! Also, now I really want to hear the Bag of Dog story. Is that bad?