I thought freevalve was going to save the internal combustion engine.

I did this in my Town Car before a transmission rebuild. It was slipping, so they put a friction modifier in the car to keep it going a bit longer (worked for about a year). With the friction modifier, you had to keep a considerable amount of pressure on the brakes or it would invariably start lurching forward. If…

ATGATT bro ATGATT ATGATT ATGATT youknowihadabikeonceandifelldownandyouknowitwasscary.

Were they this flimsy in the states too? I can’t find any IIHS data on the B13.

Now how did that bike get up there??

Amazing that torque is still being applied here! He must have positrac.

Tends to happen with traction loss.

Very true... And at that point I felt like I knew most of the traps around Roanoke. Ticket said he was coming out of the weigh station. Getting pulled for only 5-miles over was a record for me, I’m guessing the arms flailing during the impromptu shirt adjustments is what must have provoked him. That and driving by…

Close, we were headed for Richmond!

Coming up I-81 from Blacksburg, driving 4 of my friends home for summer break... The car was 1986 Plymouth Caravelle with the A/C removed (because race k car). It was swelteringly hot out. I had my windows down, but it was not enough. We pull the bottoms of our shirts up through the collar to make redneck belly…

The narrator in that video sounds like he’s speaking to us from the afterlife.

That is the most satisfying gif. I love the way the front end snaps back in place at the very end. 

While likely, this would also be awful. I’ve had so many non-car folks, coworkers friends and family come up to me totally unsolicited and mention “Hey ya seen that new Bronco?? That thing looks really neat!” with genuine excitement. We’re talking people who drive crossovers, 4 door wranglers and dull german…

But it’s totally possible to mash the gas in a big torquey RWD car with traction control off, spin up the tires, and not destroy your car and murder pedestrians. Hell my Lincoln in the rain going uphill from a stop does nothing but fishtail. I’ve been in twin turbo E36's that spin up the wheels in every gear. Hit…

Ok, a very reasonable answer. I can accept “it’s a little less responsive because it’s trying to stop you from being a dumbass and break everything.” Thank you for the technical explanation.

10/10 HotD post.

I got pulled in Nelson by a Stratus! Guy started searched my car too, for literally no reason. He quit when he pulled out a random black plastic brick from somewhere under the carpet in my trunk, sliced it open with a knife, and got a face full of Iaccoca-era fiberglass dust in his face. That was the day I learned…

Nowhere to run on rt. 7, too many lights, too many small packs of drivers going three wide under the speed limit for the entirety of their commute.