Standard tooling lead time for parts is 12 weeks on average. Some parts take more some less depending on what they are. Take out thanksgiving and xmas and that’s about 9 weeks from the end of summer to the end of 2016. This means they’ve had production parts in their hands for the month of February if everything went…

I think what you’re missing is that these are the greatest drivers on the planet. They drive on any (all?) surface(s), in any kind of weather (hello NASCAR), with changing road conditions, as fast as humanly possible. Over the course of a couple of hundred kilometers (and three days worth of driving) they are often…

WRC is mostly time trials but nowadays the first stage(s) are live as are the last.

Here is something that will make you love the WRC:

To keep it simple, yes, it is time trials, with roughly 8 trials per day, 3 days per event.

JD Power has lost all credibility as a rater for vehicle reliability. They apply the same weighting to entertainment system ease of use as to engine blew up.

Yep. To be fair, ours have been little 1.2 petrols without an array of complex infotainment or dynamic systems, so there’s not really all that much to go wrong in the first place, but it’s generally been a worry-free ownership. The new ones come with more kit so we may buy another this year, but otherwise I’d be happy…

My understanding of the JD Power reports is that they collect all issues - regardless of whether it impacts the drivability of the car. There has been talk of separating NAV/Entertainment systems from car systems since I decent number of complaints are tied to those systems.

As a resident of South West Connecticut I approve your message and only wish I had more stars to give...They’ll be lined up in front of Weeburn as Hunter and Carlin get dropped off for tennis...(bonus points to those of you who know who’s the boy and who’s the girl).

My bob-cut is bobbier than yours. I had to speak to all the managers to earn it.

Reblog that, mofo’s

Indeed, the ‘everyone a contractor’ economy will only work when we have enough fundamental rights (particularly healthcare) to make such low paying/erratic work compatible with a decent standard of living. Otherwise it’s hello third world.

Fucking good, Uber’s “I swear, I’m not a taxi service” Bullshit needs to stop. All these governments are just giving Uber a pass to completely ignore rules that everyone else has to follow is dumb. 

That video has a very Top Gear’ish production feel. I felt like Jeremy was going to start talking with that deep intro voice at any second.

The problem with a company which is founded on a core principle to undermine laws and regulations (although I acknowledge those laws and regulations can be deeply flawed) is that it probably would create a corporate culture that’s kinda shady. That attitude is bound to spill over into other aspects of the companies…

This era of new regs is unlike others, so this might be a rare time when regs shift but don’t really change the dynamic: Aero favoring the strongest power unit and now we have unlimited in-season development (favoring Merc), and specific internal engine components that somehow are now weight restricted, which just…

You know the ACR has 13 lap records around various tracks right? In fact, around Laguna Secs, the ACR is faster than a 918 by 1.2 seconds.

The car itself, great. Not one issue ever. The engine, a steaming pile of crap. Bought the car brand new for my wife and in the 140,000kms we owned it we had:

#BLM was its own worst enemy. From day one, it didn’t even have a clear list of ‘demands’ to help ease huge tension between its members and the wider American world. In the end: people saw through it for what it was: a collection of spoiled, foul-mouthed trouble-makers seeking to to convince the world that young black…

The problem is that there isn’t money in a third-party doing it.

When Mexico builds a bridge by allowing free flow of people over their southern border I will help build one here.