I got into it the same time but was an Alonso/Ferrari fan off the bat. So those first few years were... frustrating.

It’s been goddam awesome having all my closest friends who never gave a shit about cars or racing getting really into F1. The first season of that Netflix show changed everything. And the series really hit blackjack this year by having an absolute deathmatch for a title fight. 

How many people out of 50 do you think could “take care” of a wounded deer? Unless by “one way or another” you mean putting it out of its misery with a rock or something, that thing isn’t getting the help it needs in time. 

Not sure if this was because I had my head in the sand, but it sure seemed likely a remarkably short amount of time between when I learned Lucid existed and when they started delivering cars.

Not exactly. Using Fast-Charging all the time(full charges in 30 mins or less, what Tesla calls supercharging) is close in cost to gasoline because of how expensive it is to move the watts that fast. Standard 240v charging on the other hand is much more affordable and readily available (It doesn’t need to transform…

I remember reading how Ford and GM are doing most of their testing in conjunction with U-Michigan and Michigan State. I don’t know if I’ll ever be sold on anything self-driving, but getting those things to figure out Mid-Michigan roads in winter first  is the best pitch I could ask for.

Qualifying sure seemed like it was a deathmatch between of HAM, VER, and PER, but not Bottas. That gap probably isn’t that big if Perez is getting lead car strategy.

At some point, someone in the media expressed some confusion about why he had some of the biggest cheers Austin. Like, do you realize how close to Mexico you are right now?

maybe the inertia causes the entire car to lift off the ground and just start barrel-rolling in place

oh my god

I live close to a six flags that has a closed-down old jalopy ride, and the old cars are just sitting there. I’ve always had this psychotic dream of buying one and putting an insane crate motor in it. This would be the living end of that dream.

That price screams that the seller has already accepted he is getting $5,000 for it. Which is a great price for a project/platform car like this, even if it is an auto. 

Oooof. Trust me, on the industrial side of the market (where the money really moves) they are missing way too much money for it to be intentional. Increased commodity prices at best let producers of said commodities break even, because the companies big enough just pay a premium for it while the smaller players…

This is pretty cool, and I’d actually put it a rung higher on the ladder than pure “retail” environmentalism. While BATTERY ALL THE THINGS is not the green solution that the average layperson is often lead to believe, reusing them is huge.

You would think, but the way how crossing gates work is *extremely* rudimentary. The train’s wheels complete an electrical circuit once it gets close enough, and that toggles electric motors. There aren’t any *sensors* anywhere.

Seeing the Jeep maintain it’s X-Position while the trailer got taken out by the train is mesmerizing. Like when someone gets clocked in the head but their hat stays in the same spot.

Hell yes, this was riveting. Just about the most odd CODE BROWN situation I’ve ever heard. Wedding sounded amazing too.

Agree wholeheartedly. It’s not automatically bad, and actually makes more sense for shading purposes if you are putting it on the dash instead of in the center stack. I think the issue is that this was a trend that Tesla initiated, and their way of doing looks like kinda crummy and cheap, which sort of defined how we…

Even that is too fastbacky (love inventing these new words) for what I expect from a Civic. I don’t know if it’s a choice for the sake of the styling or engineering, but a hatchback’s roof shouldn’t end until its at or past the back edge of the rear wheels.

Indeed, and this seems like a great candidate.