Unless you’re Tesla, then it’s all Silicon-Valley investor speculation that allows you to burn cash like there’s no tomorrow and still be worth crazy amounts of money.

Which, fortunately for Boeing, is built in the same St. Louis plant as the F-15.

Having travelled on China’s rail network and Shanghai’s metro lines quite a bit, I am seriously impressed with the quality of it all. I’ve never gone 300kph so smoothly before, even in Japan on their Shinkansen.

Came here to say this. Pit Row is a fantastic DIY shop owned and run by a very respectable and fantastically helpful German couple. $30 an hour to get all the tools you could ever need, a great lift, free disposal of hazardous waste, and professional guidance is more than worth it. Very glad I live about 3 miles from…

I’ve got that same helmet. Haven’t tested its safety yet (thank goodness), but so far it’s fabulously comfortable even with all-day riding, and especially light-weight. The $185 price tag was also right about where I wanted to spend. Sure it doesn’t have a built-in shade, but the build quality overall is fantastic, so…

Really? All my bolt sizes on my Ford Focus (2013) are metric.

Low-mileage cars in California are actually going to be worse-off than higher-mileage cars. My wife sees these all the time at the BMW/Audi/Mini shop she works at.

The 250s absolutely will, but if you step up to a 300 you can still do triple-digit speeds (after many, many seconds of wide-open-throttle) and have ridiculous amounts of fun.

In the Bay Area, these cars are far from gentle. The people inside them do very strange things on the road, like turn right from a left-turn lane, cross all lanes of traffic with no warning or indication, stop in the middle of the road for no reason, or just go into the complete opposite side fo the road because they…

The first-gen xB was my turn-of-the-driving-age “realistic dream car.” It was reasonably priced, got great gas mileage, held a shitload of stuff, and I thought it looked great. Also had lots of aftermarket support for the young, foolish-with-money type eager to “upgrade” the sound system with massive subwoofers.

Allow lane-splitting in all states, not just California. At least 2% of the people on the road would pay more attention instead of just 1%.

Yup, motorcycles are the way to go in California. You can lane-split the entire way, get automatic HOV lane access all the time, and you can always find a place to park. Suddenly a 60-minute commute now takes 20 minutes, and you can do it pretty much 360 days per year.

Ah yessss, good tires with lots of tread is key. Summer tires are actually pretty incredibly in the rain, but most importantly it’s the newness of the tire that can keep maximum wet traction. Michelin Pilot SuperSports are also incredible tires in both dry and wet conditions.

Building houses and condos right next to an absolutely gorgeous racetrack? Count me in, I’ll buy the shit out of one of those houses and gladly sign a contract stating that no one can complain about the noise from the track.

From our local Cars & Croissants (yes the Bay Are is more pretentious than most). These were the more interesting cars on top of the dozens of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, Porsches, etc.

5th Gear: More states should require more stringent operating requirements for cars to remain registered to operate on the road. The government’s role is to maintain road safety, and one of the best ways to do that is to ensure that cars have working brakes, working lights, safe tires, making sure they won’t set on…

Mines Road is such a fabulous drive. A bunch of friends and I occasionally do a Sunday morning drive between San Jose and Livermore to go past the Lick Observatory (sometimes going North, sometimes going South). These roads are absolutely perfect for a small car like the 4C, Fiesta ST, or a Miata.

I did the Ford ST Octane thing there last Fall, it was absolutely fantastic. Great cars, great scenery, and fabulous track. It’s got a lot of potential, especially for enthusiast clubs and more local events, but isn’t geared well for spectator sports. But that’s part of what makes it so great.

As someone who frequently works with brilliant people who just moved to the US and have never driven a car before, and who get their driver’s license 2 weeks after moving toe the US, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

Yes, yes, everyone is saying that it’s really a drop in the bucket compared to California’s total water use because agriculture uses over 80% of the total water supply.