Almost same situation, I have been at Jalopnik since maybe 2010, but always struggling to get an account for some reason, ultil recenlty get one full working for me, I know that one day I will be out of the grays.

Nope he stole a lot of ideas to make his inventions. He gets too much credit for the work he did as it is.

A car sitting in a garage makes 0 horsepower.

So, basically, non-Tesla carmakers have standards?

I think this is legal in the US...

That’s a shitload of downforce.

Why is breast meat still the go to idea of “quality” in chicken? That’s like the worst part of the chicken (well, it’s probably better than the gizzard).

I would agree that it is a better metric than 0-60. However, every owner of the new GT500 won’t care about this. Unfortunately all they will care about is 1/4 mile times, how loud it is, can it do donuts in the middle of the street, and if its faster than a Chevy.

and acceleration past 2nd gear. my car makes more power in third than second due to the load and my turbo etc...

I think it’d be cool to see a 0-100-0 distance become a standard performance metric. Time doesn’t offer much resolution as a measurement for braking.

Wolfsburg Syndrome?

What’s german for “Stockholm syndrome”?

There was another similar one in this thread that said to be “predictable,” not “nice” on the road, especially as it pertains to pedestrians. If the pedestrian doesn’t have the right of way but you want to be nice and let them cross, you might stop and wave them on, but a driver coming from the other direction or in…

I’d like to think Im doing my part

Who pissed in your corn flakes this morning?

Can confirm turbos and Coyote do not mix, can’t look stock, will never fit, or...

And, with BMW eliminating dispsticks in favor of electronic level sensors in the late 2000s, the Germans have been able to turn around and play the same trick on many unsuspecting owners!

If you want to go there, we share a common ancestor with everything on the planet if you go back far enough. (And to make it really creepy, that common ancestor is STILL ALIVE!)