Don’t underestimate the creativity of horny teens.

I think it does differ dealer to dealer. If you have a good dealer, they’ll work with you and ignore numbers on the doors or windows. I’ve read stories from the other end of the spectrum where dealers would refuse to touch a car for warranty work because the Service Manager determined that the brake rotors were blue,…

Living life 1/4 mile at a time holds zero appeal to me, so I can’t really speak to that. I have been a frequent participant in track weekend starting in 2002 and I have seen so many ‘Vettes sidelined with heat management problems. It wasn’t uncommon to see the Vette drivers changing out cracked brake rotors, dealing…

Nope. Growing up in central Florida, where pretty much every lake, pond, creek, swampy area, etc. was inhabited by all manner of poisonous snakes, alligators, wild hogs, and even the occasional panther. We were taught how to be careful, safe, and turned loose.

Is that really so different than telling a distraught person you’ll pray for them? Tarot cards are just as useless, but if it makes the other person feel better, is it bad?

With an XJS, factoring maintenance to keep it running for a few times/week commuting, $150k seems to be a safe budget. They are damn sexy cars.

I’ve never seen him give an interview looking like that. I can’t hardly understand a word he says (what accent is that?) in anything I’ve watched of him but you really can see from his eyes and body language that he had a serious Code Brown. I’ve been following Guy’s exploits for a long time and know the kinds of…

So no more racing in any form? No more mountain climbing? No more whitewater rafting? No more downhill skiing? Should some entity now police the amount of Doritos every person eats since eating too much makes one fat increasing risks for diabetes, stroke, and heart disease? It is well understood that alcohol…

I don’t feel like googling for the source, but the phrase “tomorrow is guaranteed to nobody” applies. If human progress in ANY area stopped the moment someone said “hey that is dangerous” we’d have gone extinct in the Stone Age. No oceans explored. No steam power, aviation, or space program. If you are fulfilled in…

Dying when your house burns to the ground is one of the less painful ways of escaping the shackles of owning a home. If you live in a neighborhood or subdivision, you likely have irritating neighbors and/or an obnoxious HOA. If you live out in the country, you have to deal with critters, septic systems, and if it…

I have an example of this I see almost every weekday. In the parking garage at work usually parked within a few spaces of each other, is a mid to late 90s F150 and one that is maybe a year or two old. The older one looks like a child’s toy next to the newer one. And yet, it seems that on paper, they still have the…

Groups that I’ve run with (cars) in the USA and Canada are all very explicit — do not stop on track unless you see a red flag and do not get out of your car unless you are on fire. When you see the red flag, pull over (safely) and stop on the edge of the track at the next flag station. When it is safe to move again,…

Simply hilarious. This entire thread is brilliant.

Exactly! Are we sure this guy wasn’t just having a major stroke? Or all of his blood was replaced with Folger’s Crystals (tm)?

So this is the gunplay version of Schrodinger’s cat?

I’d do a Rule 34 search on that, but alas I am at work...

I don’t think they’re “valuing life” so much as projecting their abject terror about death onto you and everyone else. It is really difficult to imagine the pain of making such decisions about your child, but I’m totally on the side of quality over quantity. Seeing my child linger for months/years on a vent, fed…

Me too. Even now, that is pants-crapping levels of terrifying. Extra kudos for the engineers that designed these cars, but it is still miraculous that Dixon wasn’t injured (or worse).

Holy fuck that is a painful sight to see. When he calls the other member states moochers for not paying enough — if looks could kill, 45 would be air pollution right now.

Me neither. Those were hilarious!