It really is amazing how strong A-pillars are these days. 3 weeks after I got my Focus ST I was taking my first roadtrip through Colorado and hit a deer. Fortunately I slowed down from about 75-ish to 30 after I saw the first one cross the road, but I kept my eyes locked on the first one and didn't see the second one…

Put Ron Swanson in that Agera R and you've got yourself a smorgasbord of manliness. I don't think any woman could handle such intense masculinity.

Those Cathay Pacific flights are the shit! Those 777s are fantastic planes. Business class gives you super-quiet and comfy seats, really nice in-flight meals and drinks, but best of all, they have an entire season of Top Gear on their in-flight entertainment.

Wow, that is exactly how I operate as well. I just can't stop trying to bring up my fantastic yellow chariot of speed and cornering ability (for just $24k too!) in every possible way. Even my fellow coworkers (who almost exclusively own Porsches) are impressed with my car on and off the track. When someone asks "what…

The vast majority of Focus problems are with the automatic transmission and unnecessary DTCs. Replace the automatic with a manual, get rid of the SYNC complaints, and you have a spectacularly reliable car.

As far as scenic highways go, I'd absolutely vote for Colorado Route 149 a.k.a. the Silver Thread Scenic Byway. You get views like this after cresting the 11,000 ft. mountain pass:

Am I the only strange person that ended up moving from Texas to California? And have been incredibly glad of the choice as well? I find that people around me tend to care about cars much more (living near a gas station that sells 100 octane fuel is a good sign), the curvy roads are fantastic, and the weather is…

Sure the >1,000 HP figure is impressive, but because airplane engines operate at a much lower RPM, the torque numbers are simply staggering. The Merlin V12 engine at takeoff produces an astonishing 2258 ft-lbs of torque.

"Keeping this in mind, flights that have a late afternoon or nighttime arrival are preferred. If you arrive earlier, all it means is that you'll have to stay up a whole lot longer."

Because most people keep their cars more than 3-4 years. My wife's car has lasted since 2002 and we have only had to replace brake pads/rotors, a thermostat housing, and the normal fluid/tire changes. She'll sell it for perhaps $1500 when she eventually buys another car, but for now it's costing her next to nothing to…

Oh, just you wait until pretty much everything starts to break. My sister-in-law's Mini has had a new power steering pump, new muffler, new coolant reservoir, new radiator fan, new power steering pump cooling fan, new O2 sensor, and new ABS sensors on both wheels. All within the 5 years she's owned her Mini. And…

"Don't lock your doors. Believe it or not, we know plenty of longtime Detroiters who don't leave any valuables in their cars and, therefore, don't lock the doors."

The US already leads the world by far in hauling cargo by train. We're twice as cheap as China in terms of cost per ton-mile and several times cheaper than Europe. Our passenger travel by train is pathetic, but we make up for it in cargo hauling efficiency.

That's the one good thing about Apple Maps - it caches your entire route, zoomed-in view and all. GPS still works as normal despite the lack of cell coverage, so your phone can still tell you directions and show you where you are.

He could also find a used Scion xD, which is really just a Yaris with a Corolla engine and tons of ground clearance. I had one for a few years and loved it. Nice low limits, enough acceleration to be fun, tons of space inside, and no matter how hard I pushed it I could never get below 32 mpg.

Which is exactly why Alan Mulally saved Ford. He saw they were making cheaped-out cars, highly-consolidated platforms, and trying to squeeze profits out of their most reliable revenue streams. He said to hell with business, let's make better cars. He mortgaged most of Ford's assets, gave his engineers basically…

Ah, my mistake. But still, $50k in 17 months? That's more than impressive. I agree with the fact that so many people try and blame their own problems on others (usually "society" in general) when they really should stop spending money they don't have to buy things they don't need, actually give a shit about school,…

How the hell did you come up with $50k in 7 months? That's more than I took home last year with my EE degree working for Boeing.

Let's have a short storytime, shall we?

I bet when the Chinese make a knockoff of the Mustang, they will use this exact picture as their main advertising.