Just like air travel, bad things can certainly happen when you’re traveling that fast. But hopefully, just like air travel, the incident rate can become so very low that it can still be a very safe form of transportation.

That said - I’m sure they would have sensors, etc. to alert them to any possible air pressure…

I had come in here to post the 944, but it’s the same part #

Looks like they designed them with two structural panes (primary and redundant), and then basically “screen protectors” inside and out which are easily replaced.

Any word on if this damaged the “redundant pressure pane”, or was the damage limited to the “debris pane”?

More like tens to hundreds of millions

Not sure, but it was probably in Monaco

I live about 250 miles from NYC. Taking a car, bus, train or airplane all take roughly the same amount of time, and for roughly the same cost (once you figure in all auxiliary costs such as fuel, tolls, cab fare, etc).

Given that, I often choose the train since it has the most comfortable seats.

I’d much rather have the seat width than the legroom personally - I’ve never really felt that my legs were cramped in coach, but anyone over 250# will spill over into their neighbors seat (which makes both people uncomfortable). Granted, my personal dimensions probably match those concerns as well.

KZ Shifter Kart. Just about 50hp, right around 400lbs (with driver).

I remember putting my 944 8v n/a on the dyno at “944 Fest” a long time ago. I set the record for n/a 944's that ran on the dyno that day. 129rwhp.

That said - the car didn’t feel underpowered for a mid-80's sports car. You have to remember that when this car hit the market, the Camaro was making what - 190hp?

Even with…

Not quite an apples::apples comparison though. A third gen Civic (last generation with carbs) weighed in at around 2000#, while a new one will weigh in at around 2800# due to all the added strength and equipment - yet still attains roughly the same fuel economy. That alone means almost a 50% improvement in overall…

Ironically enough, not the first time I’ve seen this happen. In the Fort Collins, CO flood of 1997, there was a trailer park in the path of the flash flood. The flooding caused the homes to wash off their foundations - but severed the gas lines in doing so. The end result was houses fires that you had to chase down.

When I was growing up a rather small propane distribution center (but still with a hundred or so tanks) blew up a few miles from our house. It was a big enough explosion that it blew windows out in houses a mile away.

WP0 = Porsche

That’s the one down side to driving in KM. I often finish the course and feel like I just started.

Yes - a lot. Arguably the real world benefits of winning the F1 constructors championships greatly outweigh those of the drivers championship.

The EB110 did this wonderfully - just make the “homage” grill be about the size of a hood ornament.

Haas has been looking good - impossible to judge real pace, but good mileage and midfield lap times.

Aren’t tripod joints lighter? I know that they’re all you’ll see in high-end formula cars (F1, etc).

How does this work with personal auto insurance? Don’t most of them have a clause that you can’t be using the vehicle for business purposes? Wouldn’t making money by driving a vehicle wrapped with an advertisement be a classic definition of business purposes?

People have been swapping batteries as long as they’ve existed - haven’t you ever replaced AA batteries in your TV remote?

The tricky part is making a practical mechanism for replacing the heavy and high-voltage batteries electric vehicles require. It’s more than just the actual “sliding out the old one and sliding in…