The right lane is the fastest lane to travel in. Both in Seattle, and Metro Detroit, apparently

There's mountains that jut 4000 feet just 50 miles away, that's where we (recently ex-Washingtonian) do our skiing. Bellingham, just south of the border, apparently got 2 feet this week

Agree with you there, if a cop turns on his lights at a one-way street, everyone will stop and block the street, rather than expedite his passage.

I think it has to do with the targeting systems. The barrel holds a trajectory (vertical and horizontal) to make aiming it easier, so you're not constantly adjusting for the tank turning or going over crests and hills. Apparently, they just forgot to turn it off and constantly adjusted for it manually.

Come to think of it, I have some spare brake rotors that I could use. But they're not slotted or anything. Could still make a good blade.

On a Corvette forum:

And I autocross my Mustangs as well, far more often than I drag race in fact. I was just commenting on how Terminators tended to be drag raced more often than road raced or autocrossed, which ended up destroying many an axle. I'm in the same boat you are when it comes to having an IRS in my car.

The performance enthusiasts do, which is probably about half the owners of GT500s/Cobras. Once the 03-04 Cobras were upgraded to 500 hp or so and drag slicks, they were breaking rear axles with ease, so they swapped back to the solid axles. I'm sure that Ford doesn't want to snap axles any time someone puts drag…

Got a '65 Mustang with a similar arrangement. The 2 gear drive was apparently intended for low-traction use, what with lower torque in higher gears.

Besides, I'd think that riding the clutch for 5-10 minutes every day would not only wear out your knees and feet, but also the throw-out bearing.

As an actual old 5.0 T5 owner, I can say that the first minute of driving is a pain in the ass. This would be an improvement for me.

Doubt it. To me, it sounds like Ford went cheap on the drivetrain to keep costs down, and now it's biting them in the ass.

I imagine that there's companies that want to track their drivers' habits behind the wheel, so they use this footage to make sure they don't do stupid shit

Considering Boss '9s can easily go for 200-250k, this is actually a very good deal, especially considering that if everything is factory, that it is worth even more by being a factory drag racing special. If it was put up for auction on Barrett Jackson, I could see it going for 250 with relative ease.

It was stretched I think 5" or 7" in the front (you can see it between the door and wheel house), and the suspension in front was changed to a double A-arm instead of the McPherson strut. Wouldn't doubt if it had the Cobra IRS.

Autoblog had run this story as well and provided some more details on it. Two of the deaths were from the flipped car, while the third was from a car that had slid down the embankment onto another person. If anyone is in a similar crash, run away. Far away. Simply next to the road is not enough.

I think alot of it has to do with televization. How often does SPEED Channel show F1 races? Once a month? Then there's no commentary on how F1 is doing. ESPN barely shows Indy races, and I think all of those are now on Versus. ESPN has drag racing on almost every weekend, and every NASCAR race is televized. So, for…

I've heard rumors that it's going to be priced around $70,000. Honestly, if that's true, I don't think the GT500 is going to be worth it. If they had maybe lightened it a bit and done a few suspension tricks, it would have been fine. It doesn't need an extra 100 hp.

It's pretty bad in Seattle, though. The extent of car choice is Civic or Accord for cheap commuter, Camry for nice commuter, or Impreza for skiers. Across all races. If you want any sort of car culture, you have to get away from Seattle.

While Seattle drivers may be some of the most courteous drivers in America, they're certainly not the best. Where in L.A., people think of cars as homes, Seattle drivers think of their cars as appliances, and have no idea how to really operate them.