Even worse - when the car is in front of you, and decides to hit it’s brakes to try and merge in front of you. It’s like some people can’t turn their heads without hitting the brake pedal.

I get caught out by this occasionally in my wife’s car. I just leave my headlight switch in the “on” position from October through May (it’s normally dark or snowing for my commute then anyways) - and then they just turn on/off with the ignition.

My wife on the other hand regularly turns hers to “Off” (even though the…

I’ll occasionally run with my flashers on in bad weather - but never just for visibility because “it’s raining” (headlights, taillights, and possibly fog lights are on for that). Instead my flashers are used to alert other drivers to something that is of increased danger - such as me moving at a speed significantly…

I’m sure well over 1.0. 1.2-1.4 is achievable with good race tires and no aero. If the car is able to make it’s mass in downforce, then you could double those numbers. Realistically I suspect it probably tops out around 1.6 - 1.8 at 120mph.

You say that like it’s a bad thing...

“wingless”?

Counterpoint: I’m annoyed how very few street cars aren’t comprised to the point of “meh” due to the desire to be the best at everything.

A fun fact about those pneumatic valve springs is that the system needs to be charged all the time. As in, even when the engine isn’t running - or even installed in a car for that matter. They actually connect the engines to nitrogen bottles when transporting the engines to keep the system charged.

If the air…

Anymore they probably don’t really worry about making it a quick-fill, just because if the system needs recharging - it probably has a leak... and if it has a leak, odds are it will be bad enough that they can’t just top it up at pit stops.

Porsche 944 torque tube bearings.

Many school bus routes involve navigating very narrow & tight side streets, or possibly even needing to do a u-turn. More & more bus routes are being designed to avoid this for obvious reasons, but nationwide it’s still prevalent enough that bus makers need to take it into consideration when designing bus models.

Of…

There’s a shop near us that rebuilds instrument clusters for ~$100+s/h. I haven’t ever taken a GM cluster to them, but based on what I saw rolling trough there when I visited, I’m sure they’re frequent flyers.

Hmm... I like the *idea* of the orange McLaren’s in many ways... but I’m really disappointed when I see it now, that all I can see is an Arrows car.

1) I don’t know if Facebook or Twitter (or what other SSO sites) use Cloudflare, but they may. As such, you may want to change your FB/Twitter/SSO passwords. Having two factor authentication for your SSO sites also would’ve kept you safe during such an attack.
2) Any site that then uses Facebook/Twitter/etc. for…

I meant to say the 0.5-0.6g he hits while just going through the pits...

No 968 Turbo RS? Only 5 were made...

There bodies are no doubt secured well, but there’s still a lot of unsupported mass there. There’s the obvious things like your head & neck, but even things like your arms and legs will feel it at those speeds.

To put this in perspective - that 0.5-0.6g is probably comparable to the maximum most “average” drivers will ever experience. Not your “average amateur racer” or even “enthusiast” (that number is probably closer to 0.9), but your average Prius driver.

I suspect it’s partially due to bouncing - there’s no doubt a lot of movement going on when your car is that stiffly sprung at those speeds and on the limit, no matter how smooth the track is.

And even if they did, a lot of times the biggest expense in a wreck like that isn’t even the vehicles - it’s the repairs to the track. The track will bill the renter (i.e., the club that’s running the event) for every piece of guardrail repaired, every bag of quick-dry used to clean up liquids, the towing company who…