maybe now the engineers will finally understand the importance of accessibility for maintenance in original design. Nothing like having a seasoned mechanic threaten to stick a breaker bar where the sun don’t shine in real-time to the engineer that did the design.

From everything I’ve seen, magnesium chloride friggin MELTS concrete and structural steel in rust and corrosion like nothing else. That fancy new aluminum bodied Ford pickup? Magnesium chloride LOVES munching on aluminum. There is literally nothing they’ve done to the infrastructure of this country than spray that…

While realizing that’s I’m deep in the comments, I KNOW that I have the perfect answer for this car, and I want you to read this very carefully:

four of these will be sold before a driver blacks-out from the acceleration and totals one. My father in law got hazy in the brain from a sprint in a Model S in Ludicrous Mode. 0-60 in 1.9 seconds would probably get him (or someone like him) to pass out.  

you get an S4. Everything else is BS. It comes in AWD, it’s got a ridiculously linear motor, and yes, it comes with a stick. You can get a new one for less than $50k if order from the book and keep your sticky fingers out of the options, or you can get a lightly used prior generation B8, and the stick versions are…

the AWD version of the challenger weighs about 200 lbs more than the RWD version. the Mustang weighs about 3650 lbs. I’d gladly take the 5.5% increase in curb weight for 100% more drive traction.

I realize that this may be an unpopular opinion, but why isn’t there an AWD option on pony cars? Pretty much every other car of appreciable power these days at least has it as an option, if not standard. Somehow, the ‘legacy’ models get a pass.

so you’re playing with mix designs in a lab.

you’re not a physical engineer. you’re probably something like software or EE or possibly a mechanical that never leaves his cubicle. willing to bet you never even looked up at the underside of a bridge.

your grade changed in about 15 seconds, so you know...

so a guy in a Focus RS who paid mark-up for the joy of owning (or leasing) this econobox with a blown head gasket has a high likelihood of having paid more for his car (with mark up) than the guy next to him in an Audi S4 or a BMW 335ix (that bargained down) ? That’s HYSTERICAL!

while I honestly feel terrible for the large population of flat bill wearing bearded millennials left without their daily transportation, I must say I’m not surprised. Ford engineers have a long history on the truck side of carving 1/100th of a penny of materials to a disastrous end. That they would skimp on a cheap…

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but who else is qualified to make the assessment?

correction: there have been 23 bridge failures that you know about. You have no idea how many ‘near misses’ we’ve caught over the years. It’s getting worse out there, buddy. When the silver bridge collapsed, it forced everyone to scramble and start to fix bridges. Pins and hangers were a scramble fix after Mianus,…

the marine corps variant of the F35 has a massive, shaft driven vertical lift fan smack in the middle of it. delete the fan from the chassis, drive a generator off the shaft, and you have the space and the power supply to make the laser practical.

I can’t stand Bangle when he talks. He just drips with arch mage level D-Bag arrogance that I can’t stand. I also can’t stand his take on the 5 series and the 7 series. That being said, given the current state of BMW concept design, I’d take him back in a heartbeat.

yeah, you are supposed to believe that. even with the frame issues, Toyotas have the best rust protection in the industry and they’re generally dead-stone reliable. I have a 2002 Tacoma with 170k miles on it. I could put a sign on it for $8k today and see it leave my driveway before the sun goes down tomorrow. I also…

I don’t mean to cast doubt on this study, but I read the article top to bottom and to be honest, the wolf puppies behaved no differently than my last dog. I had him from the time he was 8 weeks old to when he was 14 years old and he was nigh-identical behavior in similar circumstances. I always knew he was a mutt, but…

let read this back to you from a politician’s stand point:

welcome to the world where having a truly powerful car makes everyone else look weak by comparison. the toughest part about these cars is NOT using the power. Learning that restraint is a useful life lesson though. ;)