You can tell it was an official event by the existence of a scantily clad woman to start the race.

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There are 89 firearms per 100 people in the US. 15 per 100 in Austrailia...

Waving a gun around is threatening nobody?

"Apparently threatening precisely no one" I take it you've never had a gun waved at you.....

Hey! Rationality! Nice work.

The Soviet Union was being even more provocative during the Reagan presidency. Name a leader that is "stronger" than weak-willed Ronnie.

This is troubling, but relatively routine. While relations between the US and Russia may be deteriorating, I don't think it will devolve into a Second Cold War.

The pacific is not an american lake. Also, if I were Russia, I would look at an American destroyer in the Black Sea as offensive. It's all perspective. These situations are exactly the same.

So Obama is a pussy for not running willy nilly into a land war on the eurasian steppe? Dislike Obama all you want but don't be such an idiotic knuckle-dragger about it

The Russians felt comfortable doing that under Bush I/II, Reagan, and, hell, even Nixon!

How come this isn't okay, but us moving ships into the Black Sea is totally okay? We are being total hypocrites about this whole thing.

Yes you're right, because the only two geopolitical options available are WAR or NOT WAR.

Yeah, a real PROFESSIONAL President would start a shooting war with Russia over a few square miles of another country on the other side of the planet. The last few wars we've been in have been great successes, after all!

Working on cars is fun when you want to, not when you have to :) The Miata is tossable, reliable, cheap to maintain, and easy to work on. I think it hits the mark pretty well for the price range that it sits in. I can't think of a convertible that would be more fun for the price. My Camaro was fun, but it was…

I had an 01 SS Convertible, new, and it was a really cool car. 100 shot of nitrous made it awesome. My 90 Miata that I bought for $2500 (1.8 swapped) is a hilariously fun and economical car. I could get 2 sets of tires for the Miata for what I would spend on 1 Eagle F1 Supercar tire. The Miata inspires confidence…

See, "modded corvette would whoop a Miata". Stock for stock, no so much. Modded against stock, same thing but even more. Getting into the whole "my car is better than yours because my penis is bigger" argument is juvenile and indicative of a mouth-breathing ape.

Straight-line speed was never the point of a Miata, I hope you understand. The joy lies in the handling, and that it feels faster than it actually is, especially on a back road. It's a car that's designed to be enjoyed at normal speeds instead of only being able to make the driver happy when you find a racetrack.

Cause it almost certainly would not sell. Just get the power hardtop and leave it up all the time, what's the problem?

How is 0-60 irrelevant? What performance figures are relevant these days?