And how is that mine or anyone else’s problem? Non-helmet wearer who died made the decision to throw away their life and prematurely cut ties with the people that cared about them. They may or may not be mourned. Life goes on for those surviving. Maybe the survivors will learn a lesson in fucking around and finding…

Counterpoint:  where are all the donated organs going to come from if everyone is forced to wear a helmet?

If the head being protected doesn’t want to be protected by a helmet, I say let them earn their Darwin Award.

If people want to assume the high risk of self-elimination by not wearing helmets while riding, let them. There are paid professionals whose job is to clean meat crayons. Life and society goes on.

There are virtually no cars made by Chinese companies sold in the US, fabricated in Mexico or otherwise. It may actually be zero now that Fisker is dead. Meanwhile, every American carmaker sells vehicles that are at least partially assembled in China, and more than a few in Mexico. In his quest to exploit xenophobia,…

Point 1 is challenging to prove.

My immediate thought when looking at a picture with trump supporters is 1) They are paid to be there. 2) They are completely and utterly STUPID.

AE86. Not a terrible car per se. Just below average at best when compared to other cars of its era. But Initial D had me convinced that it was the best JDM car in the world and can beat cars that are objectively and subjectively better than it on a mountain pass. Plot armor is one helluva drug.

there doesn’t need to be video evidence of you using your phone for law enforcement to figure out if distracted driving was at play in the lead up to a crash like this

I hope his insurance doesn’t cover this.

By granny shifting.  Not double clutching like he should.

Missing a shift will absolutely do it

There’s a big difference between taking the engine up to the rev limiter, and actual over-revving which can only really be caused by downshifting.

When I was 22 years old, not only was I a horrible driver of manual cars, I also lied a lot to try to cover my ass. Not saying he’s lying about not taking it to a road course. But after a quarter mile run, manual cars are downshifted to slow down in conjunction with brakes so you don’t run out of track. Adrenaline and…

>student mechanic

As they should. Overrevving is 100% user error. Hitting redline is the engine’s method of preventing overrevving. Mechanical overrev is what happened with this car, apparently multiple times. One can mechanically overrev their engine without experiencing immediate catastrophic failure, also knows as a money shift.…

Nissan is fleeting. Altima is forever.

To be fair, Hyundai has known about this part for a long time and has/had  chosen to leave it just like it is. Like losing virginity to a partner who casually mentions the day after that they tested positive for syphilis a week ago and maybe check with a doctor. Just spoils the mood. 

Funny how things like that level of frustration can really trigger you. You’d think watching my dad take two weeks to die of a stroke - slowly losing himself piece by piece, day by day, in front of my very eyes until he withered away to a husk - would be my worst day. But somehow, it wasn’t.

Every bit of enthusiasm I ever had for it has been permanently extinguished.