Those who disagree with our choices in cars are not trolls. Those who disagree in inflammatory ways are trolls. However they are not the real trolls we're talking about. What I mean by troll is someone who posts unrelated spam and offensive pictures. Jalopnik too has a readership that includes rape victims; honestly…

It's like this, if you're worth 10k and you pay 1k, you would really feel that. If you're a billionaire and you have to pay 100mil, shit, say 900mil, you still have 100mil left. You can literally take 99% of a 1%'s personal (not tied to the company) money and he continue to thrive in the world he created for himself

Matt, I posted this originally in response to another poster but I want to state this here where it's most relevant. The attacker started as a common troll. Breaking the number one rule of the net, rather than ignoring him they fed the troll. He was enticed, they got more incensed, and then they literally gave him the…

That dickhead started as a common troll. Breaking the number one rule of the net, rather than ignoring him they fed the troll. He was enticed, they got more incensed, and then they literally gave him the troll equivalent of an OBE - they exalted him from annoying to a problem (post titled something like We've got a…

Bbut it's trendy!!

Excellent shop!

(your last sentence) Really?! That's excellent! Insurance should be a choice, if you never get into accidents why should you pay? Also this is the number one reason kids here (UK) don't drive - we have great used car prices and selection but ridiculous insurance (likely to exceed a 2nd-hand vehicle's cost every year)…

I was wondering why the bosses would destroy the "copies of the car"?

This reminds me - one of my ideas for filming a race. If the camera can travel with the car, you can get some great uninterrupted footage of neck and neck battles for more than a few seconds and actually follow them as they race. Ideally, a guardrail with a current (I know, I know, but just enough to levitate a camera…

Signed just waiting on email to verify. Why repeal to 15 years? More likely to actually be passed, sure, but I wonder if aiming for 15 and getting it (great!) will mean it's less likely to ever rid us of this barbaric law completely, as should be?

Ignore him and he'll get bored and go elsewhere. There's a reason he's been doing it for months, and that he targets Jezebel rather than any other blog. Don't report, discuss, or otherwise feed the troll!

Guys let's all be honest and realistic here. 99% of enthusiasts will break a motoring law. It's just unavoidable when you are that passionate about sth. One of our own writers did recently and spent 3 days in jail (!). For those saying he should track, there are relatively few tracks with straights >1mi and definitely…

Wow!!

You can still do your idea as it would be difficult to make a fake seat bodysuit also you would need something to sit on. Your idea is simpler well apart from having to source some motors powerful enough to turn the wheel and pedals you can cpntrol by wire from the rear seat (is that what you meant, that you would sit…

Possible minor correction - Surely the Merc has the same 155-limited top speed like most German cars?

IIRC most of the land yachts weighed <4000lb.

Have you seen the ad of the Aygo car seat prank? It's great!

Mostly true but weight does not provide downforce! They are similar insofar as they produce a downward force but weight means mass means inferior performance compared to what I think downforce was developed as a term for aerodynamic down force

I would love to read a physics-focussed article comparing the F1 and Veyron, because yea, the F1 impressed me more than any of these cars with double the power because that, to me, is efficiency. Now everyone talks about efficiency but in terms of performance they need to stop using that word altogether. Cars became…

No car can look better than that without a grille.